Another Christmas 2009

 

 

Because you can never really have to many days of Christmas in Iceland
In Canada you would call this Boxing day and go shopping. IN Iceland it is another Christmas. Another day to relax because everything is still closed.
WE went back to Inga and Rob's place to relax, visit and eat the left overs.

 

Christmas Day 2009

In a new found tradition, we all went to INga and Robert's place for some Christmas dinner awesomeness.
We planned to be there in the morning, and got there about 2.
Dinner was planned for 4, we ate after 6.
Dispite things running a little late, something that tends to get me a little worked up, everything ran incredibly smoothly considering the fact there was 6 kids, 6 adults and 4 dogs.
Everyone there:
Inga and Rob, Davíð's parents, and there 2 dogs Saga and Ulfur
Stína (Davíð's sister) and Már, with there three kids named Garpur, Ulfrún and Övar and dog Skella.
And Davíð, me, Kasper, Stefán, Leópold and our dog Rósa.
Note: the dogs are family too. Rósa and Saga are sisters. Skella and Ulfur are Saga's puppies.
Here is some evidence:

Davíð

Davíð and Leópold

Inga

Inga, Rósa, Saga and Ulfur

Same.

A very proud Amma and Leó.

Kasper and Stefán

Leó trying to watch the show :)

More dogs, but not just any dogs, the famous Icelandic Sheep dog!

Rob, also known as Bob. JK, no one calls him Bob,

Kasper and Garpur.

Stefán and me.

Garpur and Stefán. Bit of me.

Chaos on the couch. Garpur, Kasper and Stefán.

 

Stefán and his Amma

Garpur, Stefán, Amma and a gift.

A kinda happy looking Már with Ulfrun and Garpur

A super amazingly happy looking Stína.

***Same rule as always: I can not guarantee the correct spelling of the names, except for my own children and sometimes I get them wrong too.

The Gifts 2009

The Christmas Eve gift opening. The time the kids have been asking about for weeks.
On Friday7 night the kids opened the gifts from us, Lego for Stefán, DVDs for Kasper and a toy for Leó.
There was also a nice new shirt for each of the boys from Davíð's Nanna and Grandpa.
A fabulous blender, not pictured her, was purchased with our money combined with gift money for the perfect family gift.
Kasper and Stefán like making slurpees. I like smoothies, Davíð loves shakes and soon we will be making baby food for Leó. Everyone has a use fr it.

Christmas Eve dinner 2009

Christmas Eve in Iceland is usually the biggest day. A huge dinner with smoked lamb, potatoes and treats is prepared followed by gifts.
I am not the best cook, so we had crepes. Actually I twas teaching the kids how to make them.They loved it.
Nothing fancy here, but everyone had a great time.
Pictures in no particular order:

Christmas Eve 2009 - Morning

Place:
Our Home.
Problem:
Confusion.
End Result:
Fabulous.
So, in Iceland there are 13 Santa's and in Canada there is one. The first plan was to have the last Icelandic Santa leave on the 24th and have the Canadian one come that night. The usual thing for both country's.
But then on the night of the 23rd Davíð and I decided we would be sleeping over at his parents on the 24th so it would be better if the Canadian Santa came around here a day early, to save dragging stuff around to different towns.
So the kids were very pleasantly surprised and a little confused on the morning of the 24th when they saw Santa was here early.
Turns out the plans to stay at my in laws fell through, so we should have stuck with the original plan but what can you do.
Next year I promise to be more organized. +
Here is a sample of the morning chaos: