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Well, this has been one busy and eventful weekend.
Saturday: mr_felis's sister's wedding. The weather was gorgeous, the ceremony lovely and fun, the bride of course was beautiful and the groom handsome. Everyone said yes at the right moment, the priest had to stop them from kissing twice before it was the right time and then the bride almost faceplanted as she was walking down from the altar. lol
We (newly weds + the closest family) had a picnic with bubbly while taking photos in the Parliament's garden, then they took off for more photos and we met again at 5 where the party was held. Nice food (well, I could only eat the main course since there was flour in the soup and of course in the cake, but I ate plenty), fun speeches and songs and videos for entertainment, then dancing. We took off at around 1 am because the girl was falling asleep (the little guy on the other hand had been running in circles non stop, hardly taking a break for cake, and didn't even fall asleep in the taxi on the way home) but apparently, about an hour later, the groom's brother got down on one very shaky knee and proposed to his girlfriend. He was, we're told, absolutely terrified but she said yes so it's all good. lol
Sunday: Iceland's national day. Woohoo! We thought the parade started at 2 pm but at 12:20 hubby went online to check the schedule and found out it started at 1 pm! Somehow, miraculously, we managed to get everyone dressed and out the door to catch the bus 20 minutes later. (Not until we'd picked up our car and was on our way home, 6 hours later, did I check myself in the mirror and saw the bedhead and the mascara in my eyes from last night. Wonderful.) The bus took 35 min but we caught the tail-end of the parade. Then it was the usual: candy floss, balloons, coffee, the kids standing in endless lines for jumping castles and other fun stuff. They had this place were the kids could throw balls and if they hit bullseye, a balloon with water exploded over a guy's head. Obviously some people are more crosseyed than others because one boy managed to hit my little guy straight in the forehead where he was standing to one side. And these are heavy, hard, wooden balls! Poor little guy screamed like a banshee but the one who threw the ball didn't even say sorry, just "Oops," and walked away. o.O He's all right, just a bump and a bruise.
They'd predicted rain so of course it was sunny most of the time and now I'm all sunburned and my eyes are sore because I didn't bring my sunglasses.
Four more days and we're off to the cabin in the woods on the shore.
Saturday: mr_felis's sister's wedding. The weather was gorgeous, the ceremony lovely and fun, the bride of course was beautiful and the groom handsome. Everyone said yes at the right moment, the priest had to stop them from kissing twice before it was the right time and then the bride almost faceplanted as she was walking down from the altar. lol
We (newly weds + the closest family) had a picnic with bubbly while taking photos in the Parliament's garden, then they took off for more photos and we met again at 5 where the party was held. Nice food (well, I could only eat the main course since there was flour in the soup and of course in the cake, but I ate plenty), fun speeches and songs and videos for entertainment, then dancing. We took off at around 1 am because the girl was falling asleep (the little guy on the other hand had been running in circles non stop, hardly taking a break for cake, and didn't even fall asleep in the taxi on the way home) but apparently, about an hour later, the groom's brother got down on one very shaky knee and proposed to his girlfriend. He was, we're told, absolutely terrified but she said yes so it's all good. lol
Sunday: Iceland's national day. Woohoo! We thought the parade started at 2 pm but at 12:20 hubby went online to check the schedule and found out it started at 1 pm! Somehow, miraculously, we managed to get everyone dressed and out the door to catch the bus 20 minutes later. (Not until we'd picked up our car and was on our way home, 6 hours later, did I check myself in the mirror and saw the bedhead and the mascara in my eyes from last night. Wonderful.) The bus took 35 min but we caught the tail-end of the parade. Then it was the usual: candy floss, balloons, coffee, the kids standing in endless lines for jumping castles and other fun stuff. They had this place were the kids could throw balls and if they hit bullseye, a balloon with water exploded over a guy's head. Obviously some people are more crosseyed than others because one boy managed to hit my little guy straight in the forehead where he was standing to one side. And these are heavy, hard, wooden balls! Poor little guy screamed like a banshee but the one who threw the ball didn't even say sorry, just "Oops," and walked away. o.O He's all right, just a bump and a bruise.
They'd predicted rain so of course it was sunny most of the time and now I'm all sunburned and my eyes are sore because I didn't bring my sunglasses.
Four more days and we're off to the cabin in the woods on the shore.