May 29-The kids' final week of school began today. It is unabashedly all about the fun now. The weather continues to cooperate: the ongoing "heat wave" is forecast to last through the rest of this week. We will probably even get into the 60s! Spencer's class certainly took advantage of it and went on a field trip today. First, they headed over to the farm of one of the teachers at Hraunborg, P
álina. They got to see and hold the baby lambs, play with a very energetic dog, and ride on her ATVs (a 4-wheeler AND a 6-wheeler!) P
álina lives a short distance from Varmaland, so they headed on over there and went swimming in the school/community pool. Spencer gushed about the whole trip; obviously, he had a great time.
Joslyn brought home her last bit of handiwork today, a stained glass pendant that she put together last week while other kids started a larger project that they will return to when they come back to school in the fall. The kids were in and out of the apartment after school, reading books, jumping on the trampoline, playing with friends, and riding their bikes. Meanwhile, Sally and I were busy tying up loose ends here and preparing for our upcoming visit to Europe. We have settled in so much here that it feels like home, not like a "trip." So, now we are having to get together our passports and other documents, which have been in storage, just like when we are back in the States! What a weird feeling.
Incidentally, Bifr
öst University had a multimedia marketing company out here a month ago taking pictures and videos of the campus and surrounding locations. Since the school wants to highlight the local amenities, the company visited Hraunborg and Varmaland as well. The resulting products have essentially become the front page for the university's website: bifrost.is
. Go check it out: our girls ended up in the videos for the "Skóli fyrir alla" video, as did many of their friends. Incidentally, the picture on the front page is taken from our building. All in all, it is a pretty slick presentation. It will be interesting to see if it gets enough views to have an effect and to help to increase the number of students here.
Joslyn brought home her last bit of handiwork today, a stained glass pendant that she put together last week while other kids started a larger project that they will return to when they come back to school in the fall. The kids were in and out of the apartment after school, reading books, jumping on the trampoline, playing with friends, and riding their bikes. Meanwhile, Sally and I were busy tying up loose ends here and preparing for our upcoming visit to Europe. We have settled in so much here that it feels like home, not like a "trip." So, now we are having to get together our passports and other documents, which have been in storage, just like when we are back in the States! What a weird feeling.
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