Pleasant Days

We haven't been up to much that is noteworthy lately, but it's been fun. Today we went to the Einar Jonsson sculpture garden, displaying the sculptures of a famous Icelandic artist. The work was really beautiful, and I've found that sculpture gardens are a great way to see art with young kids.

Seriously. Cannot. Get. Them. To pose normally!!

 The kids got to run around and explore, and I got to see some really beautiful works. It would have been nice to stay longer, but it was a colder morning than we were anticipating!

"The Crucible"

"Earth"

"Grief"

As we were leaving, we kept finding little army men hidden in funny places. Huh??

After that we checked out the Perlan, or the Pearl, which is a glass-dome restaurant with some lovely views.

What else have we been up to recently? We went to see Finding Dory, which was fun. Quintana sat through the entire movie for the first time, so I was overjoyed!

We've been thrifting for Icelandic wool items, rain gear, books, and vintage clothes.

One of our favorite storybooks in Icelandic.

We've been going to church at the branch here, which is tiny but fun. Primary is basically nursery, where all the kids play with toys and then sing a few songs and eat some snacks. Sacrament meeting is translated into English, and there are two Sunday school classes, one in English and one in Icelandic.

Pools are a huge recreational activity here. Reykjavik has at least four public pools! They are heated year round, have fantastic locker rooms with hot showers, bathing suit dryers, hair dryers, and more. There are multiple pools of different temperatures, and they are very kid friendly. We went to a pool in the neighborhood and had a great time. Levi J was so proud of himself for braving the huge curly slide, and ended up going down it almost a dozen times. No pictures were allowed at the pool, which I thought was strange, so you'll have to take my word for it. ;)

We have less than a week left here, and I feel so sad to say goodbye! I have fallen in love with this place, and although I know I could not live here long-term, I wish we had a little more time.