Woke up at the crack of dawn

around 08.30, and quickstepped happily into my kitchen to make my breakfast juice. Drove Sigrún’s car to her’s, picked her and kids up, drove to mum’s where we had breakfast. Regretably, I also had some dead juice and cheesy breadrolls w/ butter & cheese, and honestly, I felt rubbish after. That’ll teach me.

Napped with nephew Kolbjörn while niece Ísafold got herself ready for their holiday week in Akureyri with their dad. Lucky kids, the weather up there is fab these days.

Kolbjörn is a very handsome 15 year old. He’s got beautiful eyes, a pretty nose, lovely lips. He’s a big and strong lad (he squeezes me frequently, it ain’t pleasant), with a gleeming big & generous smile, and an easy laugh. He’s very talented when it comes to music (singing, memorising tunes/lyrics, playing guitar, beat-boxing though he doesn’t know it). Not to mention  ridiculously ticklish.

Our nap turned into this ‘game’ as I tried to help him prepare for the trip:

Steinunn: “Have you packed … pants?”
Kolbjörn: “Yeah, I’ve got 7″.
Steinunn: “Have you packed socks, jeans & t-shirts?”
Kolbjörn: “Yeah”.
Steinunn: “Have you packed a jacket?”
Kolbjörn, tugging at his collar: “I’m wearing this one”.
Steinunn, surveying his fuzzy chin: “Have you packed after shave?”
Kolbjörn: “Don’t need it, won’t have to shave while away”.
Steinunn: “There’s cute girls in Akureyri, you might wanna rethink this”.
Kolbjörn: “I’ll bring my man perfume”.
Steinunn: “Have you packed shampoo & toothpaste?”
Kolbjörn: “Is that necessary?”
Steinunn: “Hmm. Have you packed deodorant?”
Kolbjörn: “I’ve got a spray-on deodorant.”
Steinunn: “They’re the best”.
Kolbjörn: “Yeah! They are the best!”
Steinunn: “Have you packed board games and/or computer games?”
Kolbjörn: “No. Yeah, have one computer game”.
“Won’t be needing play things” was implied by expert intonation.
Steinunn: “Have you packed your iPod?”
Kolbjörn: “Oh yeah”.
Steinunn: “Is it fully charged?”
Kolbjörn: “It needs some more charging”.
Steinunn: “When are you going to do that? You’re leaving in 30 minutes!”
Kolbjörn: “Now. When we finish. Go on”.
Steinunn: “Have you packed – hang on (makes & finishes a phonecall).
Kolbjörn, nudging Steinunn: “Come on, have I packed … ? What?”

And so we continued.

Too sweet!! He’s a big boy and yet he got so into our little game of “Have you packed …?”. Too sweet.

He and his sister left with their father, only to return 30 minutes later to pick up some ‘play things’. Hope they are having fun in the great northern town of Akureyri.

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