August 10 og 11

On Saturday was my godmother Birita's and Bárður's wedding. It was great and I have so much to tell you, but I'll keep it short. Otherwise, this blog will never end.

On Friday, we headed to Vestmanna. First stop was a my great grandparents. They are always first stop. Then we continued out to abba (granddad). We ate good food, played games and went up in the attic to find old toys.




On Saturday morning, abbi and I went out for a long walk while the girls went to the hairdresser. Birita was also there to have her hair set.

I did not get to go to the church to see the ceremony, because I fell asleep. Here are a few pictures.



After the ceremony, everyone was invited to the reception.


After the reception, mamma, mostur and omma came to pick me up at abba's house. We headed to Tórshavn to get ready for the wedding party. Mostur had to decorate a cake, she was making and then everyone got dressed. The event was taking place at a hotel.





Then we were asked to gather by our tables - Dinner was ready. They played music as the bride and groom walked in. Everyone else looked at them, but I could not get my eyes of the musical instruments. I kept asking for more music.

Dinner lasted a few hours and there was plenty of entertainment, speeches, music and songs for the occasion.



There was of course lots of kissing too.

Our table.




The waltz and wedding cake.

Then there was dancing until the bright and early morning.

Omma took me home around 10pm. I had a good time, but that was it for me. Abbi babysat me overnight and then the two of us went out for a long walk the following morning, while all the others slept. On Sunday we were invited back to Vestmanna for the wedding after party. I was quite the ladies man.

Benjamin

August 9

Today, we had a full house of guests from Vestmanna. I was out shopping with omma when Gunnvá came by to visit me. Omma and I headed straight home, but I ended up falling asleep in the car. Gunnvá decided to wait around for me to wake back up. A little later, Aunt Jenny, Sølva and Sigurd (her siblings) and Djóni (Gunnvá's brother) came by. So, by the time I woke back up, I had a house full of guests. We played inside and outside and blew bubbles. I had a blast. After dinner, the kitchen floor was full of crumbs and spilled juice. But, Gunnvá and I took care of that mess. I pointed and told her where to, and she wiped the floor clean.
Eventually, we got a little tired og running around. Omma started a Tom and Jerry show for us and we got to kick back and enjoy a pacifier.
Benjamin

August 8

The sun was shining and the sky was blue this morning. We got ready and headed downtown. We met a postman, ducks and a dog. Downtown, I was several buses and I love buses.
All I wanted was to hang out by the bus stop and wait for all the buses to to drive by.
A few buses later, we continued. Aunt Elsa showed up and we headed out for lunch.
After mostur left, omma, mamma and I headed down to see all the boats.
We walked all the way down to the sea. I wanted to badly to play in the water, but it was too cold.When mostur came home from work, she took mamma and me down to see Norrøna. (cruise ship sailing between the Faroes, Iceland, Norway and Denmark). She used to work on board. I liked the play area the best.But the view from the deck outside was also great.

I really love mostur.
I am so cool. I pretended to drive it around. I pressed all the buttons and said pplllllll.
A little later in the evening, we stopped by to visit Ronja and Emi, they are my cousins. They have all sorts of toys and they also have a cat! I chased the cat around. Back at home, omma let me take a bath in the den, while mostur and mamma went out to a cafe. Needless to say, but the floors were sparkling clean after the bath.

Benjamin

August 6 and 7

The weather was beautiful yesterday. The colors were red, purple and blue.This morning, omma and I went out for a walk. It was too cold to go for a long walk, so we went for a short walk and saw the sheep. I fell asleep and slept outside in the stroller outside ommas house.
Dinner was ready when I woke back up. Fish, yummi.
When Mostur came home, she, mom and I went out for a longer walk and headed to a park downtown to feed the ducks and birds.
I wanted to play in the water so badly. It was too cold.
My dream house - just my size.
Mostur stopped by for a visit and we waved to all the cars passing by.
Of course, Mostur gave me a little toy. It was a caterpillar.
We went to visit Aunt Katrin on the way home. She lives down town and works as a costume designer.
As soon as we came back home, aunt Birita stopped by to visit me. She brought a knitted sweater - just for me. She had knitted it herself. I love all my aunts and my Mostur.

Benjamin

Long Trip

The day finally arrived - we were going to the Faroes. Mom picked me up at the daycare and we met with grandma and granddad at home. We stopped at Olive Garden for an early dinner and then headed for the airport. There was a short line at the counter and security. I loved all the machines at security and specially when they said beep.

We found a quiet corner close to our gate. I had a great view and waved at all the planes and workers.

I was so happy and excited to get on the big plane. They made sure I got an extra seat. At first, I was too busy to sit in it, but then I finally settled. I got to sleep on the floor and enjoyed being able to stretch out. I did so well and was a big boy.
In Amsterdam, we found a nursery with cribs and sofas. I tried to lay down for a nap, but there was too much going on around and I never took a nap - even though I'd only napped for 5 hours on the flight. Instead, we headed over to the playground and played with all the other kids
After walking around for a little bit, we found a rest area. It was empty, so I got to run around and enjoy a little freedom.
Again, I saw many many planes. Too many to count. We had to wait at the airport for 6 hours for the next flight. We tried to find an earlier one, but they were all full. Finally, we were able to fly out. I had to sit in mom's lap and I sat still and was a good boy. In Copenhagen, we went straight to the hotel in a taxi. Only later did we find out, Aunt Jenny and her family were in the area at the same time and had tried to contact us. Bummer.
The next morning, we headed back to the airport, checked in and went upstairs. Only after we made it through security did we see our flight was delayed from 8.30am to 4.15pm due to bad weather in the Faroes. We had breakfast and spent some time at the playground. The play area wasn't all that big and I got bored fairly quickly. The only thing to do was to catch a train and head into Tivoli in Copenhagen. (Tivoli is an old amusement park and a Danish landmark). I loved the train.
There were plenty of things to see and do in Tivoli: Water fountains, slides, rides, kids and lots of .This was my favourite ride.

And, I loved the water and boats too.
After a few hours, it was time to go back and I fell asleep in the train. When I woke back up, I was back at the airport play area.
In the afternoon, the airport was a little empty and I ended up running around in the A terminal. I inspected all the doors to the gates and made sure they open and close properly. Unfortunately, our flight didn't leave at 4.15pm, but was delayed to 6.30pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9pm and so on.
The weather was so bad on the Faroes and none of the airlines' flights were able to take off. Finally we saw a familiar tail parked outside one of the A gates. It was one of the Faroese planes. We were so happy and thought this was it, we were finally going. We watched the men as they prepared the flight, but nothing happened. We then found out, this was not our flight, it was one of the other delayed flights. But little by little they all arrived, incl. ours. 9.30pm we were advised, there were two flights left. Ours was grounded, but the other was going to make an attempt to land in the Faroes. We made a quick switch and a bus took us out to the flight. 5 mins later we were up in the air. Unfortunately we never made it to the Faroes, we headed straight to Norway.

It was a good and quick flight and while we waited for the luggage, I found a friend. She loved to dig for pebbles in the big pot too.At the Haugesund airport, a couple of buses waited for us and took us to our hotel. I got to sit up front and had a great view of all the other cars and lights passing by us. Our hotel was a really nice hotel. They had warm food ready for us and a comfortable bed with lots of pillows to play in. I didn't fall asleep until 1.15am.
This was our view the next morning - water and boats, what more could I ask for! After breakfast, our bus showed up and took us to the airport.
We met Eyð and Jon at the airport and again on our plane. Mom knows them from Vestmanna. They were super nice and liked to play with me. I enjoyed the men time with Jon and I really liked Eyð.
Otherwise there was not that much to do. I played inside and outside and watched all the other big kids play.

Again, we had to wait at the airport. They had promised better weather on the Faroes and as soon as it cleared up, we were called out to the plane. I am so used to flying by now, so I crawled up into my seat and proceeded to buckle myself in. I was a good boy during the rest of the trip and stayed in my area. It was a beautiful sight taking off.
And even more beautiful was the first glimpse of the Faroes through the thick fog.
I wish you could have heard all the cheering when we touched ground in the Faroes. The airport was packed with outbound and inbound people. Grandma and Aunt Elsa were at the airport to pick us up. I was happy to see them, but also sad to wave bye to Eyð. I fell asleep in the car and when I woke up hours later, I had a house full of guests waiting to play with me.
I had a good, but long trip - a total of 61 hours. I made lots of new friends and I took good care of mom.

Benjamin