I turned 9 years old Feb 28th :) At school, my class sang 'happy birthday' in Icelandic and English,, then gave me a huge Icelandic flag. Mom brought cream puffs & coconut things with yellow happy face balloons. After school, mom and I went for a lil bite to eat at a place called The Laundromat Cafe on the main street downtown Reykjavik, called Austurstræti. It's a neat cafe with cozy rooms downstairs for kids to read books and hang out. On Saturday, mom took me to a horse stables where a woman, Karine, took me for a ride on an Icelandic horse through some trails and lava fields on the edge of Reykjavik. On Sunday afternoon, all the boys from my class came to my birthday party at Skemmtigarðurinn Smáralind, where we played lazer tag, table hockey, drove bumper cars and ate pizza. FUN!!! Last but not least, for my birthday I learned it's most important to think of others who may not have as much. I lent $25 to a guy named Lernik who lives in a village named Syunik near Kapan, Armenia. He's going to buy two bulls and hay for his cattle with the total loan which he pays back thru a micro-lending program called KIVA. If you'd like to lend the same guy for my birthday present, that'd be brilliant, the link is by clicking here at Kiva.
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Grandad Massey
3/16/2013 05:25:43 am
Hi Niall, I was thinking of you on your birthday, wishing you a nice day. It sounds like your day was fantastic. It's hard to think that you are 9 already. Look forward to seeing you this summer hopefully.
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Grandma Massey
3/16/2013 09:06:23 am
Dear Niall: It is so nice I can picture you at your school and your teacher in Iceland. I am sure you will have fun and a great experience on a Icelandic farm. It is about 60 more days till you and Mom are back in Canada. Love, Grandma Massey
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