Thursday, May 14, 2009

A new song for Christmas

A few weeks ago Sam wanted to do a 'show' out on the front lawn so he sang the following song which has been added to since:

Christmas has a tree
Christmas has a tree
Christmas has a tree
and a Ho! Ho! for you

Christmas has some boots
etc

Christmas has a beanie
etc

Christmas has some gloves
etc

Make a joyful noise to the Lord

I was sitting in the lounge and Jacob was at the toilet and suddenly I heard....

"the universe dejoys (should be declares) your majesty.... you are holy"

Heth had been looking/listening to some Chrysalis worship songs however Jacob singing in the bathroom isn't a strange thing in our house!

Oh just was informed that it's God of Wonders which the boys were listening to in the car on their new Veggie Tales Worship CD....weird but way cool


Thursday, April 30, 2009

R.I.P. Maggie


On Monday afternoon we found 2 kittens in the shed and 1 under the house. We decided to take 2 down to the RSPCA and keep one. The boys decided to call her Maggie (probably after Jacob's Kindy teacher!). They were around 3 weeks old and therefore Maggie had to be hand fed milk by a bottle.




We were getting familiar with having her around the house however tonight just before tea an tragic accident happened which resulted in having to put her to sleep.

We explained to the boys what happened and then buried her in the back garden.


A short time in our family,
Maggie will be missed (R.I.P.)

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Update from the Whyalla Kittos ('cause it's been AGES!)

Hello all. Hope that you are well and looking forward to an enjoyable Easter. Thought it was time to throw up some more photos of the Whyalla Kitto happenings.

Going back to the last blog post (on the Cozens blog), we were about to see monster trucks. Apart from being freezing cold the kids loved out evening out and the fire works at the end were pretty specky.



Natalie was voted as SRC rep for her class and is enjoying going to meetings and helping to plans things for the school. She even gave a presentation to the school last week reminding them to keep out of the garden beds!
To celebrate winning an acting principal position at Whyalla High for two weeks Stuart bought himself guitar hero. Surprisingly Natalie also got really into it! :)
Cute boys in matching PJs. I know I shouldn't keep matching their clothes, but they are SO cute. And besides, I won't be able to do it much longer as Calvin is going up into size 7 clothes and so into the big boy's clothes section!!! :O
He certainly belongs to us! Elisha already loves the microphone, lol.
Lovely big sister Natalie reading to her little brothers. Eli really likes it when you lie next to him to read. Not only does he like to play with and look at books, but he loves to be read to. Good boy.
This weekend just past, we all travelled down to Thuruna (just south of Tumby Bay) to do the music/up front stuff for a Kid's Camp Out (7-12 yr olds). It was completely stressful and a lot of hard work, but very worth it. The kids enjoyed themselves and Eli was fabulously helpful, sleeping through all of the sessions that we presented. The theme of the camp was KCOnia, a planet where the explorers (campers) flew to meet the KCOnians (that would be us, thus the awesome wigs) where we told them about God's love.
Natalie stood in line for 30mins then 70 minutes then 20 minutes (what amazing patience!!!) to finally have her face painted and this was the result. She was VERY pleased with it.




To start each session the kids walked through this space ship to get to the mat area.
Eli is very very very nearly crawling. He can now head in a straight direction towards his desired destination (nearly always power cables!). I will be Eli proofing the house these holidays (probably with Elisha's help!)
Calvin's class hosted the assembly on Friday the 27th of March. They had made masked and had learned about alliteration. Calvin proudly told the school "I'm Calvin the Cheeky Cheetah."
Eli had decided that this little sword is his. It is one of his most favourite toys! Gosh, he can't tell that he is Calvin's brother!!!

Will be nice to catch up with  you over the holidays. Love and squeeeeeeezy hugs.
-Debbie and family.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Saturday, January 03, 2009

New Cubby!

Thanks to a nice family on Freecycle the boys were given a Cubby House - and they love it!





First Fruits - Last Stew


On the 17th Dec 08 we picked the first crop of Apricots and on the 31st Dec we stewed the last lot. We have 9 litres in the freezer and thanks to Nanna for stewing the other 2 boxes!

It was a very good crop considering the good prunning I gave it.

What blessing!

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Wow a Trampoline



The moment we opened the back door to 'unwrap' the trampoline.
Big thanks to the Funny Farm, Uncle Mark and Nanna and Papa.


Also to Natalie and Calvin for keeping the secret

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Uni Results 2008 Semester 2

Results are in:-

Batchelor of Education topic:
Development, Learning and Inclusive Teaching: Distinction

Batchelor of Arts topics:
Advanced Multimedia Design:
Distinction
Issues for Australians:
High Distinction

Once again I'm very happy with these results for this semester which rounds of a great year of results. Now for a well earned rest from study until next year which I'm overloading by one topic per semester so that I don't have to do 2 subjects in second semester 2010.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Wet Wet Wet...No No No

Good news in the house of Jacob! For the last 3 nights Jacob has been nappyless overnight and has been dry the last 2 nights - Yeah! Yeah! First night wasn't to wet and the 2nd night he went to the toilet at 6am. This morning he woke and went at 7am.

Good start.

Update: well the last few mornings have been greeted with a wet or damp bed so continues encouragement and promise of ice-cream tomorrow for a dry bed!

Update #2: Icecream worked well however a longer sleep the next morning didn't quite work well. This morning (Sunday) was all dry. So out of 8 nights it has been 5 dry!

Kindy Concert

Last night was Jacob's Kindy concert. It was a fun, busy and a great night to end the kindy year. The weather was great and all the children had a fantastic play outside after the 1/2 hour songfest. Watch out for the video soon!

Thanks to Nanna and Pappa for coming along.







Resurrection


After 2 years the vegie patch has been resurrected with cucumber, capsicum, tomatoes, snow peas, brocolie and lettuce - great for salads during summer along with Jacob's strawberry plants. Been a few weeks now and everything is growing well - especially if we get some rain in the next few days. Yes, had some help from the boys in getting the patch ready and planting.



Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Calvin IS Indy and other (Whyalla) Kitto pics



Calvin all ready for school! Can you believe it?!!! He will have his first (and only) transition visit on Thursday morning. I took this photo on Monday with his new uniform and new school bag.

Both Natalie and Calvin have decided that they want to do gymnastics next year and have been practising their hand stands and cart wheels every day.

Eli is continuing to grow and thrive and generally just be really really cute.

Although Calvin's birthday is still a month away, we have started planning his party so that we can invite all his kindy friends (before the holidays start and he never sees them again!). Here is the picture I created for his invitations. I just thought I'd share. (For those of you who are interested, we've decide to have his party on Sun the 11th).

Hope you're all well. Love and hugs -Debbie


Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Brocklepics

Thought it was our turn to put some random pics up... Sorry I can't get the text and the picture lined up right! Hope you're all well :) xox




Jacob and Sam doing a Show for us (I think Sam was probaby singing 'One Way'!)

















































Sam has taken to going to sleep in Jacob's bed with Jacob - very cute but we did put a stop to it














Fun with Daddy

























Enjoying the black ute

Saturday, November 01, 2008

Natalie's Birthday and other stuff

Hello all. Another Kitto update here.
Firstly, we have the mess that is created when a glass table smashes. Still not sure how it broke, though we suspect the cat may have jumped on it and been the 'cat' that broke the table's 'back'.

Stuart is very pleased with his birthday present. A remote controlled lego bulldozer. With 1358 pieces and 3 days to build Stuart has had a lot of fun with it this week.

Mum, dad and Grandma Jean visited here on Thursday to celebrate Natalie's birthday early. Was a very lovely and relaxing day and great that the school/kindy were striking so the kids could stay home. Eli enjoyed all the cuddles. Eli was so worn out from his big day with the grandparents that he slept from 11pm until I woke him at 8:15am to take Natalie to school!
Eli and mummy. There are not many pictures of me with my son so thanks mum for suggesting this. Eli is wearing the overalls that Aunty Heth bought Natalie when she was born. The only outfit I have photos of all 3 kids wearing.
Natalie's birthday: Thank you Aunty Heth, Uncle Al, Jacob and Sam for this lovely dancing ballerina.
Thank you Nanna and Pappa for the beautiful hanging net. Natalie slept under it last night.
Thank you Aunty Kerryn, Uncle Michael, Annie and Isaac for the money. Natalie has put it in her money box to save for something special.
Natalie with her castle cake.

Hope that you are all well. Eli is recovering from his cold thankfully and we all seem to be mostly healthy - hurray. Hope that the new cats are settling in Rob and Cherie. And hope that there is now health in your home Heth.
Love and hugs to you all. -Debbie