Semester 2 Uni Results

Another very satisfying semester of studies considering I was overloading by one topic and it was a shorter study period due to my practicum for 4 weeks. So the results are:

Multimedia Literacy - High Distinction

Learning and Computers - High Distinction

Integrated Curriculum Studies - Distinction

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Tooth

So when Heth went to pick up Jacob he said "Mum my tooth came out" so after the slight shock we asked how and he told us that while eating his honey sandwich during one bite it came out! His teacher rescued it and wrapped it up for him and us!

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A very quiet blog

Well it seems things have slowed down a bit on the blog site, guess everybody's Facebookn' (except me!). I have found a great way to update simply be emailing! You can use Posterous to update this blog and many other social networking sites, even attached images. mp3 and video. I'll be using my Posterous blog a bit more so I'll probably update both with news from Al and the Brock family.

Hot Hot Dam Hot!

Well it's 40 degress on the back deck but thankfully 26 inside!

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Ubuntu's Good

So yep my Windows got a very bad virus - my fault, so during
reinstalling I thought I'd have a look at the new Ubuntu version and
discovered that I could install and uninstall this under windows with a
change to the boot menu. So cool cause I always wanted to have a linux
distr to play with and this version of Ubuntu is great. Have used a few
live CD's before but a dual boot that I can do through Windows -
fantastic.

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Semester Break Over

Well the semester break is over and managed to write that 2500 essay on the integration of ICTs in the curriculum.

During the break had my Mum visit and we took a trip to Monarto - take a look at the slideshow.

So now it's back to Uni and time to get into the Web 2.0 tools hence this blog entry to demonstrate Posterous and the ability of the slideshow feature. All I did was attach my photos to this email, cool hey! I also thought I'd update our family blog http://kittsandbrocks.blogspot.com/ by including the email blog@posterous.com. All I had to do is to add it to my list of networks on my Posterous site. So in one email both blog sites are updated.

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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Uni Results are in.

For Semester 1 this year I overloaded my study by one additional subject (doing 4 instead of 3), which I'll also be doing next semester. By doing this I hope I'll finish earlier next year after my last teaching prac in term 3. So with this in mind I'm very happy with my results:

Computers in Schools	Distinction
Curriculum Studies Spec 1 MS/S (This was a computing topic)	High Distinction
Gender, Law and Society (part of my BA)	Distinction
Austn Govt & Public Policy (part of my BA which included a 30% exam)	Distinction

Now it's time to start my teaching prac on Monday!

Birthday Pics

Now a year older, I had a good day for my 39th. As we needed another form of transport, I decided to enter the world of the scooter and picked it up yesterday. Here are some pics that Jacob took.

and we celebrated with what has become the traditional Black Forest birthday cake made by Heth

  

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

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.)

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.

Happy Birthday Calvin

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!

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

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.

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.