Calvin IS Indy and our acrobat children!

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

Latest Orroroo news

Last weekend we had 15 people from the Camden Campus of Holdfast Church come for a visit. Sat. after an enjoyable meal at Maggie's they toured the sights of orroroo including the Resevoir, tank Hill, Big gum tree, Magnetic hill and then on to a BBQ tea and a night around a camp fire on the west side of the Farm house, It was a great night and we had a wonderful service on the Sun. concluding with a god old Orroroo luncheon.

On Thurs we, along with Grandma jeannie had a day in Whyalla to celebrate Natalie's birthday. It was good timing as the children were home for the day because of a teachers strike. We were able to stay for tea and were home just after 9.00pm.

Natalie's birthday and 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.
Love and hugs to you all. -Debbie

We have roses

We have had to buy a new camera as the old one is not working. Thought we should show you some of the roses in the garden. Well as you can see they are not all of roses. There is one mean cat who is saying "Dont mess with me or there will be trouble." The rest are "roses" of one kind or another.

Hopefully there will be some more interesting photos when we get to know the camera a little better.

Random (not in order) photos from the Kittos

Calvin IS Superman (14/10)

The awesome long weekend fire (4/10)
Natalie's sports day. Doing the high jump (26/09)
Natalie's team was yellow. She's standing with her best friend mikayla. (26/09)
Natalie receives her gold medal at the end of sports day from her teacher (26/09)
Eli and daddy having a moment - ahhhhhhh
Calvin flies off on another adventure (14/10)
Eli at Lucky bay. We drove to Cowell to have a look around. (11/10)
The kids really enjoyed their trip to Cowell. We saw fish and crabs on the jetty and they loved their swim at Lucky bay. (11/10)
Eli sitting in his new seat at the table - a high chair that attaches to a normal chair. It even reclines. Mummy is really happy with it! (10/10)
The kids with Colin. Natalie and Calvin's 4th photo with Colin! Not surprisingly Colin is a big fan of babies and was more than happy to hold Eli (quote "Can I give him back in a couple of hours?" lol)(9/10)

Well I think that just about updates you with our photos. Hope that you are all well. Hugs and stuff all round.
:)

Hello!!

Sorry they are sideways, these are some from my ph.the others will come later. Camp was good but I got little sleep so very tired. Zac will get his haircut today and we will get things ready for last term. Hope John and Jessie are enjoying getting back into school. Keep safe and well everyone! zzzzzzzzz xxxx

Masri Update!

Hello world. I finally managed to get back onto Blogger.

So here is the latest news from out little corner of Beirut!!

The 'kids' finally went back to school today. First day of school since late June! Jessie has moved up to the Senior department, in Grade 6 and John is Grade 8. They have literally just walked throught the door and both survived their first day back.

I also had a new start last week, having accepted another part time job with Youth For Christ. I will be running the Rock Solid program, clubs for 13 to 15 year olds! Yay, will be lots of fun I am sure.

Wadih is doing okay, and keeping busy with work. We helped out at the dinner for his cousin's wedding last week. (Anyone remember Liliane??) That was fun.

The weather has finally changed after too many hot and humid days. The cool is finally coming =) We are all happy and ..... happy. That is about it from us. Love to hear from you all soon!

Elisha George Kitto!

Thought it was about time that Eli made it to the family blog.

Hope that you are all well. Love and hugs.

First Time Bowling!

Today after church the Stotts suggested that we join them at the bowling ally. It is something that I had wanted to do with the kids, but had previously thought them too little. Was so glad that we made the effort to go out. Stuart won on the adult lane (I sat out and was photographer) and Natalie won on the kid's lane with an impressive score of 87! Not bad for a first go. She even made a spare. Calvin was not far behind with 67. Both are looking forward to going again.

Due to the gentle nature of the kid's throwing style it often took a while for the ball to reach the pins!

Natalie made a spare! :)

Masri's in Whyalla

Thanks again Lindy, John and Jessie for visiting with us last week. Was lovely to have you here.

Hope that you have a fantastic time with the Hoggies this week.
Hugs -Debbie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN B

Happy Australian Birthday John. 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow

Hope that you have a great day. It was really lovely celebrating with you on Saturday.



Here are some other random photos from the weekend. I'd love to see what others got on their cameras.

Kids at the school playground. Wow, look at all the people we've made!



HAIR! Big hair, Straight hair, Hairy hair ...


After all the years of playful teasing Jean finally gets her own back at Michael!


It must be Christmas!


Boyz toyz.
Happy Birthday to you ...


Thanks for the fun weekend all. Love and hugs and hope that you all have a good week.
-Debbie