Caleb celebrated his 3rd birthday on September 12. I can't believe that 3 years has flown by so fast. We had a construction theme party hence the cake in a dumptruck and the pile of dirt cake.

Kelly and Ramadan walk the village

A typical Cairo summer night spent out on the bridge looking out over the river. Nothing more realxing then loud traffic whizzing by, horns honking, and teh smell of the river mixed with exhaust. I love this place!

he is loving it but none the less hanging on for dear life

I do apologize for the lack of updates over the last few months but I swear it is not due to lack of effort on my part! But alas hope is in sight!!! My pathetic 10 year old computer is about to go by the wayside to make room for my new Macbook!!! Hopefully being brought to me by the end of the month. At that point I will determine how much of my problem is lousy computer verses bad connection speed. I have lots of pixs to upload of various summer adventures and I will try yet again but if the spot is empty you will know why.

Summer was great but fast. I basically had July and August free although I did some tutoring most days to make ends meet. I really enjoyed teh freedom although I can't say that it was a slow pace as I seemed to find a million ways to fill my time. I made no headway on my photo albums, didn't organize all my tutoring materials as planned, nor did visit a sick friend as often as I had hoped. BUT I did spend great quality and quanity time with Caleb, I did do a ton of reading, and I did spend 3 awesome weeks with friends Kelly and Erin and her Mom Tallie. The heat was bearable most of the time, I had my old house and pool to retreat to anytime I wanted which was a real blessing (Thanks Keevy's!) So all in all I give the summer 2 thumbs up!

Would you believe that my boy Caleb is 3 today? We are planning a big celebration on Saturday and hopefully I will post pixs of that as well. I can't believe how fast time moves. He is going to start nursery school next week for 2 days a week and he seemed pretty excited about the place and definately loves playing with other kids. He loves to go to Friday school and has no problem being left on the spot so hopefully this will be just as easy.

My tutoring is off to a great start and as always God has faithfully provided all that I need. I began the year with a full schedule and managed to get paid upfront before the start of Ramadan which means they cancel they lose not me. I really enjoy tutoring and especially like the kids I have this year. They are all fun and easy going and pretty willing to work with me to get stuff done. Now if I could just convince my 3 year old of that same idea!