Random in Kauai

I know I have a lot of photos to catch up on, including all of our Halloween fun and our last few days on the island, but that is going to take some work! So for now, I will leave you with a few random photos from fall in Kauai :)

Kalapaki Bay

 Open house at Noah's school

 

 

 

 Noah insisted on dressing up and taking this picture :)

 Noah also requested this photo with the scarecrow!

 

Lucas drinking out of Daddy's hydroflask

This kid LOVES bananas!!! He insists on having one every morning for breakfast, and "nana" is one of his first words :)

 

Husker Day

This past Saturday was another Nebraska football game day, or "Husker Day" as Noah affectionately calls it, and we enjoyed sharing our Husker pride with the base :-)

Noah climbed the tree with the flag specifically so I could take his picture (all his idea). I don't know if you can tell, but he is not wearing an actual Husker shirt...for whatever reason he didn't want to wear any of the ones he had and instead wore this one that had a football on it "for the Huskers". He definitely had a strong opinion about his attire, and gone are the days when Mommy can choose his outfits!

Lucas was obsessed with these pumpkins at our next door neighbors' house. This was not the first time he walked to their door and picked up one of their pumpkins and walked off with it!

Haunted 5k Glow Run

Tonight we participated in our base's first ever Haunted 5k Glow Run!  They opened it up to the entire island, so there were over 250 participants (compared to the 5 people they usually have show up for MWR runs).

The run started at dusk, and there were 3 different "glow" stations throughout the run where they shot glow-in-the-dark paint stuff at the runners. There was a "no-glow" zone that Ely and the boys ran through so the stroller wouldn't get messed up, and the boys wouldn't get sprayed in the face. At the end of the race, they had the final glow zone so we asked Noah if he wanted to get sprayed, but he was adamant that he did not!!!

Even though Noah didn't want to get sprayed, he did want to run through the "tunnel" at the end, so they let him run through without being fired at (he's pretty spoiled on this base!)  :)

He wanted to do it a second time, but he didn't just run, he sprinted as fast as he could go :-D

Mommy and Lucas after the run!

Lunch with Lucas

A couple of weeks ago, Lucas and I decided to drive over to the operational side of base to have lunch with Daddy! There is only one restaurant over there, so Subway it was :D

Lucas stole Daddy's chip right out of his hand!

And he did not want to give it back!

Luckily, Daddy decided to share his sandwich instead :-)

Being silly :-)

Noah's Open House

Last week, the CDC had an open house for all of the families to come see what the kids have been up to in the classroom. 

Noah was less interested in showing us his artwork around the room, and more interested in playing with the toys he gets to play with every single day...haha

Lucas enjoyed all the fun stuff in big brother's classroom, too!

 

Noah specifically requested this cowboy photo :-)

 

He also wanted a photo with the class scarecrow (their current unit is all about scarecrows!)

Super Fletcher Bros. Birthday

It's birthday week in the Fletcher Household!!!

Noah is officially a four-year-old and Lucas has hit the big ONE! To celebrate, we rented out the base pool and invited Noah's friends from school and Lucas's little friends (aka Mommy and Daddy's friends, a few of which have little ones, too, haha :)

Snapshot of some of the party decorations and the cake table.  It's been an unseasonably warm September here in Kauai, so we had to leave the cake at home until the last minute!

 

Mario Kart Birthday

Noah's 4th birthday cake & Lucas's 1st birthday smash cake

 

 Noah and friends playing in the baby pool :)

(L to R: Sammy, Emma, Noah, Mya, Lauren & Ruby)

 Mommy & Daddy with our big 4-year-old boy!!!

 

He's growing up so fast!

The red mark in the middle of Noah's forehead is from the underwater flip he was trying to do in the baby pool...he smacked his head on the bottom of the pool!

We had a balloon drop as Noah blew out his candles

(Daddy's great idea :)

Lucas & Grandma 

 Chocolate mustaches are a must at a Mario & Luigi party ;)

Mya, Noah & Lauren

 

 

Lucas's 1st Birthday!

 It was close to bedtime and Lucas wasn't sure if he wanted to party anymore...haha

 He wasn't too sure what was going on

"Why is everyone singing and looking at me?!?!" 

"Hmm...that was interesting." 

"I think I will try a little more..." 

 "This hat is ridiculous, but at least the cake is tasty!"

Sugar Coma 

Finally caught a smile from the birthday boy!!! 

Lucas was off to bed and Noah was off to the big pool!

Pirate Noah :)