Phoenix Zoo

Over Memorial Weekend, we also took our first trip to the Phoenix Zoo!

Big Brother taking over

Lucas was throwing a fit in the middle of the sidewalk, so Noah decided to sit behind him for a photo :D

Both boys LOVE brushing the goats at petting zoos!

Noah takes it very seriously

"Cheese!"

Lucas was very serious about his tractor driving

Noah set up this shot :D

Someone got a hold of Aunt CiCi's hat

Cooling off at the splash pad

 Carousel ride while Little Brother is napping

Love from Lucas OR Extreme Concentration

These photos are from Memorial weekend, but they are too funny not to share!

Over Memorial Weekend, we drove Aunt CiCi back to Phoenix after she so graciously helped us out by watching Lucas until a spot opened for him at KinderCare when I went back to work in May. While in Phoenix, we went to one of our favorite restaurants there, Macayo's.

These photos were taken within a minute time frame :)

Using straws as chopsticks...on Noah's hair...

Giving his brother some love <3

Noah doesn't even pause in his coloring process!!!

Not the best picture, but I was laughing too hard to hold the camera steady!

Seriously, Noah didn't stop what he was doing for even a second, and he didn't say a word to Lucas or even acknowledge anything he was doing!!!

Preschool Graduation Day

We officially have a preschool graduate! I don't remember having any kind of "preschool graduation" when I was little, but it's a big thing now!

On Friday, Noah officially graduated from the preschool program at KinderCare! He just misses the cutoff for kindergarten for next year (which is ok with us!) but California has what they call Transitional Kindergarten (TK) for children who have their 5th birthday between September 2nd and December 2nd. It's basically the first year of a two-year kindergarten program. So he will be starting that in the fall at the elementary school right by our house!

Anyways, here are some pictures from their graduation ceremony:

Walking out :)

The graduating class of 2015

Looking a little more restless by the end of the ceremony ;)

Our Preschool graduate!

Noah with his teachers

Ms. Maria, Noah & Ms. Holly

Lucas came outside with his class during the ceremony

This is how you dress when it is 70 degrees and overcast in June in SoCal!

My boys :D

Oh I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener...

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile made a stop at the Walmart in our town today! Since Grandma J is such a huge fan, we knew we had to go get some pictures taken with it :) So if you've ever wanted to see what it looks like up close, here ya go!

This section was roped off so only the drivers could go up there, but of course Noah managed to get them to let him sit in that section anyways...

 Hanging out in the back showing off his wiener whistle

Lucas was not interested in sitting in the hot dog adorned seats!

Noah and his buddy Ryan

The money shot for Grandma J! The Wienermobile and her "babies" :D

After seeing Noah and Ryan with the cutouts, Lucas had to get in on the action :) He actually walked over and picked this up himself

Noah sitting in the roped off seats

Two blogs in one day! I hope this will tied you all over for at least another couple months ;)

Swimming, swimming, in the swimming pool

Ugh, I really am horrible at maintaining a blog! My only real excuse is that I have this need to edit and caption every photo instead of just posting pictures, and I don't have time to sit down and do all of that before posting. So that means I just never end up posting anything!

But I thought I would throw you, our dedicated followers (hi Aunt Nancy!), a bone, and post some photos from swim lessons today :D

Both boys are doing AMAZING at swim class! They both love the water, and I am amazed at how much Noah has progressed. Lucas is also quite the little fish and his teacher said he is doing great!

Happy guy, loving being in the water!

 Go Lucas, go!

This guy is almost ready to swim across the pool by himself! His biggest problem is wanting to listen and follow directions and not just do cannon balls into the water :)

 Float Noah, float!

May is drowning awareness month, so their teacher had Noah practice the proper way to try and pull Lucas out of the pool

Saturday Tourists

Ely is back home for a few weeks, so we are spending the time doing lots of family exploring of our new city!!!

On Saturday, we decided to go check out the USS Midway (a decommissioned Navy aircraft carrier that has been turned into a museum) so Noah and Lucas could get an idea of what Daddy's life was like for the past 2 months. Since Noah is constantly asking to ride the train downtown, we parked down in Mission Valley and rode the train to the Midway :)

USS Midway

The second generation of Fletcher brothers in the cockpit together

(and Daddy creeping in the background, haha)

 Getting flight lessons from Daddy :)

Checking out Uncle John's old helicopter

Future shooter???

Lucas LOVED running out to the end of this platform and then running back up! There were a few adults that thought he was hysterical and also commented on his lack of fear (as they refused to walk out to the end, haha)

That's Ely's ship in the background! (The USS Ronald Reagan) 

 Noah being a goofball :D

Noah sitting in the Air Boss seat

And steering the ship! He took it very seriously, haha

Lucas hanging out in the ready room

Back in the cockpit together!

The cheese man himself!