Kauai, day 3!

And we're on day 3! We tried going to the lighthouse in the morning, but discovered that it wasn't open. Instead we found a cool little marketplace and spent far too much time chatting with a bird. Yes, a bird.

But before that bird, there was a bird on our patio. At first I thought it was hurt....but it turns out that mourning doves in Hawaii get cold easily. But oh my, look how fluffed up he is!! 

 ....and then there was this whole laughter over it's feathers being ruffled.....guess you had to be there.

The lighthouse.....way out there....

Two little girls were NOT happy about the lighthouse being closed, but we did get to see some 'very rare' Nene geese. Actually, we saw TONS of them every day. Apparently they like living on the golf course. And they can be loud in the morning.

 This is the ONLY family picture we managed to get the ENTIRE trip. At least it's a good one!

 So this is the bird we chatted with. It was very silly. And somewhere there is a video of me laughing and the bird imitating me perfectly. Perhaps it's been accidentally destroyed maliciously? No, I just can't find it....

So we went back to the hotel and spent the day in the pool. The girls had a BLAST!! Part of the pool was only 3 feet deep, so Ashley could play with her cousins and swim around without floaties on....TOTALLY COOL!!!!

We did dinner at our place that night, then we sang to Grandpa (we finally got him a cake) with a bit of a twist.

 We didn't have candles, so Grandpa suggested that everyone put a finger in the cake! Yes, we all giggled through the song!

Grandma also made special Hawaii clothes for all the kids, which they wore that night! And then piled on top of Grandma and Grandpa for pictures!!

Then we went to a Luau show. Well, almost all of us went. Danielle got a touch of heat exhaustion, so Bob stayed at the hotel with her. (Next morning she was fine!)

 Ashley waiting for the show to start...

Once I finally figured out my camera, I got some good pictures. I'll spare you the several dozen I took so that Danielle could see it all!

And home again to sleep VERY well.....