Mrs. Clause happens to also be Cooper's teacher. Apparently, she has to wear sunglasses in Fiji.
These are jackfruit that are half Cooper's size. After the market we usually head over to the coffee shop for a snack.
Cooper was thrilled to be out town and to spend 4 days at the new Radisson Resort. They have a huge pool with a walk in beach like access, adult areas, toddler and baby pools, and even a waterslide! After one trip down the slide Cooper said, "Gain, Gain!" Needless to say he made several trips down throughout the weekend.
He is becoming quite the little swimmer. He will jump in on his own, even if we aren't standing there, and take off kicking. In fact, we had two incidents where we were walking around the resort and he took off and hit the water.
At sunset the bula boys ran around the resort with their torches lighting the lanterns. Cooper was lucky enough to help them out.
By the end of a full day of swimming and sun Cooper was exhausted. You can tell he was a little out of it by sunset.
We had a terrific weekend away and will definitely be back. I'm going to try and attach a link for more photos of Cooper's mischief and the beautiful resort. The link is below. If it doesn't work, let me know. Maybe it will entice you all to come out for a visit. They even have a kid's club for 3 year olds and above that's free!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?&conn_speed=1&collid=66677234705.256171458505.1195421371945&mode=fromsite
This weekend all of the embassies and large organizations in Suva got together for a little competition and the Mini Olympics. Oddly enough, the weather cooperated and it only sprinkled for a short time. There were relays, sack races, 3 legged races, tug-o-war and even hotdogs. We took snacks and sunscreen and spent the day at the park. Cooper loved it!
Thanks nana, for the Fourth of July outfit. Cooper got another wear out of that crazy t-shirt. He was the All-American kid out there.
We were all dressed in our American spirit attire.
Cooper had so much fun he wore himself right out. The Ambassador was very impressed with the magic binkie.
Well, I attempted to load a video of Cooper jumping in the pool and swimming, but it didn't work. I'll keep trying. Hope you had a good weekend!
...thinking, "Hey, what is this thing." 
...soon after, yelling, "OFF, OFF, OFF!!"
Saturday, we went to a Halloween party where Cooper ran around with the pirates and princesses.
Cooper went trick or treating at our offices this afternoon. It took him a few tries to get the hang of it, but soon really got into the knocking on doors part of it.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
At first he was just totally fascinated with the water shooting out in whatever direction he pointed. 
Then he discovered we would scream and run around when he pointed it at us.
This lasted for about half an hour and could have gone on longer if the hose hadn't miraculously turned off.
Cooper spends most of his day right here with Louisa, reading books and singing songs. Right now, "If Your Happy and You Know It" is his favorite. We are trying to teach her that she can't rock him to sleep for every nap. It's a rough life this kid has.
The airplane passed over a number of these small coral atolls en route both to and from Tarawa.
Amazingly, Tarawa has severe overcrowding. In this photo I'm standing on the beach on the island of Betio, which is 800 meters wide, three kilometers long, and has about 20,000 people living on it. The water is lovely, but certainly not safe to swim in!
One day we went hiking up the north side of the island and went swimming. The water was clear, warm and turquoise.
The five star view from my hotel room. Unfortunately, the room was as dismal as the view was beautiful. In the distance, you can see the other side of the island, which is shaped like a giant "V." As you can tell, one tsunami and this whole place would disappear.
Local kids enjoying the water.
The houses we passed in north Tarawa were traditional island houses, like the one pictured above.
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