Noah Cardiel Holt | My life according to other people

The day after Noah’s NH birthday, sitting in Nana and Grampa’s living room checking out some of the great presents.

That afternoon Aunt Mindy, Nana, and I went to check out “Stump The Hummer”.

You can see more of that chaos here, Stump The Hummer. For dinner we drove down the street to a pig roast that Aunt Mindy’s friends were having.

Great last day in NH.

You want to know how to be a really popular Aunt? Make this the first thing you do in the morning.

As a present to Noah, Kate and I borrowed Grampa’s MG and went hiking, leaving him behind to be wildly spoiled by everyone around.

I won’t bore you with a bunch hiking photos, but I got a few.

Nancy Cascades.

WARNING! The following contains stats!! – 89% of NH has forest cover, that’s the highest percentage in the lower 48. And on the trail up to Nancy Pond you can find “one of the two largest remaining areas of virgin spruce-fir forest in the state” (peep) where “the median age of trees is about 254 years” (peep).

Meanwhile, back in Milan, the hero of our story was dealing with challenges of his own.

Noah’s main challenge, which new gun to play with.

Zach and Dillon helping with his new Legos.

Aunt Mindy’s theme appropriate chocolate lollipops.

Borrowing one of Grampa’s “juice” koozies.

Aunt Mindy’s cake.

The Aunt Mindy/Noah collaborative cupcakes.

Then the entertainment showed up.

Opening a few presents before bed.

Audience encouragement.

A whole box of animals!! (Sharks, a turtle, penquins…)

Good day.

Aunt Mindy and Noah organizing early.

Real heat. The trees know.

Back at the apt., conversations about saying good-bye.

Great to see you Aunt Mindy, hopefully NYC is less of an inferno next visit.

Our annual Cyclones trip organized by Ryan Russo.

Ryan’s name in lights.

Derby making some new friends.

Derby was having a rough day. Teeth can beat a person up and no one knows that more than Aunt Mindy, the dental hygienist.

Reluctantly dancing on the dug out.

Game over. Noah trying to leave before the fireworks start.

Aunt Mindy!

Noah’s 4th of July art at school.

Playing hide and seek.

Stuck.

Park #2.