Noah Cardiel Holt | My life according to other people

I had a tough (voluntary) assignment on Wednesday, chaperone Noah’s class to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

It was a bit of a rough start. Noah, who’s always been against “costumes”, didn’t want to wear the yellow t-shirt. He also didn’t want to put on sunscreen, or carry his backpack, or walk… or even go on the trip, but we made it through, damp eyes and all.

Noah C., the other “Noah”.

Alex and Logan.

Sean.

Lunchtime.

Mia Mae.

Siri.

Back to school.

I’m gonna take it slow over this Memorial Day Weekend and recover.

On Sunday afternoon, before heading out to Emmett and Lisa’s, we wished Nana Holt a Happy Mother’s Day via video conference.

After a quick nap on the drive out, Noah had some business to take care.

In other news, Noah and I came up with a new nickname for Uncle Matt. We are calling him “Uncle Bugs” (he works for the USDA looking for microscopic insects in potato fields). Here Noah is asking Uncle Bugs about this dead bee he found.

Opa got dragged into bug hunting.

A gift (for Noah) from Aunt Lisa.

While we were celebrating Mother’s Day, why not celebrate some birthdays too.

Thanks for having us all over Emmett and Lisa, and thanks to everyone for the great birthday gifts and cards.

Flash back to last weekend. It’s Saturday. We are waking up with Grandparents in our house. We leave, they follow. Sun shining.

Breakfast.

We get to The Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and try to make a break for it.

It’s no use. Flowers.. too.. distracting.

Jackpot, cherry blossoms.

Facebook update.

An emotional elephant.

Five “budding” photographers and two “blossoming” models… get it?

Nap time.

Chilling with Grampa, waiting for me and Nana to get ready.

Geared up, ready to go.

Since Nana and Grampa were in town, I kept Noah home from day care and we all went up to The American Museum of Natural History again. If you’ve ever been, you know the museum is huge and I wanted to see more. Plus they have a lot of stairs and it’s good to wear out your house guests.

Noah was tripping on the neanderthals,

…and the bear skeletons,

…and the giant armadillo!

Lunch.

Nana introduced Noah to some airplane hanger games.

Good times.

Last Monday Noah, Kate, and Nana T. went to the Central Park Zoo. I wasn’t there, so I can’t really give you captions, but here are the flicks that I stole from Kate’s phone.

(All photo courtesy of Katherine Holt)

Gross..

Also, good luck to Kate who starts a new job today!