Noah Cardiel Holt | My life according to other people

On Sunday, Ryan and Ellen had a bunch of us over for brunch. We got there the same time as this family of ninjas (Mark, Jen, and Lou).

Veronica was slow to warm up to the party.

The boys dug into Ryan’s Lego collection.

Cookies got Veronica into it.

Right before we left, Noah smacked his forehead and cheek into a nightstand…

He recovered well. Thanks for having us Ryan and Ellen!

Andy and Aransas invited us over for dinner on Friday night. When we got there Savannah had some new boots to show off.

Andy, playing with dolls.

“Don’t chew it Savannah..”

Noah giving Derbs a hug.

Sappy times.

Tis’ the season for Noah’s school to put on their annual Holiday Extravaganza!

(note – Not my best photos, I took the seat of a proud parent for this)

First up, the lil’, lil’ ones.

Proud parents everywhere.

The second group (the 2 year olds) kind of fell apart.

Intermission. Twin violinist, the daughter’s of Ms. Shameka who works in the office.

Next up, Noah’s class.

Group song.

The girls were snowflakes.

The boys were elves.

Noah cheesing at us.

His well practiced bow.

A quick vid of the elves performance.

They closed it out with the big kids (4 year olds).

Noah was proud of himself, or maybe he was proud of the red turtleneck he had to wear. Either way, he was happy to see us.

Saturday afternoon Aransas invited us over to decorate cookies, we got there right as Snow White was waking from a nap.

Eric and Laura came over to help too (i.e. show us what to do).

Decorate one, eat three… surprised?

Derbs after a fight with some pasta.

Drunk snowmen.

Tis’ the season.

Every year around Thanksgiving, Noah’s school has a “culture day” where they celebrate where everyone came from. They asked us to make a mobile to hang in his class showing where our family comes from (dragging my partial franco-american heritage through the mud), to bring in a dish reflecting that background, and to show up for an afternoon of singing and dancing by the little dudes and dudettes.

Tseday and Sienna started things off.

Alex and Logan.

“Big Old Tree”

Making a leaf mess.

Making a game of picking up the leaf mess.

Kate and Ms. Aransas wanted in on the action.

Audience Participation.

Interpretive dancing.

Logan went for it and almost did a flip but ended up landing on his noggin. Excitement is dangerous.

Hard to really appreciate without a video though right? Well, thank Kate.