{"id":14541,"date":"2012-09-11T17:22:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T21:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/?p=14541"},"modified":"2012-09-16T15:57:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T19:57:26","slug":"noahs-nh-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noahholt.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/11\/noahs-nh-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah’s NH Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

You want to know how to be a really popular Aunt? Make this the first thing you do in the morning.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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I won’t bore you with a bunch hiking photos, but I got a few.<\/p>\n

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Nancy Cascades.<\/p>\n

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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\u00c2\u00a0find “one of the two largest remaining areas of virgin spruce-fir forest in the state” (peep<\/a>) where “the median age of trees is about 254 years” (peep<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, back in Milan, the hero of our story was dealing with challenges of his own.<\/p>\n

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Noah’s main challenge, which new gun to play with.<\/p>\n

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Zach and Dillon helping with his new Legos.<\/p>\n

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Aunt Mindy’s theme appropriate chocolate lollipops.<\/p>\n

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Borrowing one of Grampa’s “juice” koozies.<\/p>\n

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Aunt Mindy’s cake.<\/p>\n

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The Aunt Mindy\/Noah collaborative cupcakes.<\/p>\n

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Then the entertainment showed up.<\/p>\n

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Opening a few presents before bed.<\/p>\n

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Audience encouragement.<\/p>\n

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A whole box of animals!! (Sharks, a turtle, penquins…)<\/p>\n

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Good day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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