Noah Cardiel Holt | My life according to other people

I have 10,000+ photos of Noah, but I didn’t have these!

That cream background is $!!

You ready for this one?

You sure?

It’s a good one.

Seriously, Kate and I were bent over laughing. It’s so good I might have to make a wall mural of it.

Steady cheezin’.

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.

Prospect Park is great.

Leo got to the party late too, so he helped us figure out where everyone was.

Heavy petting.

Making hats.

Working with Zion’s mom.

Brodie and Zion.

Mia Mae.

Amelie.

Leo.

Birthday girl!

Clio and Amelie.

Laila with her dad.

Questions.

A quick run around the zoo with Zion after the party.

Prospect Park Carousel.

Park looking good.

Thanks to Audrey for inviting us to her party!

Saturday morning. Bright blue sky, not a cloud in sight.

Off to Derby’s horse themed first birthday party.

Maxine congratulating Derby.

Competitor.

Sophie

A little more play time until we head off to our second birthday party of the day.

Happy Birthday Derbs, thanks for inviting us to party with you.

Just as Noah and I had settled in and were having a look at all the candy he got at school, Andy and Aransas invited us over to trick or treat in their building. It wasn’t hard to motivate Noah.

Savannah was so excited to see us that she ran around the corner and fell.

In Savannah’s building people just left buckets of candy outside their door. Some people poke their heads out when they hear us outside, but mostly it was a free for all.

Of course, some people smartly left instructions.

Derbs when as Gwyneth Paltrow’s kid… Apple (I got bad jokes for days).

Maxine went as Supergirl.

Amelia

Tragedy struck when Noah’s bag busted.

Then Savannah wrecked again.

Seamus kept it together, even if he took off his costume.

Them girls…

The last raid before we went back to our building.

As we walked up to our apartment, Alexa on the first floor came out eager to give Noah a treat, and as we thanked her Honey came out of her apartment asking us to knock on her door.

Honey had an entire basket just for Noah.

Filled with amazing things like whoopee cushions.

And 3-d Glasses.

Honey even had tricks for Kate and I.

So sweet. Thanks Honey! And thanks to Andy and Aransas for inviting us to trick or treat with them.