The day before Christmas

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Waking up in northern New Hampshire, happy to spend the afternoon trudging around in the snow.

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Stay outside long enough though and Nana Holt will put you to work.

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Getting “melted snowman” cookies together for Santa and his reindeer.

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Sugar crash.

AM’s in the a.m.

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Waking up at Aunt Mindy’s apt. Munchkins for breakfast.

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Morning performance.

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Appreciative audience.

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A quick ride north and we make it to Nana and Grampa Holt’s house. After unpacking and settling in we gave Noah’s snowboard a new sticker job.

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A little time with Nana before bed.

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Holiday traffic

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Lunch break as we drove up to NH for the holidays.

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Two way balloon art.

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We spent the first night of our trip with Aunt Mindy.

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The winter surf scene of Hampton Beach.

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Aunt Mindy took Noah and me to the Seacoast Science Center.

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Petting sharks (kind of).

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A blue lobster!

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Big muscles.

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Back at Aunt Mindy’s.

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The bunker Noah slept in.

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The twigs and dirt show.

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Waiting to get into the Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden.

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Just in case you didn’t follow the link earlier.. everything in the show is made “of natural materials such as bark, twigs, stems, fruits, seeds, and pine cones”.

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I was partial to the Guggenheim replica.

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Is it wrong to boo a replica?

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The first sighting of the year

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Trip to the city to see Santa at ABC Carpet and Home and give him the wish list.

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Like a pro.

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No big deal.

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