Noah Cardiel Holt | My life according to other people

On Sunday Noah turned 7. Crazy. We had Milo, Nooria, and Savannah over for a small Pokemon themed party.

Kate made a great cake.

Noah and Savannah sang some strange happy birthday song the whole train ride to Coney Island. Milo and I weren’t into it.

I tried to get them to ride this one..

Noah and Milo went for this one instead.

Christmas morning in out Brooklyn apartment with Nana, Grampa, and Aunt Mindy.

Dressed and ready to go to Nana T. and Opa’s.

Opa’s beer fridge.

Noah telling Uncle Emmett the story about losing his tooth the night before.

Declan checking for loose teeth too.

Caitlin!

Jars of mustard from Opa to the boys. (Next two photos by Kate)

Nana T. showing us a shirt that Kate wore a few years back.

Birthday Party!

Kate with Matthew, Anne and Andy’s son.

Anne and Andy’s daughter Catherine!

On the first Friday of every month Noah’s school invites parents into the school for “Parents as Learning Partners”.

For the first Friday in December we helped the kids make snowflakes that would decorate the school auditorium.

Ms. Bartolomé giving the kids some tips before they get started.

We had a special guest in mid-November… Aunt Mindy!

After hugs, and kisses, and cuddling we took a walk to Prospect Park.

Lakeside.

Nathan (who plays plays hockey every week and is super good at ice skating and came to heckle) met up with us.

Noah’s classmate Lola was there with her sister.

Tag.

He’s quicker without those two front teeth weighing him down.

Lola giving me ice dancing lessons.

A rare fall.

Hot chocolate break.

Noah hijacked Aunt Mindy’s flashlight.

Riding home in Nate’s car.

Story time.

Like a winter sun struggling to climb into the sky, young Noah and I struggle to get dressed so we can get him to school on time.

Later that night we had a conference with his teacher about how he’s doing, and what we can work on with him.

As we walked home Noah and I played “tag”. At one point while we were running around Noah hid behind Kate and when he did he put his two front teeth (which were loose) on her bag. When he moved, his two front teeth came out. There was a little shock after he quickly picked the teeth up…

But he was tough.

We got him some water.

He took a minute to get used to his new mouth.

The next morning at school he was king of the yard.