This was the first time rishab lived without parents for 3 days.
Skyranch trip group photo
He had great fun learning a lot, eating outside and surviving in this world(well.. very safe, and we were updated on Twitter).
skyranch-lunch
Rishab met both his cousins Aditya and Nikhil after 3 years. They all went out together for shopping for toys.
They had great fun in choosing the toys.
As part of our Houston trip for Christmas 2014, we had planned to visit Anuj’s home. We met them on 28th Dec. Kids played so nicely and we had great time bonding with our long time friends.
Playing with Inu and Avni
I just wish good times like this last longer. I am sure we all wished the same.
Happy Halloween in advance from all of us from Boston, MA.
Happy Halloween from Boston, MA.
Recently we went out for a weekend getaway with Satish’s family. Found this beautiful roadside spring bloom. We stopped by to get some photos.
Texas roadside bluebonnets bloom
Rishab and Rohan had a wonderful time together running around the these flowers.
Rishab and Rohan racing in bluebonnet spring bloom
These are natural spring blooms on roadside. No one takes care of them but surely people like us love to watch them while passing by and click a snap or two when we can.
Rohan Byali was running around and having the most fun as usual. Rishab and Rohan were super excited to go around this bluebonnet field as far as they wanted to go. First picture shows how far they went on their own 🙂
Rishab and Rohan having a good time among bluebonnets during spring in Texas
Texas spring blooms are some of the most attractive ones and a recent music album of Salena Gomez’s video “Come and get it” was pictured in one of such bluebonnet patches.
One of my friend in India forwarded an email with world’s most beautiful places to visit before you die. While scrolling through that list, i found Hamilton Pool nature preserve which was in Texas. Planned to visit it multiple times but ended up visiting it now. This was 3.5 hours drive from our home. The drive felt farther than we thought as it wasn’t one strait road.
This was Rishab’s first true hiking. He has done it before but always daddy and mommy picked him up, this time he hiked on his own and guided us with his map.
its a very nice 0.5 miles hiking down hill to reach the pool. I am sure it will be prettier in spring.
Some fall colors at Hamilton pool reserve in Texas
Water in this pool is always 10 degrees less than the outside temperature (as most part of the pool is covered) It was too cold water for me to try swimming, Rishab did swim a little bit. However there were some brave souls who were swimming in that freezing water along with their 3 year old girl.
We explored all parts of the pool but didn’t dare to stand below the water fall.
Conclusion: It was not as pretty as i saw in that picture, Looks like lot more trees have grown around the pool preserve. Its definitely a nice place to visit in Hot summer. Get your pool gears and its a nice place to spend a day. Check the website & their office for weather and water condition.
San Antonio has a very nice wild life ranch safari. You can drive through the safari full of animals. They also have a animal petting area. Kids just love to spend lot of time there.
This sheep was very furry and left some fatty substance on our hands. Rishab was surprised to see how soft it was.
Petting Sheep at Wildlife safari, San antonio, TX
Lamas are very pretty animals resembling camels and are much prettier than camels. Lamas often appear in “Go Diego Go” cart0on, Rishab was excited to see live Lamas.
Rishab petting Lama at the safari
This baby Emu was quietly sitting in one corner and then it woke up and walked away.
Rishab petting a baby Emu
This black goat wasn’t happy to see Rishab; perhaps it wasn’t pleased to see his batman cape and tried to scare him away.
This black goat wasn’t happy to meet Rishab
Rishab concludes “Black goats are always mad at kids..!”.
Like all boys, Rishab loved trains. His 2nd year birthday had a Thomas train on the cake. He had seen large real trains and he had toys too.
Rishab waiting for his turn to ride the model Trains
Now he saw something inbetween his toy trains and real trains the mini trains. We visited Zube park in Hockley, Texas to show him these mini model trains. This park had many mini trains that included steamers and locomotives and we could ride on them.
Although kids of all age enjoy these model trains, its particularly interesing for toddlers and less than 5 years kids (rest of them may feel too grownup for these kinds of rides). These trains are are avilable for public rides only once a month. So check their schedules if you plan to visit.
Rishab always loved to eat strawberries so it was time for us to show him how they are grown. We did not have any you pick strawberry farms in Louisiana. Texas has plenty of them and we visted one before the season got over (Its just another 2-3 weeks). This was the first time we ever visited a Strawberry Farm. Rishab was all excited to visit strawberries farm and was anxiously waiting.
Rishab picking Strawberries at Alvin, TX
Alvin is a small town towards south of Houston. Froberg farm in Alvin grows corn, blueberries, strawberries and and some of vegitables. It was a 35 miles drive for us. Scattered coulds made the day more beautiful.
After a brief intro on strawberry picking, we were on our own. Rishab ate lots n lots of strawberries and picked a few good ones. We all felt that the strawberries were lot more jucier and tasty than what we tasted so far.
A ripe Strawberry
This farm had a small farmer’s market with their farm grown fresh vegitables. This farm also has swings, trees and park area where kids and family can spend time.
Overall its a very good break from Houston’s busy life and a nice place to spend some time with family during weekend. We would surely visit this farm again to taste these strawberries.
Rishab visited LSU Campus @ Baton Rouge today. This is one of the best university campus in Louisiana. Tiger is their official mascot and they have a live tiger in their campus.
Rishab on LSU tiger
Read all about mike the LSU mascot on wiki. We couldnt get a good glimpse or photo of the live tiger as he was sleeping in the shade.
Rishab with LSU mascot
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