It has been more than 8 months since our darlings Neel and Mili brightened up our lives. Meant to note down all milestones and memories that we will cherish years later. However juggling a full time job leaves very little time with the babies let alone using a laptop at home anymore. Today we had reached yet another milestone and though I should be in bed since dawn breaks out soon, I felt like adding this entry so that it will get me started on adding more titbits later :) Today Neel and Mili had their first solid rice based food - they had been eating mashed bananas since the past several weeks, but today Sept 21st, 2009, is the day they experience Earth Day's Organic Brown Rice Cereal mixed with Similac formula :)
Chiang Mai Dec 18th, 2023 - A walk through a paradise of flowers, an immersive Thai culinary journey and the Sunday Night Market
We had a wonderful buffet breakfast at The Grand Napat and were ready to start the day. Somnath had booked a half day Thai cooking class and a van pickup from our hotel at 3pm. That meant we had the morning and early afternoon for sight-seeing. I had read about the beautiful flower gardens in Mueang Kaeo, Chiang Mai and even though the main flower season is in February, there were a couple of farms that still had flowers. What is the big deal with the Flower farms? The entry fee includes different props like wide brimmed hats, colorful umbrellas, baskets with artificial flowers and a couple of other things. The fields also have additional props that can be used while posing like a white piano, a swing, an English Red Telephone Booth! We saw many ladies dressed in beautiful dresses and lots of patient husbands with their best cameras clicking thousands of pictures. It is a photographer's as well as model's paradise. It was really tough to choose which farm to go to. Some revi...