This past Thanksgiving week, we were very excited to travel to Boston to spend time with our cousins, the Munshis! The kids have never been to Boston before, and we really wanted to visit Vivek Kaka, Krishna Kaki, Keshavbhai and Vidya during their time in their town of Chelmsford before it was too late! Since it was almost winter, we even got to experience some east coast snow! Most importantly, we got to spend some wonderful quality time with our cousins, who we are so close to, and they were such amazing, gracious hosts! Thank you for sharing your home with us, taking such great care of us, and putting so much thought and effort into planning a wonderful, memorable week full of events, laughter, delicious home-cooked meals and fun! Thank you for introducing us to Boston life and culture as well! We are so very blessed to be so close with you! Particularly, Krishna Kaki, your home-cooked meals were phenomenal! We were so spoiled! Additionally, Vivek Kaka, on top of everything else you both worked so hard to plan, thank you for your efforts with the crib and shoveling all that snow! Y'all are amazing!
Krish and Arjun were so excited to a) travel to Boston, b) arrive in Boston, and c) visit their cousins Keshav and Vidya. Krish had been talking about it all month long and would tell everyone, "I'm going to Boston to visit my cousins Keshav and Vidya for Thanksgiving!" It was sweet to see him get so excited and it made us even more excited than we already were for the trip as well!
Arjun loved wearing a backpack, for the first time, like
Krishbhai! He felt so special!
Arjun was so excited to "take off"in the plane!
Krishna Kaki and Vivek Kaka definitely went above and beyond and had so many awesome activities planned for us when we got there. On our first day there, they introduced us to a popular east coast style of bowling called Duckpin bowling. It is similar to bowling except you use a much smaller (but still heavy) ball. The kids especially loved this aspect of it, and Krish asked several time after day one if we could go duckpin bowling again! It was definitely a hit with the kids; great idea Munshis! Special thanks to Keshav for teaching Krishbhai and Arjun a cool, new sport!
Arjun duckpin bowling for the first time!
Sweet Vidya! Daddy's girl for sure!
Keshav showing us how it's done!
Good job Krish!
Go Daddy!
Vivek Kaka with the smallest littles!
Family pose!
The next day, Krishna Kaki planned an elaborate surprise trip for us into the city that we soon found out was a Duck Tour of the city, lunch reservations at Al Dente in the famous North End ("Little Italy" of Boston) and delicious dessert cannolis at the most famous pastry and cannoli shop, Mike's Pastries!
We were so spoiled! The kids had a blast on the duck tour and were stoked by the "bus going into the water"! They had such a great time exploring and learning about the city together, especially during the boat tour. I think their favorite part was getting the duck whistle souvenirs at the end of the trip!
Waiting on an anchor at the navy pier for our tour bus/boat!
Sweet Vidya staying warm with Daddy!
Cutie cousins!
Our duck tour bus arrived!
Enjoying doughnuts!
We're in the water!
Enjoying the view with Daddy!
Our boat in the water!
Tourists: they loved those duck whistles!
That evening the kids had the best time playing with each other in the play room. Arjun and Vidya got along really well at the train table, and Krish really enjoyed learning more about dinosaurs from Keshav!
Cutie Pies!!!
Krishna Kaki also thought of the cutest, most creative souvenir craft for the boys to make together: Boston snow globes with their picture from the duck tour inside and their favorite dinosaur figurine! Krish and Keshav loved making their personalized snow globes and then playing with them after! Krishna Kaki definitely thought of everything!
Proudly posing with their newly
created, personalized snow globes!
Wow, looks like everyone had a blast!
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