~~ Nitya's Blog ~~

Bindu Aunty had us all do a group dance for the Maitry Onam function. Here I am with my buddies, enjoying Mazha Mani Mukile....

Every year, all Yahoos get together and have fun at their summer party. This year's party was called Camp Yahoo. My family drove to Camp Yahoo, with the family of my friend, Archa. Archa's mommy, Bindu Aunty also works at Yahoo with my dad. Once we got there, my dad registered us and all of us got wrist bands. On our way in, we were very surprised to see a man who was 14 feet tall. He actually was not that tall. He was just walking on stilts tied to his feet.

We walked into a big building which carried a lot of food. There was a little mountain inside the building, with bumps on them for climbing. My dad & I stood in line to check out rock climbing. We waited & waited for our turn, but when we reached the front of the line, they stopped the rock climbing because something was not working right. So we went back and had our food. We ate pasta and mushroom and fruits and corn and corn bread. We also had dumplings which I enjoyed the most. Then we took part in a game of bingo. And I won!

We went out of the building for some real fun. My mom noticed some bubbles in the air and showed them to us. Some of the bubbles were as huge as a suitcase. It was cute to see Anika baby sitting in Dileep Uncle's arms and trying to catch the bubbles. We then got some attractive popsicles. We could gobble up whatever we saw because they were all free. Chinnu and Archa and Anika(Archa's little sister) and I got popcicles and ice creams.

Futher along, we saw an animal balloon maker. Archa wanted a dragon fly. I picked a butterfly. Anika got a kitty cat adn Chinnu got a puppy. Mine stayed the most, without popping. We then got into a line, waiting for face painting. An artist gave me a surprisingly beautiful flower that was blue and had green leaves. My dad had his face painted with a fierce dinosaur, which chewed when my dad opened his mouth. Anika got a heart in her hand and Chinnu got a rainbow.

There were many stalls there, where you can play games and earn prizes. I played tic tac toe and won two white Bengal tigers. The fair was coming to a close and so they started giving away the prices for free. We joyfully got as many as we could hold. We dropped Archa's family at their house and drove back to ours with lot of baloons. It was a day of great fun and I can't wait for next year's Yahoo summer party!!.