Aug 3rd,  2008 - We are heading back to Dallas from Oklahoma City and since we were a little free this morning, we decided to go see this store called Pops which was on the historic Route 66 in Oklahoma. We drove north-east to the city and found this nice little store there. Since it was Sunday morning, there was already a crowd early in the morning. A few people had come there for breakfast and the rest were there for .....you guessed it SODA-POP. This store is full of various kinds of sodas.   I am not sure how many flavors they had but the entire store was lined up with various soda bottles of different colors, red, blue, purple, oranage, yellow.....It was really nice. Outside the store there is a big soda bottle and it lights up in the night and probably looks very nice.

We bought a few souveniers, filled up some gas (its cheaper here compared to home) and we headed back home. 

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Aug 2nd,  2008 - After we reached Oklahoma City and rested at the hotel we decided to go to the nearby Bricktown area. The Bricktown area in a reconstructed part of downtown Oklahoma City where they converted the old downtown into a place where they could attract tourists and locals to come and have some fun. We walked a couple of blocks to the Bricktown area and it was terribly hot (over 100 degrees)

The Bricktown area has a water canal and we decided to take a ride on the water taxi. The taxi was full of people from other parts of the country like California, Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma. There was a nice lady sitting next to me and I probably bored her with my jibber-jabber but she did not seem to mind. On the water taxi ride, we saw some nice restaurants, paintings, waterfalls, sculptures etc. The ride must have been about 30 minutes. We got off the taxi and took a walk around Bricktown before heading back to the hotel. It was just too hot to do anything. 

By the end of the walk, I was red like a tomato.

Aug 2nd,  2008 - Its been a long time since we left Dallas on a trip and my parents decided to go and visit Oklahoma City which is about 3 hours away from Dallas. We started off early and headed north to Oklahoma  City. It was a nice long drive and we listened to my favorite songs from Jab We Met, Om Shanti Om, Welcome and Taare Zameen Par. I think my parents must have got bored but I can listen to those songs over and over again. On the way, we stopped at a town called Norman and had some lunch there at a Greek Cafe.

We reached the hotel at around 2 in the afternoon. My father had booked us at the Skirvin Hilton which was a historic hotel in the downtown area. The hotel was very nice and we got a room on the 5th floor. It had a lot of things and my parents had to move every thing to higher levels. I spent a lot of time with the phones, paper, magazines and the television. Soon we will go to the Bricktown area.

July 22nd,  2008 - I love my new Honda toy car that Ramesh uncle got me. Its a lot of fun as you can see.

My activities in school today were

July 20th,  2008 - Today Ramesh uncle and his wife came home for lunch. They got me a great gift, a big Honda toy car. It was the perfect gift for me, since I like cars so much and also able to recognize some of the car logos. My mother had made some good food, we had Biryani, Mutton Chops, Bhindi, Rice and Dal. I ate lunch and played with uncle and auntie. I had a lot of fun. I was very excited to have some company at home.

I loved the car so much, I was attached to it for the rest of the day. I think I must have irritated my dad with all the noise that he finally had to turn the sound off. Another school week begins tomorrow. I am so excited.  

July 16th, 2008 - They teach us to count numbers while rolling the mat at school and you can see me doing that.

I had another fun at school today. Today's activities in school included

July 8th,  2008 - The potty adventures (or should I say misadventures) continue. My parents are trying to get me potty trained for the last few days and they have made some progress. At least now I tell Poo-pee, Poo-pee after I am done so its a step in the right direction. They  are trying a new trick on me and they got a new DVD called "Go Potty Go" and its a 20 minute DVD that talks about sitting on the potty now that I am a big boy. They have also kept the potty near the TV so that I am encouraged to work on it. This morning I sat on the potty and did my poopee so they are keeping their finger crossed that I am getting the message.

Today this was my activity report from school

• Stacking
• Spooning
• Brownstairs
• Color sorting
• Tracing
• Smoother and rough

I also did some Numbers counting

July 7th,  2008 -  Today marks the start of the 2nd week of going to school and since we were coming off a long weekend, my parents thought I may not be very happy to go to school. My mom took me to school and once I saw the school, I started saying "No Way No Way" and had to be reluctantly pulled from the car. Once we were in, I went in without much of a fuss. My teacher Lindsey took me to the kitchen and my mother went home.

  When my mother came back, the teacher gave my mother a report card of my activities today and it reads like this. 

• How to roll unroll mat
• How to close the door
• How to tuck in chair
• How to carry a tray
• Tracing lines
• ABC puzzle
• Learning the days of the week.

Also, I went pee-pee twice (hey my parents don't have to know everything) and ate a snack too.