Author name: Mason Shoma

Making roads

I love playing with my foam car bath toys that Grandma and Grandpa got me. I get so into it that bath time goes by very quickly and sometimes I don’t want to get out of the tub. Recently I like playing with the roads as well as the cars. I’m getting better at putting […]

Mommy’s pole, Daddy’s pole, Mason’s pole

After Mommy picked me up from school today, I didn’t feel like going home just yet and wanted to stay out a bit. So she took me for a walk and we ended up at the park near our house. I ran around a bit and was ducking under these bars that I like to

Curious and observant, but not attentive

I’m a very curious and observant little boy. I like seeing and learning new things. I notice almost everything. Especially things I am into. Nobody in my school spots airplanes flying overhead or buses driving by faster than I do, including teachers. Even on our walks I spot all kinds animals as well. But just

Magnatiles

I play with my magnatiles a lot these days. They are now standard in my toy rotation. What’s nice is that Mommy and Daddy seem to enjoy playing with them too! Although I have to demolish what they make in order to complete my creations, we all still have a lot of fun.

Happy at nursery school

I’m always happy at nursery school. I love to see my teachers and friends and enjoy all the outings and events. Overall, I play quite well with others and am usually in a very good mood. But it doesn’t always show in the photos that my teachers take. However, today, they caught me with a

Devouring breakfast

Before I had to be fed breakfast. Nowadays I’m just served breakfast and I pretty much just devour it on my own. But I have to be monitored because I tend to take huge bites of my banana yogurt. I surprisingly don’t choke on it. But check out that steady spoon skill.

I’m a perfect human

I’m so good at mimicking and copying that Mommy and Daddy are always giving me funny new things to do. Daddy was going through a bunch of old ippatsu gags by comedians to see if I could copy them. Mommy and Daddy burst into laughter when I was able to do the “I’m a perfect

Double utensil nabe

We had nabe for dinner tonight. And when I say “we” I actually mean we. I didn’t have a special one made for me. I at exactly the same thing Mommy and Daddy ate, just cut into smaller pieces. I’ve been eating more and more grown up food. Sometimes the flavors are toned down and

Babysat by Obachan

It seems like we are practicing having me babysat. Mommy and Daddy left me with Obachan to run some errands. It seems like they have a wedding to go to next month and want to get me used to not having them around for a few hours. Of course, Obachan and I were fine. She

Wooden blocks and cars

I was playing with my wooden blocks and cars for the first time in a long time. I have so many other cars that my wooden ones have been neglected somewhat. I was having fun, but I was feeling a bit lonely all the way over here. So I went to sit in Daddy’s lap

Measuring height

Mommy and Daddy could have sworn that I grew taller, but when checking my height it seemed like I hadn’t. Maybe I’m just getting trimmer so it looks like I’m getting taller. Right now I’m still 83 cm (32.6 inches) tall.

Daddy’s birthday yakiniku dinner

For Daddy’s belated birthday dinner we went to yakiniku. I’ve been to yakiniku before but this is the first time we decided not to even bring any food for me. We knew that I would have more than enough to eat. Nowadays I can eat and do eat just about anything. I am even eating

Backpack

Just packing the essentials as we head out to dinner. The essentials are of course snacks.

Chopsticks practice

I practiced using chopsticks today. It was the first time I had a go at it and I think I did pretty good. It is slow work and a bit difficult, but I really want to get the hang of it. I think I want to keep practicing, as long as I’m not too hungry,

At the park with my tractor

I wanted to get out of the house this morning so Daddy and I went for a quick trip to the park, but not without my tractor. After my snack we played on the slide, ran around a bit, and had our usual park fun. Then we went for a bit of a walk before

Brushing buddies

I was so attached to Daddy today, that I wouldn’t let him out of my sight even to brush his teeth this morning. So we brushed our teeth together. We’re not just buddies, but brushing buddies.

Setsubun at home

It is tradition for Setsubun to eat a certain rolled sushi for good luck. You are usually supposed to eat the long sushi without talking facing the designated direction for that year, all for good fortune. But since I am still small and there is a choking hazard, Mommy cut my sushi up into small

Setsubun

Today is Setsubun. So at school today, we chased away the oni, or evil spirits, by throwing beans at them. Well, we didn’t use beans. We actually used rolled up paper balls. That’s a good thing too because I don’t think beans would have done the trick. The oni was pretty impressive. Of course, a

Horsey and up in the air

When Daddy comes home we have a great time playing. We usually play with cars, which we did today as well. But sometimes we get a little more active. Wheeeeee!

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