Author Archives: Mason Shoma

After such an active time at the park we took it easy at home and had some nice quiet time play.

MondayWe learned about Kodomo no Hi (Children’s Day). It was quite interesting. It was much better compared to last month’s traditional even which involved an oni. That was scary. This was cute. It was rainy so we couldn’t go for our walk, but we still worked up a sweat dancing inside. TuesdayIt was another rainyContinue reading “Children’s Day week”

Ojisan is visiting from Tokyo today. We have to tidy up the house in preparation. I made sure to do my part. I was really happy to see Ojisan again, but I felt the need to play it cool and not let him know that. I was almost standoffish at times. But I think heContinue reading “Ojisan visit”

As usual I practiced driving because it was the weekend. This time I brought some passengers to help be learn about driver responsibility. Of course, safety is important so I made sure they buckled their seatbelts. After driving practice, I rode my Mercedes a bit and also had a go on my Strider. I’m notContinue reading “Typical Saturday”

Nice to snuggle with a blanket on a cold morning. But I can’t stay here all day. I have to get ready for school…just a few more minutes. We had our emergency preparedness drill today and listened very intently to all the safety instructions At the park we ran around a lot and asked ourContinue reading “Another full school week”

While waiting for a table at a restaurant for lunch, I ask Mommy to take a walk for me. We ended up frolicking quite a bit. Lunch was really good! I got the kids’ hamburger steak meal. It was so good that I had to order another hamburger steak! (I heard Mommy and Daddy discussingContinue reading “Frolicking”

I am fascinated by anything and everything having to do with cars. One of my favorite toys is a Times parking lot that is part of my Tomica Town set. It has parking bumpers and lock plates in the parking spots. I like seeing them in real life too! First you park, then up itContinue reading “Pay parking lock plate”

Sometimes you eat a meal because you are hungry. Sometimes you eat a meal for nourishment. Sometimes you eat a meal because it is delicious. But sometimes, you eat a meal just so that you can get to the dessert. Today’s lunch was one of those meals. I wanted ice cream so I made sureContinue reading “Ice cream time, I mean “lunch time””

I got a package that had a Spider-man hoodie just for me. When we were in Hawaii, Uncle Matt heard that I liked Spider-man and he ordered this hoodie for me, not as a Christmas gift or anything, just because he thought I might like it. He was right! Thank you, Uncle Matt! Time forContinue reading “Spider-man”

The weather was really nice today so we had a lot of fun running around in the park! We ran so fast that one of my classmate’s hat came off. I was there to help her put it back on. When Mommy came to pick me up from school, I wasn’t quite ready to leaveContinue reading “A week of fun”

I love a good car crash! So many of my play time scenarios revolve around some kind of car crash in my town. Often leading to deployment of the emergency vehicles and resulting traffic jams. Today Daddy and I had fun videoing all kinds of crashes in slow motion. Enjoy! We sure did.

I woke up fine this morning but then all of a sudden in the middle of breakfast I threw up. Then I threw up again and again. It must have been some kind of stomach bug. I threw up quite a bit this morning. But I didn’t cry at all. I was surprised of courseContinue reading “Stomach bug”

Daddy wanted to treat Mommy and me to a special Valentine’s lunch so he took us to a buffet that had a large selection and a lot of sweets! It was quite a long bus ride to get there, but that was fun in itself. When we got to the buffet I ate so much!Continue reading “Valentine’s Lunch Buffet”

Crafts at school. Pizza party with Daddy Dessert. Playing shop. Valentine’s Day card from Nana and Papa! At the park. Dessert. Playing shop again.

Today was a holiday so I got to take it easy in the morning. I didn’t really want to do much, but joined Mommy in her stretches. Then I practiced driving a bit. Since it was such a nice day, we decided to go to the park. We went the convenience store to pick upContinue reading “No school day”

Mommy had to work today so I spent the morning with Daddy. We played a lot, practiced driving and chatted with Nana and Papa. Then we went to go visit Mommy so that we could all have lunch together. Jiiji and Baaba were going to meet us there too. The subway would have been easierContinue reading “Into the city”