Mason Shoma

Seeing Daddy off when he is going to work. Bye-bye Daddy! Have a good day at work!

I am so good with a spoon now that I can eat pretty cleanly all by myself. I think I got a lot better at eating with a spoon in Hawaii. Look how steady that spoon is and how all the food makes it into my mouth. Pretty good!

Today I wouldn’t let Mommy into the bath. I started doing this a few days ago. I would usher Daddy in and then with a firm, but gentle hand stop Mommy from entering the bathroom. I stopped her at the door and pushed her back. But that wasn’t good enough. I wanted her to go behind the other door. Then I even checked to make sure she was safely behind the barrier before I could go and take my bath. I figured that it was like public restrooms or bath houses where they have men’s and women’s sections. This bath is for boys only, Mommy.

I love my little wooden trains, but I knew they were missing something: train tracks. Now my trains have someplace to run. They are still fun without tracks, but it is nice to have some structure sometime.

The outside world looks so much brighter.

My gang was happy to see me back from Hawaii. They thought I had gotten out, but I was back in. I immediately staged an escape when I saw the buses and cars go by. I did my best to pick the lock but I didn’t get it open. Maybe I’ll get it next time. Or maybe I should think about tunneling out.

Today when Mommy dropped me off at school I didn’t cry, although I looked like I was about to cry. I’m just getting back into the swing of things and getting used to my morning routine.

There I was, being a good little boy, eating up all my dinner and then I felt something funny. Not like strange food funny. Funny as in a ticklish way. Then I saw that Daddy was trying to eat my feet and was tickling them with his head.

I went back to nursery school today! It was nice to see my classmates and teachers again after such a long time. It was a little hard to get bak to school life. I cried when Mommy dropped me off, but I calmed down and was able to have fun with everyone.

On our walk, I did think a lot about Mommy and Daddy and Hawaii, and all my family that were there during the holidays. I had a great time there, but I also have a great life here. It is good to be back.

Some days I just can’t wait to play with my cars. I don’t even think about eating breakfast. There is only one thing on my mind: cars.

I like to copy a lot. So when Daddy does something silly, like say put a box on his head, of course I’m going to copy him.

I was playing with my car garage and cars with Daddy and he started coming up with new ideas. He put the garage on the table and then a soft place for the cars to land on the floor. It was pretty fun and we got some really nice soft landings here and there!

No, I did not turn into a huge kaiju monster like Godzilla. Daddy just videoed me in a way that made me look like huge monster. But I’m not here to terrorize cities or anything. I’m just here to play with cars…which as huge monster would be fun because then all the real-sized cars would look like toys. Cool! Okay, someone super-size me!

Daddy tried to sneak up on me when he came home today. It did not work. I was not surprised. The moment I saw him I invited him to play with me as if I knew he was there all along.

I love to eat lunch. I love to go to the park. So of course I’m going to love lunch in the park! I love it so much that I look a little bit evil.

I’m always playing with my cars…at least that’s when I’m not making a mess.

Once we got home from the park, I went right to playing with my cars after I washed my hands.