Mason Shoma

I still have a little energy left after a long day of school, a fever, and a nice relaxing bath. But, then I realize I really am sleepy.

At the end of a long day, I sometimes just can’t wait for a bath. Especially when it is summer and I am all sweaty and sticky. It feels good to wash all that grime off. I should note that I’m not really taking baths anymore. I’m taking showers. Instead of filling the tub part way, even though I always stand up in it, we figured it would save more water just to use the shower. We plug the tub just in case I want to sit in the water. It is also so hot that we don’t need the bath water to keep me warm.

I’m still really good in the bath. I like the shower and like getting washed. I don’t really put up a fuss except when it is time to rinse my hair. I don’t like my face being covered with a towel. So I try and get away from it and end up with the shampoo water running down my face. But don’t worry, it doesn’t get in my eyes thanks to my eyebrows and eyelashes.

I like playing with the water and sometimes try to drink it. I like playing with my bath toys but sometimes I don’t let go of them so I take them to the living room and they become regular toys. Overall, I like bath time, or botcha time (the local Hawaiian term for bath).

I ate celery for the first time today. It was pretty good because all vegetables are pretty good to me. At least I think it tasted pretty good. I had a runny nose and couldn’t really taste that well. I’m pretty sure it was good. Daddy made Pot-au-feu. It had a lot of veggies and was in consommé.

Daddy picked me up from nursery school late in the afternoon because I had a slight fever. Even though I had been playing well, it became very apparent that I was feeling a bit under the weather. I fell fast asleep on the walk home. I was in such a deep sleep that I ended up snoring!

Do I look run down in these pictures? I have to admit that I’m quite tired in these pictures. I have a runny nose and am not in a great mood. It ends up that I was feeling worse than I thought. I ended up coming down with a slight fever in the late afternoon and Daddy had to come pick me up. I was playing well and had a good appetite, but with my runny nose and slight fever my teachers thought it would be best if I went home early to get some rest.

It was only a matter of time before I turned my FischerPrice cube into a tool and a way to reach higher places.

In the morning I will usually play with my toys on my own, but when I make my way to the couch, that is usually a sign that I want Daddy to come play with me or to tickle me. Then there is a bit of roughhousing.

I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night a lot lately. Since I share a bedroom with Mommy and Daddy, I have a hard time putting myself back to sleep if they are in the room. So usually Daddy takes me out of the room, gets me a drink, and lets me fall back asleep on him on the couch. It is harder for Mommy to do because I would want to be nursed if she held me. For the most part, I go back to sleep without much struggle. I toss and turn a bit until I find a comfortable spot and then fall asleep until morning. Many mornings Mommy often finds us asleep like in the picture. Ideally, we would all like it if I could go back to sleep even when Mommy and Daddy are in the room, but I am too aware and too stubborn to do so. Our routine right now may not be ideal, but it works and is the solution that allows all of us to get more sleep. I’m sure it will change in the future, but for now this is our middle of the night routine.

Today I tried asparagus. It was pretty good. Daddy cooked it with other veggies, tuna, and tomato paste. Mommy tried it and liked it too!

It was quite hot today, but we still enjoyed our walk. We were a little less energetic than usual, but happy to be outside.

One moment I was playing with my cars on the floor and then the next moment I was fast asleep. Nobody was even stroking my back or anything. I was just playing and then fell asleep.

I had a nice long nap. And a deep nap. When I woke up, we were already on our way to nursery school. I don’t remember Daddy packing up my bag or even strapping me into the baby carrier.

You could tell that I had a very deep sleep and did not move much because I had some imprints from the floor mat on my face on arms.

I played all over the house this morning, but then ended up playing on Daddy. I got these squeaky pandas in my panda crate and I can’t quite squeeze them hard enough. I need Daddy to help.

I had clams for the first time today. Daddy made clam chowder for me. Although I liked the soup, it looked like I’m not a big fan of the clams. Either that or I don’t know what shaking my head means. Even though I shook my head I still ate everything up.

I also had ham. I again shook my head as I ate everything. Yep, I’m not using the head shake correctly.

I was very into the ducks at the park again today. I pointed at them and said, “Aaaaaaahhh!” Just to let everyone else know. But they already knew. All of us love our walks and like seeing the ducks and pigeons. Recently the cicada have been chirping a lot and we look for them, but they are hard to find.

It is so hot! I just don’t want to wear any clothes. Sometimes I can get away with not wearing a shirt for a while. Ahhh, so much cooler. Hey, when did my belly get so big? And what is with all this skin?

I woke up so early and finished my breakfast so quickly that I had time to play with Mommy before she left for work. I was so happy!

I was so excited to play with Mommy that when I followed her when she went to the bathroom and accidentally blocked her from coming back. Oops.

I tried mandarin oranges today. For those of you keeping score, you know that I already had mandarin oranges. But these were canned mandarin oranges. They were sweeter, softer, and much easier to eat.

Today’s new food was zucchini. Daddy made ratatouille for me. It is no surprise that I liked the zucchini and ate it all up!