Mason Shoma

My new shoes arrived today. I can still wear my current shoes, but they are getting tight and quite worn out. It has only been a few months and I’m already growing out of and wearing out my shoes. At this pace my shoes budget is going to be huge.

I was very excited about the arrival of my new shoes. I chose Hayabusa Shinkansen shoes this time. Pretty nice!

We got to the park today and found that it was nearly empty so that meant that we had almost the whole space to ourselves. We took advantage of that and ran all over the place.

We had gymnastics class again today and I opted to observed again today. But I made some progress. When I was invited to participate I ran over and touched the mat and vault, showing my interest in gymnastics. One day I’ll join in.

I decided to crawl to botcha today. And on the way there I recalled that we saw a cat on the way home. But since a can’t pronounce my “k” sound it was hard for Daddy to understand. I clarified with a follow up, “meow-meow”. That made it easier.

Walking home from school we noticed a strange bearded man following us. On closer inspection we noticed that it was Daddy. He got off work on time and caught up with us. I ran to him and leapt into his arms. Then we walked the last block home together. Not without checking in on a local stray cat that I often see on our way home.

On our walk we saw a police car on patrol and waved to it, cheering it on and thanking it for serving and protecting.

At the park we saw a lot of ducks in the ponds and a lot of baby ducks in the pond. We tried to count how many but there were so many and they kept moving around that we couldn’t get an accurate final count.

At the park we started off by checking out the different bugs that we found. There were a lot of ants that were fascinating and we just squatted there watching them for a long time.

Then we played cops and robbers. Our teacher was the robber and we chased her all around the park. I was quite fast and caught her many times.

Later at lunch I recalled our time at the park and told my teacher, “Playing cops and robbers was fun!”

I didn’t want Mommy to eat alone so I joined her when she tried the Mother’s Day sweets that we got for her. What a good son!

I’ve been in serious potty training for a couple of months now with mixed results. I’ve been doing quite well at school, doing poopy in the toilet here and there. First it just started with me going to the potty area at school on my own and then pooping in my diaper. Then I gradually started to do poopy in the potty.

Today, I told Mommy and Daddy that I had to do poopy, and they asked if I wanted to use the potty or not. I usually say no, but today I said yes. So they took me to the potty and without waiting for too long I had a successful poop in the potty! It was a momentous occasion in our household. Mommy and Daddy were very proud of me, and I was proud of myself as well. This was just the first step and I think I can do this more often now. Look out world, Mason is potty trained!

I threw a bit of tantrum today. I have these tantrums from time to time. Today’s tantrum is the nori tantrum, even though it is not necessarily about nori. I just didn’t want to stop watching TV to eat lunch. But I got all upset about the lack of nori involvement in lunch. Actually, I don’t really know what was going through my head. I just have tantrums and when I calm down I’m back to my sweet, happy self.

Today was Mother’s Day so the first thing we did was let Mommy sleep in. When I woke up, Daddy took care of me, fed me, and dressed me. When Mommy got up I helped her eat her donuts, as a good son should (even though I had my own a couple hours earlier).

We also presented her with some Mother’s Day sweets! She seemed quite happy about it!

Happy Mother’s Day, Mommy! You’re the best Mommy! Thank you for everything you do for me every day! I love you!

One app that I added to my goto list when i have iPad time is a spelling app called Endless ABCs. It is really cute and teaches you new words, how to spell, and the sounds and names of all the letters. I really like it and find it an interesting conversation starter for other subjects of learning.

My brushing teeth app has a morning exercise video that I assume is meant to be used early in the morning to help get you up and energized to face the day. I like to use it after I finish brushing my teeth and right before I’m supposed to calm down and go to sleep. Maybe right before bed is not the ideal time for exercise.

When asked what I wanted to eat for dinner, I answered “meat” so we went out for yakiniku for my birthday celebration dinner! We had a lot of fun and I ate so much!

Of course I ate a lot of meat, but I ate a lot of fruits and vegetables too from the salad bar.

But of course the biggest treat was the desserts! (Yes, plural). I don’t often get to eat ice cream, so when I do, it is big treat! I was very into the blueberry sundae!

It was a great birthday dinner celebration!

We decided to head to the park today, and what better way to get there than by Mercedes. I was traveling in style!

At the park we had our usual fun on the slide and running around, but I also got to use my new bubble wand from Legoland! It was so cool that I could see so many bubbles floating up toward the sky!

We were also looking for bugs, specifically ladybugs at the park, but none were to be found. But when we got home and checked out our garden, I we found a ladybug, a black one. I was so excited and happy. I was able to hold it a bit before it flew off to go tell its family that it spotted a Mason.

I’m very good about washing my hands. We always wash our hands at school and I always remember to wash my hands when we get home and before meals. Daddy showed me how to wash both sides of my hands and between my fingers and each individual. I also know that I’m supposed wash my wrist but I’m exactly sure who taught me how to wash my hands like a surgeon all the way up to my elbows.

We already had a birthday celebration for May birthdays earlier, but today was a mini birthday celebration just for me. There was a special interview where my teacher asked me about my favorite things. When asked what my favorite toy was, my answer did not change from earlier this week: bus.

The day actually did not start off so great. I cried in the morning. I think I was feeling a little sad after spending so much time surrounded by family during the break, going to school was a little lonely, even if I was surrounded by friends and teachers. My teachers helped comforted me, but gave me some space. I went over to the window to watch some cars go by and when I felt better I eased over to go play with some toys. My friends were happy to play with me and I received many birthday wishes.

Today we had our English lesson and learned about a lot of things like colors, vehicles, and how to introduce ourselves. I still really enjoy English lessons but I still haven’t quite realized that we have a new English teacher. Maybe I notice someday.