Mason Shoma

Mommy and Daddy were putting me down for bed and we were chatting as usual. Then I got up and sat on Mommy’s tummy and announced, “fart”. Then I farted on her. It was a surprise fart attack. Mommy and Daddy were very surprised and burst out laughing. After a moment I then announced, “smelly”. Mommy and Daddy are wondering where I learned that but I didn’t learn it anywhere, it is a Mason original.

I had fun telling Alexa that I liked her because she always appreciates it and plays some fun music. I came up with a bunch of my own dance moves to match her music.

Every so often we get some free samples from Benesse and they often have a book and some activities. I always enjoy those freebies. Today I combined them with my Mercedes and had a lot of fun.

After playing I helped Mommy with some cooking. She always appreciates my help.

We went for a nice walk today and checked out the bus stop. We were really excited to just see buses. What a fun walk.

“Mommy look at me, look at me!”

Just starting up my Mimizaur brushing teeth app. It is a cool entertaining timer. I can also dress him up in different outfits and accessories.

Who put this big water puddle in the park? It is oh so tempting to go splashing around in it. But our teacher told us that we can’t unless we have rain boots. Shucks. No rain boots. I’d better go get some.

Yep, just cooking in our sleep.

On our walk we visited the prefectural office. On our way there we saw cats in the park and made sure to stop and say hi. Then we headed up to the top so that we could have a great view of the city.

While there looking out upon the city I had some questions for my teacher. I asked her where her house was and what that green building is and commented about the cute butterfly hairclip she had. I like to talk to my teachers and let them know what is on my mind.

Some mornings when we leave for school I tell Alexa that I’m heading out and she sings me a farewell. That’s nice of her.

I have a lot of routines in my life. My bedtime routine has changed a bit, but is now pretty consistent. After books and brushing teeth, when it is time to turn in, I start off with a piggyback ride from Daddy. We ask Alexa to turn off the lights and then we say “Oyasumi“. We head to the bedroom where we look at the cat on Mommy’s jewelry hanger. Then Daddy collapses into bed. I roll off him and he pretends that he can’t find me. Then he goes on all fours and then I climb up on him and then roll, or fall, off. Then it is my job to turn off the lights. Then we watch a couple of Super Simple Songs.

After that I am supposed to go to sleep, but I usually roll around a lot and talk a lot and ask a lot of questions. Eventually I get around to closing my eyes and going to sleep…but it usually takes a while. I’m in bed before nine, and on good days I’m asleep before ten.

We did hand painting in school today. At first I didn’t like the feeling of the paint on my hand. I have always been quite finicky about being clean. Even at home I never got into finger-painting or anything like that. It even took me a long time to get used to playing in the sand because I kept wanting to wipe my hands clean. But after a while I got used to the paint and had fun. I made some pretty cool hand prints too.

We had a gymnastics class again today, and again I opted to observe the class from the sidelines. I’m quite hesitant…resistant…well, let’s just say it: stubborn. I decided not to try this new thing and I’m sticking to my decision. My teachers are very understanding and don’t push, but they always ask if I want to participate. I always say that I want to watch.

The weather was really nice today so we went to visit a nearby shrine. The walk was a little further than our usual walks but I didn’t complain and walked the whole way. It was a really nice walk. What was even better was that we saw some construction vehicles on the way there. Awesome!

Just when it was time to leave for school I declared that there was no school today. Daddy reminded me that it was a school day and there was indeed school today. I told him no tomorrow. He talked to me and explained that he understood my feelings and he himself also wished it wasn’t a work day. But he couldn’t change that. I was fighting back tears but accepted the fact. I was clingy and delayed a bit more but it was time to leave and Mommy had to go first to catch her train. I was teary eyed and protested but I gave her a hug and waved goodbye. Daddy and I left a couple minutes later and I was fine by then. Don’t get me wrong, I like school a lot. It’s just that I like staying home with Mommy and Daddy even more.

Just giving Mommy a nice well-deserved massage after a long day. I thought I was giving her a very good massage until it accidentally turned…inappropriate.

I was feeling particularly photogenic today so I posed for some pictures, bib and all.