Mason Shoma

I have my favorite videos on Super Simple Songs and I also like watch Tayo which is about a bus and Titipo which is about a train. However, recently, I started to like to watch Curious George as well. Since the shows are a bit longer, I usually only watch Curious George on the weekends.

You’d be surprised how dirty my toy cars get even though they never leave the house. I love cleaning cars like Carl does on Carl’s Carwash. Most of my HotWheels and Tomica can fit through my carwash garage, but the larger toy vehicles need to be cleaned by hand.

I wanted sandwiches for lunch so I helped Daddy make a bunch of them. I had ham and cheese, butter and jam, and honey sandwiches. They were fun to make and delicious to eat!

We went for a nice walk today and saw a lot of pretty plum blossoms. We also visited the prefectural office top floor so that we could see out into the city. There were so many cars to see that I was very excited and happy.

I was, however, a bit difficult when we got back to school. We had to take off our jackets and all of a sudden I said that I couldn’t do it. My teacher offered to help and when I said I need help one of the older classmates was kind enough to offer a hand. I sometimes get worked up and claim that I can’t do something, even though I had done it many times before. I guess that sometimes I just want to be taken care of.

Today at the park I played construction site. I dug holes like and excavator and then covered them up like a bulldozer. I narrated what I was doing by saying, “Pouring sand” and “Hardening the cement”. My friends joined in and we had a very busy construction site.

When Mommy came to pick me up from school today, I did a cute little dance for her. She wanted to get in on camera so asked me to do it again, but I insisted on seeing the video even though she hadn’t taken it yet. I finally did a mini version of the original, immediately asking to see the result.

Mommy went through a lot of trouble making me a special healthy Valentine’s day dessert: Banana cocoa shake. I appreciate the effort, but if I’m being honest, I did not really like it. It was a bit bitter from the cocoa. Thank you for thought and effort, Mommy!

We played in the sand a lot today and “cooked” a lot of food. A lot of us made curry.

We also ran around a lot and played chase. I asked my teacher to be “it” and chase us, but then when she chased me I told her “Stop! Don’t chase me!” She asked me if I only wanted her to chase my classmates and I told her yes. I have a very specific idea of how I want chase to be played.

I got a really cool Valentine’s Day card from Nana and Papa. Somehow they always find greeting cards that have awesome cars in them. I don’t know how they do it. It always makes me happy to get cards from them. I can’t wait for the next one. Thank you, Nana and Papa! And happy Valentine’s day to you too!

Telling Daddy that I love Mommy and then telling Mommy directly…again and again.

Today at the park we ran around a lot. At one point our teacher drew train tracks for us to follow and we happily walked the line.

We also pretended to be dinosaurs. We roared and chased each other around. I had so much fun being a dinosaur that before our nap I told my teacher, “When I wake up I want to read the dinosaur picture encyclopedia.”

I think my face has changed a lot from when I was a newborn baby. But every so often you catch a glimpse of the baby face I once had.

At the park today, Daddy and I were arguing about who would go on the slide first. Daddy suggested we play janken (rock paper scissors), probably thinking that he would win easily. He was so wrong. I repeatedly beat him. It was actually quite amazing. Either I’m really good at janken or Daddy is really bad at it.

Daddy went off to get a bicycle to show me that he could ride one, hoping that I would be more interested in riding my strider bicycle. It kind of worked because I was interested in the bicycle he rented. But I’m not sure if I’ll be riding my strider any time soon.

It was another fun day at the park!

As usual, when I found out that Daddy was cooking, I volunteered to help out.

Singing “One little, two little, three little cars” while playing with my cars in my dump truck.

Every so often I rediscover my baby toys and start playing with them. There is a bit of reminiscent nostalgia that I enjoy. It makes it hard to get rid of old toys because Mommy and Daddy cannot claim that I don’t play with them anymore. Everything actually does get played with at some time.

Still keeping up with my driving practice. Practice makes perfect you know.