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.
It was Baaba’s birthday so I decided to get her some pretty flowers! But when we were at the flower shop, I spotted some plastic lemons that I thought she would love, so I got that instead of flowers. Daddy convinced me to get some other plastic flowers as well, but I was insistent on getting her the lemons. When I gave them to her, she was so happy to get a gift picked out by me. And it was obvious that I chose her gift on my own. I was so happy that she liked it. I also helped give her the gift that Mommy got for her, too.
I wanted to go to the park so everyone came with me and was very interested to see how I played at the park. They were very impressed by my sliding skills!
Besides showing off sliding, I was not very inclusive of everyone. I just wanted to play with Daddy. So when Jiiji, Baaba, and Obachan tried to play with me I turned them away with a firm “No!”. It was not very nice of me. But I did let everyone watch me play. I just did not necessarily want to play with them. I’m working on that.
After the park we sang Happy Birthday to Baaba and had delicious cake!
It was a such a fun day to spend with everyone. Everyone was very impressed with how much I have grown and how much I can do. Even though it was Baaba’s birthday celebration, I kind of stole the show.
When talking to Jiiji, Baaba, and Obachan today, my haircuts came up. I explained to them what those are like. I explained to them that I get to watch YouTube and eat some special dessert like jello or ice cream. I was very emphatic about not liking the hair clipper noise, but let them know that I did enjoy the special rewards I got.
Recently, I have been reading some books on my own. These are books that have been read to me so many times that I just memorized the entire book. For those of you who do not speak Japanese, you are just going to have to trust me that I “read” each page correctly.
Did you know that I’m a singer/songwriter? You must know that I’m a singer by now since I have posted a lot of videos of me singing here. But I also write my own songs too. Today I created a new song called Mason. It is about, yes, you guessed it, me! I sang it for Daddy at bath time because everyone knows that you sound better in the shower.
I love cooking with my play cooking set, but sometimes I need a sous chef. Often that is Daddy, but today House helped me cook.
So much sliding!
Even Mommy went sliding too and I cheered her on!