Mason Shoma

Daddy was making me crack up while we were playing. He was making funny noises and I just found it hilarious. He was adding “bpfff” in the middle of words and I thought it was the funniest thing in the world.

After a long day, I just devour my dinner!

Overall, I’m a very happy kid! But I’m not necessarily always smiley or easy going. I’m quite particular and I have my moods. Sometimes if I don’t feel like doing something for some reason, I really don’t want to do that thing and I resist with all my might. Today we were all singing and dancing and I wasn’t feeling it, so I cried. But once we got to a song I liked I calmed down, joined in, and had fun.

After my bath I like towel dresses. This one is Daddy’s creation. He called it “The Statue of Liberty”…whatever that means.

We all sat down for dessert, but I was the only one eating.

After we had full bellies we started playing around. I can’t exactly say what we were doing. We were just being silly and playing! We laughed a lot! At one point we “hid” near Daddy’s desk and then ran to our respective mommies. We did this so many times. Each time was as fun, if not more fun than the last.

We were getting a bit too over-excited (and sweaty in my case) so Daddy put Anpanman on the TV so that we could take a break and drink some liquids.

We had a great time together!

I had a bit of a meltdown near the end. It wasn’t really my fault. It was late and I skipped my nap so I got frustrated and a bit sad. It was time to call it a day. It did not end on the happiest of notes but we had such a great time and we shook hands and promised to do it again sometime.

When my friend came over today we had a nagashi somen party! Nagashi somen is a common summer food in Japan. Often you eat it at a bbq or at a camp. What you do is you get a long hollowed out bamboo and make into a trough. Then you send some water down it and then somen noodles. People line up along the trough and catch somen as it goes by and eat it. Recently, they have these nagashi somen machines that push water around a trough and then you can catch somen as it goes by from the comfort and coolness of your own living room. I had a great time. I was really good at catching the noodles and I ate a lot. I mean so much that my friend’s mom looked a little concerned with how much I was eating. I could I not eat it. Not only is it yummy, but how often are you actually encouraged to play with your food?

For dessert we had some fruit jellies go floating around. It was a very nice and cool sweet dessert!

My friend is coming over to play today. I’m just passing the time until she gets here by reading a book.

I helped Daddy cook breakfast again. Today we had hashbrowns and eggs! I did most of the mixing!

I ate up all my dinner. You know what that means. It is Tokyo Banana time!

I’m just taking break and watching some TV with Mommy while Daddy makes dinner. It’s nice to have some quiet time sometimes.

While shopping we found a bus driving simulator. You know how much I love buses so I just had to give it go. I took the wheel and did a really good job. I got all my passengers to their destinations safely!

Mommy and I ran into a lion while shopping today. We were coming back from the restroom and we got to take a picture of a lion who was the mascot for Lion Corporation (they make soaps and cleaners and hygiene products and other stuff). I was not that thrilled. I prefer Johnson & Johnson brand products.

Even when Daddy comes home late he spends every second he can with me. I know he must be tired, but when I comes home I get so excited and we get right to playing.

After dinner, I had to get me some more of that delicious Tokyo Banana! Look how excited I am! You can see how delicious it is. Yum!

Indoor play with beads and hoops! It doesn’t sound like much but it was a lot of fun!

Today is Tanabata so we learned about the legend behind it. We all listened very intently. It is a very interesting story and I encourage you to look it up and learn about it.

Then we took pictures in front of the Milky Way and our bamboo tree with all of our tanabata wishes.