* Track of the little sparkles *

Daily log of childcare, cooking, gardening, sewing, and so on.

2021-08-11

Sorry for the half-eaten photo! When we went to the acquaintances' house, they cooked this English pudding for us! The ingredients were many raspberries which were grown in their garden That was so nice. We could eat it with custard or ice…

2021-08-10

PepperPig! We knew it before moving to the UK because my nieces who lived in Sweden liked it. But haven't not so much interest in it. However, once my daughters watched the anime on TV, they are addicted to it. My eldest daughter begged my…

2021-08-09

Look! This is the basement of our acquaintances' house! There was no basement when I visited here 10 years ago. They added this basement because he wants a wine cellar. The temperature is kept around 19℃, and many wines are there Also Chri…

2021-08-08

We visited a small town that our acquaintances are living. The town is so cute and full of green, especially well-kept lawns. We spend time at their home and served lunch & snacks. My husband and I had visited here 10 years ago, and we tol…

2021-08-07

Yesterday, we met the Japanese - UK half kids at the park. They can understand and talk Japanese, and their mother is Japanese. I talked much with her, and the children played together They are the first friends for our daughters in the UK…

2021-08-06

Sticker game✨ My second daughter was gifted the sticker book from her friend of a Japanese nursery before moving to the UK. She takes very good care of it and seldom played. But recently, she is addicted to putting on the stickers on her b…

2021-08-05

These days, I often quick cook sandwiches for lunch after playground. The sold breads much suit for sandwiches and there's a lot of variation. In addition, breads are very cheeper than Japan☺️ We can eat like sesami bread, whole wheat brea…

2021-08-04

We met this small super cute bird at Stanmer Park. It was relatively used to the people and stayed near us for a while. Yesterday, we went to the library and read a bird picture book, and found this bird named "Robin"! How cute name My 4y …

2021-08-03

On the way to Stanmer Park, we found this "perfect" playground near our house. While I checked the google map for playgrounds, I found this green zone, but there were no playground photos. So I thought there's no playground in this area. B…

2021-08-02

We went to Stanmer Park in northern Brighton yesterday. It has large forests and lawns, some cafes and a playground. We hiked and had lunch. We stayed there for about 5 hours! My daughters walked well, and found many plants, bugs, animals,…

2021-08-01

We plan to trip to Scotland this August. But our winter clothes haven't arrived yet. And more, we plan to the 6h boat tour which looks very cold even if in the summer. So, I bought the clothes for "winter mountain" at the shop. It holds cl…

2021-07-31

I went to the "Daunt Books" when we had a short trip to London. The store has a long history. The inside of the shop was lovely I found some beautiful picture books and my daughter also liked them, so we bought one of them. Definitely, one…

2021-07-30

I'm at the vaccination center now. I just booked vaccine yesterday What a convenient system!! Now, I have vaccinated the moderna one. The second time is planed in September. The doctors and staffs are all kind and explain me very politely☺…

2021-07-29

We went to London! We saw the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, and rode on the River Thames cruise. Unfortunately, we had heavy rain several times, but we could have some sunny time so it's ok! My daughters especially enjoyed the jewels of t…

2021-07-28

My husband's acquaintance lent us the keyboard! How nice! My 4y daughter wanted to play the piano, so she enjoyed the keyboard for several hours! She especially wants to play the Electone, which "Ritchan" who she respects plays, and the ke…