* Track of the little sparkles *

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

2021-08-14

We went to the castle of Edinburgh and Calton hill yesterday. My husband and I had visited the castle and the hill 10 years ago. They looked the same as they did and reminded me of those days. But the hiking with children was extra fun We …

2021-08-13

We are in Edinburgh now. Yesterday was the moving day from Beighton, and we walked around the castle of Edinburgh. We ate the Scottish dish "Hagis" at night. It was amazing. Some street perfoemance were held here, like fiddle or bagpipes, …

2021-08-12

My elder 4y daughter began to learn "Phonics" with this book. I bought it at Poundland for £3≒¥450. Now, she can read almost Single Sounds and their combination, like "cat", "bed", "ant". The next stage is Medial Sounds like "oo", "ea". It…

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…