* Track of the little sparkles *

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

2021-10-07

I tried to make "English breakfast" with baked beans and sausages. My 2y daughter loves baked beans, so I'll use baked beans for breakfast more often. Many of my mother friends in the UK say that they don't make such breakfast, but eat cer…

2021-10-06

We made this Jack-o-lantern! We were going to scrape the pumpkin, but this one is for eat, then if we scrape this, the pumpkin would rot soon... So we decided to paste the black paper on it. Now, we can enjoy it for about 1 month. We plan …

2021-10-05

It rained on and off many times. We saw the rainbows twice on the way to school and home One in the morning was the double rainbow, and one in the afternoon was the supernumerary rainbow. I told my 5y daughter that there is a big treasure …

2021-10-04

I repaired the jeans of my husband's back pocket. Because the sewing machine I bought in the UK can't sew jeans, I sewed it by hand. It took quite a long time but I thought I save about £100 (¥15000) by sewing! But why the pocket had broke…

2021-10-03

My 5y daughter drew this at school. This is one of her birthday gifts, and is the cheapest one We didn't know what these are. We saw these at the small souvenir shops. My daughter had wanted it eagerly during the trip, and it became the mo…

2021-10-02

This is the birthday dinner which my elder daughter ordered. Fish & Chips and colorful vegetables She becomes to love fish & chips in the UK! I had heard that the Fish & Chips is not so good at the local restaurant or supermarket, but we l…

2021-10-01

Yesterday was my elder daughter's 5th birthday! Because she is very longing for "Ritchan" who is a super piano girl, she requested us to prepare balloons, gifts, and cake! I prepared also the birthday hat and long gold tinsel That was an a…

2021-09-30

The wall art of one of our favorite groceries. This town Brighton is famous for its colorful wall arts When we entered this shop for the first time, the clue spoke to us in Japanese. We were surprised and talk with him (in English). He als…

2021-09-29

I bought a whole pumpkin!! Halloween is coming I want to join some Halloween events with our daughters but I haven't found one. My 4y daughter is soooo looking forward to being costumed I hope they have an event at school and nursery Anywa…

2021-09-28

Mussels!! Our 4y daughter was addicted into Mussels during previous trip. We found Mussels at the supermarket and try to cook yesterday. That was not bad(Of course it was better one of the restaurant) Today's breakfast is the cooked leftov…

2021-09-27

I bought these cutlery sets for our daughters. When we were invited to our acquittances' house in the UK, we found the knives in the kids' cutlery set. Because we had no knives for kids, I decided to buy them. My daughters will use knives …

2021-09-26

Yesterday, I was slept all day because of the side effect of the COVID vaccine. My husband took our daughters to the park and Macdonald The toys of "Happy meals" aren't used plastic in the UK, so this time, the toy was a cloth ball⚾️ Our d…

2021-09-25

We are preparing for my 4y daughter's birthday! The one thing we shouldn't forget is the "extra" gift for her 2y little sister. So I bought this Peppa Pig's hairband for her Actually, I wanted to buy it for 4y daughter but it's too babyish…

2021-09-24

We found this hole in the tree after school. My 4y daughter said, "Chip & Dale must be living here!!" She tells the same thing whenever she finds a hole in a tree... But, actually, I agree that the hole was the nearest hole to their house …

2021-09-23

This potato-man is the character of chips' chain shops. I saw this man twice in this town. And in the morning, the shop stocks up their potatoes. It's very interesting for my daughters, so they like to see it. But I have never bought the c…