* Track of the little sparkles *

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

2021-10-17

Yesterday we cooked and ate the whole chicken That was marvelous! amazing! awesome! And more, this chicken cost only £2.25 ≒ ¥340. We ate almost all of them with 2 adults and 2 infants. We were all full! Today, we plan to use the bone of t…

2021-10-16

My 5y daughter made these creatures all by herself. She did "Kiri-Gami" which means fold the paper half, cut them, and spread again. I was very surprised that she made the complicated shape like a bat or monster. I think it's difficult to …

2021-10-15

I read the book at the cafe again. This is a book for little children, and I drink Matcha-latte because I can't drink coffee What kind of customer does the shopkeeper consider about me? In any case, reading a book at a cafe in the early mo…

2021-10-14

I met this squirrel while I took a walk yesterday. It's as if she is saying "Wow, I've been found!" But she didn't run away much far and began to find her food soon. The squirrels around here seem to be used to humans. I was so healed with…

2021-10-13

I usually buy the books for children at the charity shop, because I want many books but don't have so much money But, I bought these Halloween books at the top price because the Halloween books are not found in the charity shops. My 5y dau…

2021-10-12

My 5y daughter played hairdresser with a core of a toilet paper roll and color paper. She loved this play and wants more cores. So I decided to collect the cores and papers not only for this play but for many other crafts. I think the bags…

2021-10-11

We bought the pumpkin for carving, and made Jack-o-Lantern!! My 5y daughter drew the draft of his face on the paper, and I draw the draft on the pumpkin, and my husband carved it. My daughter was very looking forward to making one, and she…

2021-10-10

We went to the sea nearby our home. We planed to climb a tall tower that can a panoramic view of the town, but its elevator was maintained all day. So we played on the beach picking and piling up the stones. This stone looks like "Mame Dai…

2021-10-09

I'm trying many kinds of tea since we arrived in the UK. The "extra strong" ones are for milk tea. I found the "black chai" of TWININGS is very nice It tastes like cafe☕️ I like the Earl Gray roast leaf tea of M&S the most now, but I want …

2021-10-08

It was almost the first time for me to wrap the gift box by myself. I didn't think it's so hard work When I fold one side, the previously folded side will collapse... But I did it finally!! Because the wrapped gifts are sooooo nice, so I'l…

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…