* Track of the little sparkles *

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

2021-12-14

We also enjoyed London Eye. It's the Thames River. Because of the foggy weather, the sunlight and mist made such a mysterious scene By the way, why London is such a rainy or foggy city? Every time when we go to London, it rains☔️ Or is the…

2021-12-13

We enjoy the Christmas Carol at Royal Albert Hall That was the amazing, awesome, fantastic, and children-friendly event ever! Everyone sang and danced with the orchestra. Not only kids but us parents were excited about this event I'm itchi…

2021-12-12

The new playground equipment which I stated last week. We went there also yesterday and enjoyed playing. Not only 5y daughter but also 2y daughter tried to climb. We reserved a bouldering indoor facility for next week, but playing in this …

2021-12-11

The Christmas Wreaths of neighborhoods! Many houses hanging their big wreaths in front of the door, so we can enjoy seeing them There are many kinds of wreaths and I find that some wreaths have dried oranges and cinnamons. Those are common…

2021-12-10

My 5y daughter wrote the letter for Santa yesterday. I heard from her school friend's mom that if we send the letter until today, Santa will reply to us Look at the cute Santa drawing and look at the address!! How nice Today's my biggest j…

2021-12-09

The sky before 16:00. What beautiful gradations! The time for playing outside after school becomes shorter and shorter. But it's a very special time for kids and us adults. I usually talk with other parents at this playground time, and hea…

2021-12-08

My 5y daughter and my husband made these from garbage The giraffe stands itself, and the robot's arms are movable My daughter is addicted to crafts. She makes many crafts at the school and brings them home EVERY DAY, so there's no room for…

2021-12-07

We went to the park which renewed the playground equipment. When we came to this playground first time about 5 months ago, we felt this playground was new enough. But after renewal, there became the wonderland for the children If there's i…

2021-12-06

My 5y daughter made these paper snowflakes. The Origami we brought from Japan is almost gone! We have to find and buy new ones. Other than paper snowflakes, she makes many Christmas crafts like a tree, ornaments, garlands, and so on. She i…

2021-12-05

The running machine in the near park! My 5y daughter likes this playground equipment and ran like a hamster I wish the Japanese playgrounds have such exciting equipment. I feel the equipment of the Japanese playground is very safe, but not…

2021-12-04

My 2y daughter still loves this book. And every time she comes to this page, she points to the chrysalis and says "Poo" When we correct that is "さなぎ", she says "No! It's a poo!" or "No! うんち!" Yes, she doesn't make a distinction betwe…

2021-12-03

My husband made this quiche again! Quiche is one of his specialities. The ingredients are spinach, avocado, mushroom, and chicken. The pie's a little bit sweet and my daughters ate it so quickly. Because of the size of the oven, we can't m…

2021-12-02

14:40 in our town. It looks as almost sunset time. The actual sunset time around here is 16:00. We can fo the park after school now, but it becomes darker in several days. Anyway, we love this view near our house. I think especially before…

2021-12-01

My 5y daughter and I went for our haircut✂️ Before moving here, I thought that we wouldn't go for a haircut in the UK. But there are some Japanese hairdressers in this town and one of them is my daughter's classmate's mom. We had a great t…

2021-11-30

My 5y daughter and her school friends went to the softplay yesterday. They were very excited and enjoyed there. My 2y daughter played there together, and bigsisters were willing to taking care of her. They held the little one's hand and to…