* Track of the little sparkles *

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

2022-03-14

The night of the museum visit, I read these books to our children. I found that Maisy's book is sold at the souvenir corner of the museum, and recalled I have one. Especially, the pictures of Harry's book are very similar to the British Mu…

2022-03-13

We went to the British Museum in London yesterday. My husband came here about 20 years ago when he was a child, and I came here with him 10 years ago. Now we came with our kids now. I could remember some of the exhivisions. We changed but …

2022-03-12

My 5y/o daughter and my husband made this "digger". She seemed to have a sudden flash of inspiration for this craft from the playground equipment. She thought she might need some sticks, so we went to the park again and pick up some nice s…

2022-03-11

My 2y/o daughter's art She usually uses brown because she loves it. It's very interesting that the style of their art is quite different between my elder daughter and younger daughter. My elder daughter didn't draw a face until she became …

2022-03-10

日本からの荷物がイギリスに送れない話、ここに載ってるのね。郵送経路途絶のため イギリスから日本に手紙を出すのはまだセーフかな?念の為写真撮ってから送ろう。 https://t.co/8U6CIKSqGo 10 March 2022 02:29 As I stated, I went to Waitrose for the f…

2022-03-09

I went to Waitrose which is the famous supermarket in the UK for the first time yesterday. I googled which item to buy, and found these items. The left one is so nice that the contents have gone in no time... There are many flavors for bot…

2022-03-08

Our 5y daughter went on a bus trip to the big shopping mall near the beach with their classmates and teachers It was the first "packed lunch" for her, so she was very excited about bringing and eating it. They enjoyed riding on the normal …

2022-03-07

We went to a pub and tried the "Sunday Roast" for the first time. It's served only on Sunday, and it usually contains roasted meat, roasted veggies, and potatoes. We ordered chicken, lamb, and kids' chicken. Every plate was very nice but t…

2022-03-06

We visited a park with several species of geese and ducks. My 5 y/o daughter wanted to feed them and brought bread for them. But the geese were so large, then she felt scared. So she threw bread from far away behind the tree My 2y/o daught…

2022-03-05

My 5y/o daughter is interested in space things like earth, sun, moon, rocket, and so on. The trigger was she lent a book about "day and night" from school. She is impressed that when we are daytime, the other side of the earth is night. An…

2022-03-04

Yesterday was "ひな祭り" which is the Girls' Festival in Japan. We made the SUSHI rice topped with assorted ingredients, which we usually eat on this day. Because it's difficult to get safe and reasonable raw fish, we used smoked salmon fo…

2022-03-03

My 5y/o daughter brought this book from school yesterday. This book is like "これは のみの ぴこ", which explanations keep getting added and sentences get longer and longer. Frankly, it was very hard to read and my reading got faster and fa…

2022-03-02

Yesterday was the "Pancake" day. My 5y/o daughter was looking forward to eating pancakes at school, but she was sick and couldn't go to school. So we made British pancake at home for lunch I learned about "pancake day" and the recipe for i…

2022-03-01

I cooked 肉そぼろあんかけ (Japanese broth and minced pork sauce) yesterday. It's been a long time since I've cooked such Japanese food! My daughters became to love this and eat all quicker than usual. I found that 肉じゃが (Braised meat an…

2022-02-28

At the Devils Dyke, we dropped off this cafe to have lunch and warmth. Our daughters tried these coloring & puzzle papers which prepared by the cafe. I feel that almost every restaurant offers these kind of activities in the UK. They also …