* Track of the little sparkles *

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

2022-08-02

My 5y/o daughter is trying to copy the music notes by herself. She is into the song Let it go, so she wanted to write that song's music note. She finds the small times for writing this note and tries a little by little. Every time, she say…

2022-08-01

It was a super hot day, yesterday. But we went to the zoo in the daytime. We enjoyed the animals and athletics. And more, we watched a bird show which my husband wanted to see for a long time! The show was awesome! The birds flew very clos…

2022-07-31

My elder daughter made this ameba gel with me. This gel changes its color with the temperature. If it gets more dan 30℃, it turned pink. And if it gets cooler than that, it turns purple. My daughter is into such toys as slimes, so she enjo…

2022-07-30

This Thursday, our 3y/o daughter took the second Japanese encephalitis vaccine. She didn't cry! Well done!! Since this vaccine is been in short supply for several years, we had to search and change the hospital which has this vaccine. Afte…

2022-07-29

Next to my 3y/o daughter trying the Origami, I folded the unneeded paper and made these paper boxes. My mother used to make this box with me when I was a child and used these boxes in many ways. e.g. dispose of the peels of the green soybe…

2022-07-28

We found cicada shells also this year. Since my second 3y/o daughter completely forgot about Japanese summer, she reacted as she saw the cicada shell for the first time. The first time, she scared them, but soon she grabbed them and looked…

2022-07-27

My second daughter started to try Origami. She can make only tulip, the easiest one. She prefers to fold the Origami into sticks. She folds even the paper that she drew something. I don't know why, but all her drawings are folded, so arran…

2022-07-26

She loves watermelons a lot. Look at her trace of eating the watermelon! It's already so white, but she is still eating. And she is eating the hardest part, peel! I guess she loves watermelon more than beetles... I heard that she eats wate…

2022-07-25

Our recent small garden! Basils are growing, and the tiny eggplant is fruiting. We can harvest about 3~4 blueberries every day. The watering and harvesting are my elder daughter's morning routine. We planted the broccoli, but their sprouts…

2022-07-24

My elder daughter made a pink slime at the English summer school and brought it back home. Later, the second daughter sneakily played with the slime and made this mess! We have to dispose of the cloth, the second daughter's treasure She ne…

2022-07-23

My elder daughter and I met this small lizard. His color was yellow and blue. Since we read the book about the tail of the lizard, she was very interested in him. We watched him for a while, and suddenly he climbed my daughter's shoe!! She…

2022-07-22

We went to the department store and took scrumptious lunch on the top floor of the building. This restaurant's name is "Tanita dining room", which offers healthy menus. This is the kids' plate, and my daughter ate it rapidly. She especiall…

2022-07-21

We bought a kid's size "futon" for our elder daughter. She liked it so much, and from that day, she sometimes lays out our futon. She did it so tidily than I! Recently, I don't know why, but my elder daughter often desires "real" money. We…

2022-07-20

At the nursery's festival, we got these! The glove puppets and a felt lunch box are hand-made by the parents (including me!). The whale and lollipops are hand-made by 5~6y/o kids including our elder daughter. I bought that my daughter and …

2022-07-19

Their grandparents and uncle & aunt gave them the princess dresses for the birthday gift. After that, they all changed the dresses into the princess' ones, and played together They love their dresses and being princess. And, we love to wat…