* Track of the little sparkles *

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

2022-08-22

We went to "Hakkeijima sea paradise" yesterday. We enjoyed the dolphin jump show, penguin show, touching the starfish event, and so on. We visited here 4 years ago, but at that time, my first daughter was frightened by the splash of the do…

2022-08-21

We went to a park and played in the sandpit for 1 hour. Since it rained a little bit, no one played there. The elder daughter made this "Elsa's castle" by herself. She made its shape with deep wet sands at first and sprinkled the white dry…

2022-08-20

We made this toy with a PET bottle and an unnecessary gauze mask. The bottom of the bottle was cut and taped for safety. We brought it in the bathroom, smeared the soap to the gauze, and blew from the top of the bottle! Then, it made loooo…

2022-08-19

I drew this picture watching a real swallowtail butterfly which my husband caught with my daughter. Because it took a long time, I changed the way to paint the wing on the way After I drew this, my daughters wanted to draw this butterfly. …

2022-08-18

We bought and ate these cuuuuuuuute ice cream at the Hill of Soleil. This ice cream model is alpaca, which was at the farm of this amusement park. Look at the left one. She is already melting... Because that was a very hot day, we enjoyed …

2022-08-17

I caught this white dragonfly! (I set this picture as sensitive, because there may be someone who doesn't want to see) My 5y/o daughter chased it for a long time, (I couldn't believe why she could run so long), but finally, I caught it✌ We…

2022-08-16

At the Hill of Soleil, we could also try to make buns! Even our 3y/o daughter tried that, and made cute faces on the buns We tried that as soon as we arrived, and picked up the baked them at lunchtime. So they became the desert of the lunc…

2022-08-15

We went to "Soleil Hill" park! Since there was just after the typhoon, the giant sunflowers were toppled. But the small ones were fine, so we can enjoy them. And more, there were two big playgrounds, animals, a fair, boats, trampolines, an…

2022-08-14

We went to the "Hamagin Kid's Space Science Museum" yesterday. Our daughters enjoyed the science experiment and the planetarium a lot. Especially, this electrostatic ball grabs their hearts. Before sleep, we read books about typhoons, thun…

2022-08-13

We went to a river yesterday! That was a very shallow stream, but our daughters had great fun At first, our elder daughter said "I don't want to go to the river because I'm afraid of crabs!". But finally, she forgot about the crab and enjo…

2022-08-12

My 5y/o daughter and I made these fitted panels toys from milk cartons. My daughter (sometimes second daughter) drew the picture, and I cut out the shape with a cutter knife. Afterward, my daughter stick another square panel to a cut out p…

2022-08-11

I cooked this dinner yesterday. I used a lot of our garden's basil for this stir-fried pork with eggplants & bell peppers, and my daughters ate them very well! I wondered if they could eat this plate because when they smelled the basil lea…

2022-08-10

Our second daughter ate rice with her hands... She still often throws the dishes (but almost empty) and spits out her disliked foods. Our elder daughter had hated to be dirty, so she never did such things at the age of three. It's very dif…

2022-08-09

My 5y/o daughter made this ??? with the rubbish. She really loves "make and do", so if she found we cast away something that she thought useful, she stops us Then, now, our house is full of "useful rubbish" for her make and do. And, also h…

2022-08-08

We went to the park yesterday. There were a lot of insects and animals. My second daughter found a giant worm and touched it. She likes to use "giant" for big things, so she repeatedly shouted "A Giant one!!!!!", with a funny face https://…