The new shelf has come!!! This week, the shipping luggage will arrive at our house, so we will get maaaannnnyyyy English picture books (actually, more than a thousand). I am relieved at we were able to prepare the shelf in advance. ...But,…

We went to the "New-Enoshima Aquarium" yesterday. We saw a lot of fishes, sharks, dolphins, turtles, and so on. I liked these garden eels. I can see them for a long time...☺️ We saw a show in which a diver caught and played with small shar…

We harvested the biiiiig cucumbers from our small garden. The one which elder daughter has was just the same size as the cucumbers sold in the UK supermarket. And, the other one was bigger than that! Since they grow so rapidly, it's diffic…

Can you find out who is this!? My 5y/o daughter drew it with great care. I guess it was tiresome to paint the light blue avoiding many colorful dots, but she was keen on it. I feel her drawing style is very different from other Japanese 5y…

*Sorry for a dirty photo! Whenever we eat "Hokke" (Okhotsk Atka mackerel), we try to bake the bones and eat them. Our daughters love this baked bone, and ask us to bake. It tastes like a salty snack and turned into the dessert of the dinne…

It was 2 weeks ago when we went to Soleil Hill. We used to see the sheep when we lived in the UK, but after coming back to Japan, that was the first time to see and touched the sheep. Our daughters wanted to feed them, and said "Naughty sh…

My 5y/o daughter made this Kapra castle by herself. She said "No one can come to this room until I'll say OK!", and stayed in. She was very proud of her work. But as soon as I took this picture, our 3y/o monster destroyed it, and they bega…

We harvested the eggplant and cucumber. My husband accidentally picked up this small cucumber, but it was good. We ate them by pickled. The cucumbers are not growing well as we expected, but the vine is very effective for making shade for …

Recently, we started to watch #BriReads and learn about mixing colors. Yesterday, my 5y/o daughter tried to draw a rainbow with only 3 color tubes. She knows that to make orange, she must mix red and yellow. In this way, she finally comple…

We participated in a show of the English program, #DWE. That was a show for baby ~ infant students. My 3y/o daughter enjoyed it much, and she danced and sang very well. But, the last song was "bye-bye baby". Suddenly, she stopped waving, a…

Last weekend, I went to this place alone and enjoyed the lanterns. My husband said, "Let's go there at night!", but we had no chance since then. I imagine that it must be beautiful at night with many lights. As my 5y/o daughter likes Rapun…

It was her first time making "Shingen-mochi" by herself. She is just three, and usually, she is a very rowdy kid. But this time, she concentrated on pouring molasses on the mochi and mixed it with Kinako powder. Of course, she spilled a lo…

My 5y/o daughter made this "computer" by herself. She said that she had made another one at her nursery. After she made this, she pretended to work hard, and when I said to her "Please hug me!", she said "Oh, just a moment, please! I'm bus…

It has been past just 2 months since we move back to Japan. We completely back to daily life, and adopted the Japanese lifestyle. But, sometimes, we really miss large lawns, big seagulls, and dry & comfortable weather. Also, we miss our fr…

In the UK, we used to make sandwiches for our packed lunch. But nowadays, in Japan, we prefer to have rice balls for packed lunch. The carrots, cucumbers, and tomatoes are the same in the UK. But we are sad that we can't bring grapes becau…