* Track of the little sparkles *

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

2022-12-07

My 6yo daughter is sawing a dinosaur teddy for her little sister. She thought her sister likes dinosaurs, and give her the teddy as a Christmas gift. I helped her with buying materials together, design arrange from hers (because her initia…

2022-12-06

My 3yo daughter became able to do this "whole roast pig" program. But she doesn't know the "whole roast", which is "maru-yaki" in Japanese, so she calls it "omelet", "tamago-yaki" in Japanese She only knows one word that ends in "~yaki": "…

2022-12-05

Yesterday, we went to the park again. My 3yo daughter picked up many gifts of nature. She categorized them, lined them on the bench, and opened her shop The customer was only me... It was a very sunny bright day, so we had lunch at this pa…

2022-12-04

Pacific saury dinner in autumn 2022. I found that pacific saury is easy to eat for 3yo daughter because she can eat its small bones without notice. But very difficult for 6yo daughter, because she is losing her front teeth, and couldn't sp…

2022-12-03

My daughter & I sent the letter to Sant Claus last weekend. To make sure that the deliverer won't miss the address, I wrote the address How nice the address is! The postcode is HOHOHO!!! But my daughter was wondering what is "Canada"... I …

2022-12-02

We went to Yokohama and saw this new vehicle flying in the sky (but of course, they weren't flying but hanging). We wanted to ride on it, but we would have to wait about 40min and it cost ¥3,000 for all of us. So we walked as usual https:/…

2022-12-01

My husband bought this big fish "Isaki". That was so good! Fluffy, tasty, and juicy. Because I'm not a cooking person, I never try to buy these kinds of whole fish... Thanks to my husband... We also saw its entrails with my daughters while…

2022-11-30

We went to Yamashita park in Yokohama last weekend and found a Yoga lesson executed. Our daughters copied their lessons and did the same exercise aside from them They love Yoga because it's very popular in the UK as well, and they watched …

2022-11-29

We went to Christmas market at Yokohama Red Brick Storage. Because we have small kids, we went in the day time. But I heard the illumination is very beautiful✨ I want to go there at night someday. In reference to the market, it was very sm…

2022-11-28

We visited Ginko tree street yesterday. Yesterday was a very sunny, hot day even though it was the end of autumn. There were a lot of people taking pictures of this avenue. We have been to some mountains for seeing the "leaves changing col…

2022-11-27

My elder daughter wrote to Santa Clause yesterday. She thought the whole message by herself, and sometimes ask me the spelling (but still there are some mistakes, but I hope Santa can read it) She spent the most time drawing the pictures. …

2022-11-26

Here comes Black Friday!! We hadn't familiar with this day decades ago, but these days, it becomes very popular among the Japanese. Here are the GODIVA chocolate packages sold for ¥2,000. I can't find if it's cheap or not BTW, I bought som…

2022-11-25

We did the fallen leaves art again! This time, my elder daughter said that she wants to make a mermaid, so she drew the mermaid She also made starfish by cutting leaves⭐️ This time, we had a lot of ginkgo leaves, so we tried to make them f…

2022-11-24

My 6yo daughter finally completed making back! This kind of good is called "Pacherie" and even 6yo kids can make their own bags Her grandmother gave her this toy in September, and she had tried to make it gradually. As you see, she likes "…

2022-11-23

My husband bought this "Mito" natto while his business trip to Mito. That was my first time seeing & eating the natto in straw! Of course, it was also the first time for my daughters, so they gazed at their daddy's hands and watched carefu…