This year, my 6yo daughter made this long stick at the nursery (but not with her friends, she made it alone). At the top of this stick, she wrote the message for Santa, "Santa, Here I am!". I love this idea And Santa found your house and c…

The photo was taken a week ago when my younger daughter found the Christmas present from her elder sister! After opening, she ran around and around with T-rex This morning, when I woke up, I found something nearby me, and I put the blanket…

"Roooooaaaar! I'm a dinosaur!" "Ruuuunnn aWaaaY! Let's H-III-de!!!" ...They are playing with T-Rex endlessly The younger daughter taught her nursery teacher that "Because I got T-Rex from sister, I won't get a present from Santa!". I'm sur…

It was my first time seeing this type of "bunny apple". My 6yo daughter explained to us how to cut the apple to make the bunny that she ate at the nursery, but it was completely different from the one we knew. Do you familiar with this typ…

I made this very lazy meal last week. But it was marvelously delicious Just fry minced chicken with soy source, vinegar, and sugar. Microwave the chopped cabbage, and also holed eggs. Mix and mash egg with mayonnaise & vinegar. That's my e…

My 6yo daughter wrote the Christmas card for me! She began to write in English almost one year ago, and I'm wondering if I should correct her spelling or not. For now, it's 100% her original, and I love her miss spelling as well... Ah, yes…

My husband made "Inari-zusi"(rice ball covered with fried sweet tofu) by himself. before that, we made & had "Chirashi-zushi"(scattered raw-fish bowl). Inari-zusi's ingredient was the rice & veges of Chirashi-zushi. How clever he was! My 6…

Finally, my 6yo daughter finished making this dinosaur teddy for her younger sister! (for an early Christmas present!!) I helped a bit, but almost sewing part had done by her This morning, she gave it to her sister, and 3yo sister became s…

We observed the shooting stars last night, from our house's wood deck. Since Yokohama is very bright at night, usually we can't see so many stars. But, yesterday, the moon didn't appear until 10PM, and the sky was very clear. So we found s…

She gathered sticks and leaves, and tried to make a fire for baking sweet potatoes! It was at the zoo entrance, but she said she didn't want to return home without the sweet-potato baking party! Then, we watched her preparation, invited he…

Yesterday, we went to the zoo, "ZOORASIA" again. And found the exhibition for the rabbits was held. Since my 6yo daughter's favorite animal is rabbits, we visited the exhibition. There were no real rabbits, but we learned about the rabbits…

"A girl in the box" means, a girl who has led a sheltered life or a girl brought up with tender care in Japanese. Yes, she is THE girl in the box, with both meanings (Usually, we use this word for more elder girls) https://t.co/hO8ui4IRH2…

My 6yo daughter played the "Saru-Kani-Gassen" (Monkey and Crab Battle) a famous Japanese tale last weekend at her nursery. And, she drew this picture after the play! She played the naughty monkey, but she didn't draw the monkey! It was a g…

Her recent favorite book is this "Baba Yaga the flying witch". She got me to read at first, and began to read by herself silently. Yesterday, she read it to her little sister The witch is very bad, and she inserted her comment for the witc…

My husband made this dark matter.. with chicken lever, lotus root, and eggplant. He said he never imagine the color will turn black in 1 day (when he just finished cooking, it was not black like this), but I know that he made such black me…