* Track of the little sparkles *

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

2023-03-08

My 3yo daughter chose this picture book at the library. She wanted to borrow this book very strongly... I read it for her, and she wanted to make read it again and again I couldn't find what attracted her so much, but not only cuteness or …

2023-03-07

My 3yo daughter drew this picture I love this face and something bottom-left. She said it was a "Little man", who she and her nursery teachers pretend to exist. I don't know who is the right one, but she said the red things under the face …

2023-03-06

From our garden, we harvested the broccolis regularly. Mainly, it's our 3yo daughter's job now. If she plays near our garden and finds some broccolis blooming, she shouts "The broccoli is blooming! Can I get them!?" and starts (of course, …

2023-03-05

Yesterday was our Girls' (Doll) festival. We had Chirashi-zushi with Salmon & Ikura and ate the snacks for this festival day. Concurrently, I prepared the documents for my elder daughter's school & after-school entry. Because I had to refe…

2023-03-04

Yesterday was the Girls' festival day(?) in Japan. We usually display the dolls of prince & princess wearing Japanese traditional cloths "twelve layered cloths". In the nursery, every grade infants made the craft for it. Here's the 3yo and…

2023-03-02

We planted the strawberries in our planter. I hope my daughters will water them every day 2 years ago, we also planted the strawberries, but unfortunately, we have to move to the UK before it fruited. My elder daughter remembers that, and …

2023-03-01

When we went to the zoo recently, it's seldom to see the animals for a long time, carefully (because they like to play in the park or playground). But last weekend, they carefully observed the kangaroos, because all the kangaroos were lyin…

2023-02-28

We saw the tiger very near last weekend. Usually, he walks around far from us. But that time, he was sitting on the stone in front of the window. We saw him very well After that, he noticed something and jumped up. My daughter was surprise…

2023-02-27

I went to the zoo again, and we had our packed lunch again The broccolis are we harvested from our garden a day before. It's very happy for us that my daughters like these kinds of simple foods (just only boiled vegetables, or raw ones). W…

2023-02-26

We had the special lunch yesterday. To be honest, our weekend lunch after going to grocery is usually like that We have very cheep and fresh grocery nearby, so we love to go there and buy especially raw fish!! That was yellowtail and tuna.…

2023-02-25

She picked up this huge leaf during the hiking. She said "Oh, it's Tengu-chan's Fan!!". She meant her favorite picture book "Daruma-chan and Teng-chan", which she was given by her Japanese nursery. Bcz we have Japanese/English versions for…

2023-02-24

My elder daughter and my husband made this car yesterday🚗 The handle is rotatable, and she loves it🥰 She painted all aspects of the car with permanent markers with strong will😁 https://t.co/XuqTNRTpnC 24 February 2023 08:18

2023-02-23

I bought this "Kanji" book for her because she said, "I want to start learning Kanji!". I didn't expect she'll practice writing Kanji with this book, but she did After this day, she finds some Kanji in her life, like "Look! I found 下!" It…

2023-02-22

We found the new stumps during the hiking. I recommended my daughters to smell it. Hmm... it's the smell of new stump! new wood! It was the first time for them. Smelling is also a nice experience for children! https://t.co/6xKMF2pEkW 22 Fe…

2023-02-21

We went Hiking last weekend. My 3yo daughter didn't say "carry me" during the hiking and walked very well. My 6yo daughter and I hiked the extra path after the normal hiking, and she was still energetic... How tough she is... (I was exhaus…