* Track of the little sparkles *

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

Entries from 2020-04-01 to 1 month

2020-04-30

This wildflower came to our garage! Very small and cute flower Recently, we go to only small park and forest, and take a walk. Our fun is find and pick these wildflowers and arrange on our dining table... So, our table is overflowing with …

2020-04-29

It's very clear day! And national holiday! I want to go to zoo, amusement park, seaside park, shopping mall, and so on!!!! But it's Stay Home week... Every place is closed. So we'll go to the nearest small forest also today. And sing and d…

2020-04-28

My daughter is into "origami". Especially, to make these paper balloons. She made half of them, others were made by me or my husband. I'm grad that she becomes make it by herself, but she can't make it alone. She says always us "Let's make…

2020-04-26

Look! Our first strawberry I wonder if it'll be eaten by bugs or birds... My daughter is looking forward to eat it, but I guess that she won't eat it because she loves it too much. These days, we have many earthquakes in Japan. We also had…

2020-04-25

This is the magic wand which my 3y daughter found in the forest. (to be exact, she found it on the road near the forest.) She dropped this on the way to home, and cried very hard. So I promised her to back and find this in the evening. I d…

2020-04-24

We are taking a walk also today. We found this insect like a butterfly We met other butterflies which colors are yellow, white, and black. We also found yellow and black patterned butterfly. My 3y daughter ran after them☺️ I'm very happy b…

2020-04-23

Yesterday, we ate lunch at our wooddeck. My 3y daughter ate well than usuall. It's very glad for us because recently, she eats very very slow... The soft lockdown will last another few weeks, so we'll try that several times. https://t.co/u…

2020-04-22

Now, our kitchen garden has nothing! All plants were pulled out. We'll plant beans, cucumbers, and mini-tomatos this weekend We are also growing strawberries at another planter. My 3y daughter sooooooooooo looking forward to eat them. I wo…

2020-04-21

Here is a wild flower. We found it during today's morning walk. I used to suck this flower's stem in my childhood. My mother scolded me for that, because some dogs or cats might peeed There are not so many things to do while soft lockdown.…

2020-04-20

The flower came to our kitchen garden was picked and displayed to our table. My husband pulled out this flower because he plowed the garden and planted new seeds. So these two flower was survived. Whatever these flowers are, I think they a…

2020-04-19

Yesterday was soooooooo heavy rainy day☔️. Sometimes we heard thunder rumbling⚡️. We stayed home all day. But today, it's sooooooo clear sunny day☀️! This butterfly also looks happy in the daylight I think it will be hot today. Don't forge…

2020-04-17

Yay! My 3y daughter graduate the Light Blue Grade! Which is a curriculum of Disney World English. In this course, she tried to repeat 21 words after examples in total, and sing 3 toddler's English songs along CD or DVD. I'm very glad that …

2020-04-15

Good morning! This is the flower who came our garden! Welcome to our kitchen garden! It looks like a rose, but has no thorn. I took a photo of it, and search the name of the flower with application. But I can't find. It seems to China Rose…

2020-04-13

Today was very heavy rain & strong wind. We stayed home all day. This is the picture my 3y daughter painted️ What do you think this is? It's tulips!! She doesn't close the flower line, but it's also nice flower. I colored left one, and she…

2020-04-11

This big flower is about to bloom in our kitchen garden! We don't know what this flower is. May be it's wild flower, but bigger than other wild flowers...🤔 https://t.co/pWPY0XoL2t 11 April 2020 20:04

2020-04-10

Today, we went to nearest small forest by walk. There were some double cherry blossoms! Wow! I didn't know such beautiful scene can be seen there! Here's a playground for elementary or junior school students. I heard that they made a secre…

2020-04-09

The very good point of Japan is, we can enjoy cherry blossoms at everywhere! If we shouldn't go out to crowded space, we can enjoy them at nearest small park My elder daughter tried to catch falling petals, and baby enjoyed kneading petals…

2020-04-08

Good morning! This is "八重桜" (Double cherry blossom) which has more petals than usual cherry blossoms, and blooms 1~2 weeks later. In my area, it started to bloom. It's very gorgeous and we can enjoy them longer than usual one. https://t…

2020-04-07

Our baby becomes 10 month old! Recently, she stands up on the baby wipes box or toy box or me.. She seems to want to be higher and look far away. She starts to clap, bye-bye wave, "いただきます"(let's eat), "ごちそうさま"(I'm full) I feel …

2020-04-06

Yesterday, we took a walk in the evening. There's a temple nearby, and it's a famous for cherry blossom. But since it's little far from the station and have a steep hill to get there, there's a few people especially in the evening. We saw …

2020-04-04

Good morning! It's sunny Saturday☀️! Since our area announced not to go out for nonessential or nonurgent tasks, we'll stay home except going supermarket. But, if there's few people, we want to take a walk for nearest cherry blossom spot b…

2020-04-03

It was the first sunny day in a while, yesterday. I took a walk with my daughters in the evening. The cherry blossoms are still almost fullWe saw the maple and cherry blossom in one house's garden. And the cherry blossom shined upon by the…

2020-04-02

It's so much talked about that our prime minister said "We will distribute 2 cloth masks to each household", yesterday. Despite of there's another useful financial measures, the word's impact was so huge that many people are criticizing th…

2020-04-01

Good morning! There's a sad news for me. My husband's transfer to Singapore is canceled Of cause, the main reason is coronavirus. Fortunately(?) my husband was slow to go ahead with the procedures, and we had little preparation for moving.…