* Track of the little sparkles *

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

Entries from 2020-08-01 to 1 month

2020-08-30

Still summer This kind of clouds are called "入道雲". I googled this English name, and find that's "cumulonimbus". Too long and difficult to pronounciate After this kind of clouds, we'll sometimes have heavy spot rain. https://t.co/So4z284…

2020-08-29

Today's harvest! Small bell peppers They had grown steadily since the end of the rainy season. We worried about their growth until then. My husband and 3y daughter plant and picked them. And, I, I have been watering them every day!!!!! Gre…

2020-08-27

My 3y daughter likes "りっちゃん", this cute piano girl. She watches 3~4 of her Youtube movies every day! And these several days, she watches this movie heavily. I feel that りっちゃん is a very good role model for her. She tends to practi…

2020-08-26

These are "Chinese eel" which we saw the aquarium in the Chinese town last weekend. This is called "チンアナゴ" in Japanese, and recently popular in Japan. We went to "Sumida aquarium" to see these fish last year. We didn't know that they …

2020-08-25

These are the "Traveler's note" which I made about 10 years ago. (Traveler's note is 10th anniversary this year!) I presented the brown one to my past boyfriend - now husband. And have traveled abroad about 10 countries with this note. I w…

2020-08-24

The aquarium that we went to yesterday was awesome! Especially, this toilet for children was surprising. There is a small aquarium in this private room. So, my 3y daughter relieved herself with cute fish♥️ There were child toilets both boy…

2020-08-23

Yesterday, I went to a "Chinese town" with my daughters. The destination was a small aquarium that stands inside this town. I felt that there were too few people for Saturday. We also entered a restaurant, but there were only 3 couples inc…

2020-08-22

Hooray! Peach Frappuccino! Because of the COVID-19, I stopped to go STARBUCKS since February. I have wanted to go and buy frappuccinos very much!! Especially, I wanted to drink Earl Gray Tea Cream Frappuccino which sold last year. But this…

2020-08-21

harvested these olives! But I neither my husband no idea what do with these. It takes a lot of work to remove accents from olives... And more, I often forgot to water them, so they seemed wrinkled 5~6 days before. So I wonder if we process…

2020-08-20

It's 31 icecream in the zoo! That's a great time to have icecreams after enjoying the zoo. It's tooooooooo hot recently! Also ginger-ale and ice coffee are nice. https://t.co/a0JCvYeJ34 20 August 2020 06:10

2020-08-19

I made this cloth eco-bag for the alternative of plastic bags. Because the shops had no longer offer plastic bags for free after shopping since this July. So, we have to bring ourself bag since then. I made this by ¥100 cloth https://t.co/…

2020-08-18

We had a pizza party at the end of 9 continuous holidays!!! My 3y daughter like the "pizza crust", so she ate only outside of pizza.. The front one is bacon & green bell & Mizuna pizza, and the back one is oil sardine & green bell & mushro…

2020-08-17

We ate "Temaki-zushi", yesterday! It's the best, and most delicious, and eatable menu with children! We tried salmon and yellowtail this time, not tuna. But it was enormous delicious We thank every time that the grocery wich selling cheap …

2020-08-16

I made this Chicken Hum with our VERMICULAR rice pot. It was so juicy and tasty It can be made only by 12 minutes medium-heat, and put it 15~20min with heat insulation. The green grains are the dried basil. Adults ate it with pepper & oliv…

2020-08-15

I made this hart shape cloth for my 3y daughter. It's for her violin! Because when we met her elder cousin and saw she played the violin, our daughter's eye seemed twinkled and adore to her elder cousin. After she got back home, she said t…

2020-08-14

Yesterday, we went to a small river. It was not so sunny in the morning. But our 3y daughter enjoyed walking through the river with my husband. And our 1y daughter enjoyed throwing away and clanging the small stones in the river He heard r…

2020-08-13

2weeks ago, we met my brother's family. He also has 2 daughters, 5y and 3y. They had a very nice day. They screamed all-day We had "Takoyaki party". It was yummy Since we met after a year and a half, I thought they might hard to be friendl…

2020-08-12

This is a golden insect that my daughter found. It's our first time to find such kind of insect. I googled and found that he is maybe "ジンガサハムシ(Aspidomorpha)" But this one is the most beautiful and shining than the other photos, isn'…

2020-08-11

Here are the mushrooms which we found at a campsite. Of cause, we didn't touch any and didn't eat Are they all same species? I can't tell each. Anyway, we taught our 3y daughter that "You shouldn't touch or eat any wild mushrooms. If you e…

2020-08-10

This locust was caught by my husband & 3y daughter My daughter not so good at bugs, but she can hold only locusts. I don't know why They enjoyed finding & catching bugs, and after this camp, she said "I want net for catching bugs!". So we …

2020-08-08

The camping breakfast. Plus rice and miso-soup. Despite of this restaurant inside the campsite was very large, but no one came except of us. So, our daughters enjoyed rolling on the tatami, and delicious dinner & breakfast. I hope this res…

2020-08-06

Hi! It pasts 4 days since I tweeted last time! We enjoyed the camp so much! Here is the photo which my 1y daughter about to catch the worm The air was so fresh, and we had relaxing time in the forest. In Japanese, "森林浴". We were showere…

2020-08-01

What a clear day! It's hard to believe that it had been raining long days. We didn't use rain goods like an umbrella or raincoat. That's very lucky And more, we didn't meet so many people during camping. There were no other people except u…