* Track of the little sparkles *

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

Entries from 2020-09-01 to 1 month

2020-09-30

I took a walk with my elder daughter last weekend. It little rained, but she wanted to walk through the rain. We found these very orange mushrooms! It looked like tangerines The walk in rain was very very good. We found many new things tha…

2020-09-28

I surprised that my father did small cookings and washing the dishes! He did them NEVER! I had never seen he did such kind of housework! NEVER!!!! My mother took the opportunity of his retirement, and taught him how to. I guess that's hard…

2020-09-27

Hooray!! That was the special dinner at my parent's home! We can't such gorgeous dinner usually The dinner's good point is not only taste or appearance, but the point we don't need to wash the dishes or pans!! Of corse, my 3y daughter ate …

2020-09-26

This is my hometown and I always saw this view every morning I got up in my childhood. I love this river and mountains. It has been changed much since I leave this town, but this river and mountains are still there. At night, this river ge…

2020-09-25

Yes, our children like to look into such kind of hole... and dig into such narrow ditch. Even if they wear a lovely dress... This day, my elder daughter took her little sister by the hand. It seems little dangerous, but they both enjoyed t…

2020-09-24

My 3y daughter adores the video which 6~8y girl skips in the field and picks some wild daisy, and makes a daisy chain. Unfortunately, our area don't have wild daisy or an alternative wildflower in this season, so she picked some green foxt…

2020-09-23

We rode Shinkansen at the 4 consecutive holidays! My 3y daughter and I ate this fantastic lunch box named "駅弁" in Japanese. (To tell the truth, I bought it at the nearest Supermarket AEON...) The Shinkansen we rode were not so crowded bu…

2020-09-21

I want to talk with someone in English every day. One idea is starting an online lesson. But I wonder I can make time for the lesson constantly with two kids... And more, I want to do also programing and practice music instruments... 21 Se…

2020-09-20

Hi there. I had a chance to web meeting with people in India yesterday. It’s been a super long time since I talk with people with English. It reminds me that my husband and I tripped in India and Nepal 9 years ago. The accent of Indian is …

2020-09-19

The nursery held a "Birthday Party" for children born in September. Yes, my elder daughter was born in Sep., and she'll be 4 years old! She was so excited and well done at the party (according to her). The gift from her nursery was craft k…

2020-09-18

My younger daughter on the lawn. She is picking up the dead leaves and tearing them. For a long time... She prefers dead leaves than green ones and loves to tear and throw something. Because it seldom to be free on the lawn for her, she wa…

2020-09-17

We found also many nuts at the zoo this weekend. Especially, my 3y daughter liked these hats of the nuts! We can't find this kind of big hats around our house or park We often read the picture book of "The carpenters of the acorn". So, she…

2020-09-16

My 3 years-old daughter found these mushrooms in the zoo! So "mushroomy" shape! Are there some thorns on the top of these heads? These are bigger than other kind mushrooms around there. So after my daughter found them, some kids gathered a…

2020-09-15

We went to the zoo last weekend. The zoo has a small lake, and the lake was full of beautiful lotuses! I hope I would bring a DSLR, but I had only my smartphone... The flowers were pink and white. Wo pretty Some people entered the zoo in o…

2020-09-14

My 3y daughter drew this picture at the nursery! This is the menu that we made 2 weeks ago She told that she was very happy with this menu, then she drew it! Omelette rice with ketchup, fried chicken, broccoli, and soup! Perfect! https://t…

2020-09-13

Ants made their house in our garage. Can you see a hole and piled up dirt? I told this to my 3y daughter and she is looking forward to seeing it Will we have a problem with an ant hole in our garage? https://t.co/9n9aBzsCop 13 September 20…

2020-09-12

Some of our kitchen garden's bell peppers turned red! I was so surprised and suspected that they got ill. Of course, I googled, and find they usually turn red when it's fully ripe. The article also says that red bell peppers are very sweet…

2020-09-10

The Dragon Fruit!!! We seldom see it in Japan, but my husband found it and bought it several days ago. Very red... It was not so sweet, but when he and I ate them in Taiwan, it was super sweet. Then, he googled why. Because it grew in a fa…

2020-09-09

I sewed this "Lesson bag" for my elder daughter. Because she began to lessons of piano and violin! I made it as small as possible, but it seems still too big for her I mistook to attach the handles. They are inside-out I hope she will use …

2020-09-08

We had my birthday party last weekend. We ate the cakes, and my husband gifted me this bath-bomb. I took the bath with my daughters and enjoyed the bath-bomb. It had been so long time since I use a bath-bomb for myself. After washing my da…

2020-09-07

We had a popcorn party yesterday! It was the first time for us to make popcorns at home, but we know corn will be a huge increase. So, we used a small amount of corn... O-oh, the corns were popping and became so many... Our 3y daughter ran…

2020-09-06

The very very big typhoon is closing to our country. Because my parents live in Hiroshima, near the course of the typhoon, they prepared for it yesterday. My mother (and also me) is the type of person who gets excited by typhoons, but this…

2020-09-05

My daughters' nursery had a summer festival yesterday! Parents were forbidden to go see their children, but it was nice to have this event. Children wore Yukata or Jinbei, and enjoyed the simulation store opened by teachers. Here are the t…

2020-09-04

This pic is one of my recent best My pixel3 couldn't catch her. She was so enjoyed this place! This cloth is "甚平(Jinbei)". I bought it for my daughters this year, but there was no summer-festival due to COVID19. So, I'm very happy to hav…

2020-09-03

Last weekend's fresh fish rice bowl The "NEGITORO" was awesome! My husband bought it at the supermarket, and he said he bought a bit expensive one than usual. Instead of this, the whitebait was a clearance price. Usually, we buy this pack …

2020-09-02

My 3y daughter asked me to write this word. "のきばたけ" sounds "noki-batake". What's the meaning? I asked her again and again to confirm this word, but she answered "のきばたけ" every time She created a new word... She explained this word…

2020-09-01

HOT DOG!!!! My 3y daughter loves Disney, especially Micky and his friends. They often eat hot dogs and sing hot dog song. But my daughter hadn't eaten hot dogs yet! So, she was very happy to see and eat this one. It was too big for her mou…