* Track of the little sparkles *

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

Entries from 2021-01-01 to 1 year

2021-12-31

This is the final day of this year. We are still decorating our bedroom with my daughters' Christmas arts, but it's time to tidy up. Today, we'll eat SOBA for New Year's Eve (we eat SOBA on this day in Japan), and clean up our flat. Happy …

2021-12-30

Granny gave this Peppa Pig's Monopoly to my daughter(5). She still loves Peppa (almost all of her school friends are graduating from Peppa), but there are few toys related to Peppa for 5 years-old girls. Monopoly is one of the best choices…

2021-12-29

It's raining all day for a week☔️ In the UK, we can dispose of our real Christmas tree in the specified places like the map below. There are many points to tree collection, so we dispose of our tree yesterday (in rain). The tree will be re…

2021-12-28

I bought and drank this mulled cider at the WinterWonderland! It was specially matched for the cold weather, and sooooo nice! After that, I looked for the mulled cider at the supermarket, and finally, I found one! We drank the mulled cider…

2021-12-27

I bought these Christmas or winter-related picture books. Almost all the books I bought at the charity shop, so it costs about £24 ≒ ¥3600. Some of them are difficult for us to read because they are too poetic like "谷川俊太郎"'s books. Bu…

2021-12-26

They have eaten all! https://t.co/VYBRoyVCv4 26 December 2021 14:50 Santa has come! For my 2y daughter, he gave her the Pow Patrol Mega Block witch is compatible with the LEGO Duplo. Because she loves Zooma, Santa gave her Zooma & Marchal …

2021-12-25

"SANTA, come here. we have some Food for you.♡ LOVE from xxxx And xxxx. Merry christmas SANTA" My 5y daughter wrote it by herself. She thought the sentence, and I sometimes helped her spelling. And we prepared the food and drink for Santa …

2021-12-24

Yesterday, my 5y daughter and I went to the Climbing studio with her friend. That was incredible, brilliant, awesome!!! It was the first climb for both girls, but they did it! Since she is very light & tough, she reached the top stone of a…

2021-12-23

With Santa & Elf at Winter Wonderland How big Santa is! Recently, the indoor events are canceled because of the rapid spreading of new COVID, such as having lunch with Santa, or handshaking with him So, that was a wonderful and rare experi…

2021-12-22

Look at this BIG cooking stove!! Here is the Christmas market of the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland. He was rolling this hanged steel mesh, over the charcoal fire. They smelled very very well. Unfortunately, we had had our lunch (were also ho…

2021-12-21

We went to the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland! That was amazing!!! So large, many attractions, Christmas markets, and food stalls! My 5y daughter tried 5 attractions, and we all entered the ice kingdom which shows the ice sculptures. Just loo…

2021-12-20

My 5y daughter drew to the pumpkin seeds which I dried since Halloween. I'll connect them with a needle and thread and make a necklace of pumpkin seeds. At first, I planned to make it all by herself, but the seeds are too hard to needle. S…

2021-12-19

Yesterday, my 5y daughter's classmates had a Christmas party at a near park. Unfortunately, 2y daughter was still coughing, so my husband took her to the party. I prepared some bags which includes a card, snacks, and an airplane made by Or…

2021-12-18

This is one of the neighbor's bay windows. The residents of this street show their Christmas decorations in their bay window day by day like Advent Calendar. What a nice performance! There remain some not shown arrangements, so we are look…

2021-12-17

My 5y daughter was given many Christmas cards from her school friends They are just learning writing, so they are happy to write friends' names, and send the letters. Yesterday, my 5y daughter was busy writing the cards to her friends http…

2021-12-16

Soooooooooooo CUTE!!!!!!!! はー、かわいいかわいいかわいいかわいい…。可愛いしおしゃれだしみんな大好きスノーマンだし語彙が足りない…。他で着る機会がありますように https://t.co/jnrmERrq1h 16 December 2021 03:36 I want to drink hot mulled wine …

2021-12-15

We went to "Wagamama" restaurant for the first time, which is the famous chain store of Japanese food. At first, we couldn't find what the item shown in 2nd pic is, but this is the kid's chopsticks. Connecting these 2 sticks, we can use it…

2021-12-14

We also enjoyed London Eye. It's the Thames River. Because of the foggy weather, the sunlight and mist made such a mysterious scene By the way, why London is such a rainy or foggy city? Every time when we go to London, it rains☔️ Or is the…

2021-12-13

We enjoy the Christmas Carol at Royal Albert Hall That was the amazing, awesome, fantastic, and children-friendly event ever! Everyone sang and danced with the orchestra. Not only kids but us parents were excited about this event I'm itchi…

2021-12-12

The new playground equipment which I stated last week. We went there also yesterday and enjoyed playing. Not only 5y daughter but also 2y daughter tried to climb. We reserved a bouldering indoor facility for next week, but playing in this …

2021-12-11

The Christmas Wreaths of neighborhoods! Many houses hanging their big wreaths in front of the door, so we can enjoy seeing them There are many kinds of wreaths and I find that some wreaths have dried oranges and cinnamons. Those are common…

2021-12-10

My 5y daughter wrote the letter for Santa yesterday. I heard from her school friend's mom that if we send the letter until today, Santa will reply to us Look at the cute Santa drawing and look at the address!! How nice Today's my biggest j…

2021-12-09

The sky before 16:00. What beautiful gradations! The time for playing outside after school becomes shorter and shorter. But it's a very special time for kids and us adults. I usually talk with other parents at this playground time, and hea…

2021-12-08

My 5y daughter and my husband made these from garbage The giraffe stands itself, and the robot's arms are movable My daughter is addicted to crafts. She makes many crafts at the school and brings them home EVERY DAY, so there's no room for…

2021-12-07

We went to the park which renewed the playground equipment. When we came to this playground first time about 5 months ago, we felt this playground was new enough. But after renewal, there became the wonderland for the children If there's i…

2021-12-06

My 5y daughter made these paper snowflakes. The Origami we brought from Japan is almost gone! We have to find and buy new ones. Other than paper snowflakes, she makes many Christmas crafts like a tree, ornaments, garlands, and so on. She i…

2021-12-05

The running machine in the near park! My 5y daughter likes this playground equipment and ran like a hamster I wish the Japanese playgrounds have such exciting equipment. I feel the equipment of the Japanese playground is very safe, but not…

2021-12-04

My 2y daughter still loves this book. And every time she comes to this page, she points to the chrysalis and says "Poo" When we correct that is "さなぎ", she says "No! It's a poo!" or "No! うんち!" Yes, she doesn't make a distinction betwe…

2021-12-03

My husband made this quiche again! Quiche is one of his specialities. The ingredients are spinach, avocado, mushroom, and chicken. The pie's a little bit sweet and my daughters ate it so quickly. Because of the size of the oven, we can't m…

2021-12-02

14:40 in our town. It looks as almost sunset time. The actual sunset time around here is 16:00. We can fo the park after school now, but it becomes darker in several days. Anyway, we love this view near our house. I think especially before…