* Track of the little sparkles *

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

Entries from 2021-01-01 to 1 month

2021-01-31

I made this salad-chicken. It's from Yuri Yamamoto's recipe named "paper chicken". https://t.co/17LND4tw7I The only I have to do is, fork the chicken, put salt and sugar, and just pop it in a microwave oven. Then, soft and juicy chicken is…

2021-01-30

My TOEIC score rose to 820...! But... I didn't study for the exam... Only I did was hearing English news by podcast every day... And, I didn't feel that I had done very well. WHY?? Even if it was a fluke, I'm delighted 何もしてないのに上が…

2021-01-29

I began to hear the English learning podcast "UK vs US: Fancy an English Battle?" from this week. https://t.co/G3DImrrfmR It's very funny and energizing I like it! And I was surprised that the cello ensemble is playing in the background o…

2021-01-28

Can you see something? My 1y daughter becomes to speak, like "shoes", "butterfly", "bee", "ぴょんぴょん(rabbit)", "ぞ!(elephant)", "きいんさ(giraffe)", "cat", "apple", etc... We often feel that she is no longer a baby, but still she is su…

2021-01-27

Last weekend, my husband made lasagna for us! It was awesome!!!!! Since I don't cook these kinds of meals, I'm very happy that I can eat my husband's cooking When we talk about cooking, our conclusion is always "the meal that we ate in the…

2021-01-26

My aunt made this rabbit stuffed toy. For our 4y (3y at the time) daughter was afraid of this, but our 1y daughter became like this toy recently I took this picture and will send it to my aunt! To tell the truth, I also felt this toy is a …

2021-01-25

One of my this year's objectives is, reading books. I recalled that my husband bought books for me about 10 years ago when he was in UK. That might have been Peter Rabbit's story in English... And I found it. But when I turned the page... …

2021-01-24

I bought these books. The eye training books are for me, and あやとり(cat's cradle) and cutting origami are for my 4y daughter. And, I bought 3 books that explain the mechanism of each phenomenon or thing. My 4y daughter likes one of them …

2021-01-23

I cooked this fried sweet potato & pork. The seasoning is soy sauce, sugar, Japanese-style soup stock. The cooking was a great success, and my family ate it so rapidly If I try next time, I'll use thinner pork because it was a little bit h…

2021-01-22

I said that I went to the zoo last weekend. And, we saw this bear standing! After standing, he ate the big salmon (maybe salmon). Since my 4y daughter's teacher of the violin has the figure of bear which eating salmon in the entrance, so s…

2021-01-21

My daughter began to play "あやとり" (cat's cradle) at the nursery. She loves it and asked me to make her own string. So, I made them! Since I play Marimba and have some mallets, and used to change the top courting with another yarn, I hav…

2021-01-20

We went to the zoo by a car last Sunday. Because it was a bit cloudy and chilly day, and it's under the state of emergency, there was empty! In addition, because we went early in the morning usually before crowded. I took a lot of photos o…

2021-01-19

The winter flower which we found during walking. My 4y daughter loves to collect the fallen petals, especially these thick and large type ones. They look like a heart shape❤️. But last weekend, she found ones but didn't pick them up. With …

2021-01-18

I bought this series of picture books on Amazon yesterday. The sample pages are so attractive, and I hope we'll be able to answer my 4y daughter's questions! I bought only two, but they are good, I'll buy more はじめての なぜなにふしぎ え…

2021-01-17

I made this cod roe pasta with young of sardines (しらす) last Thursday. That was sooooo nice! It's only for my husband and me, I felt a bit of waste My husband bought these young sardines and cod roe last weekend, and these were super fre…

2021-01-16

My 4y daughter picked up this yellow airsoft pellet at the park. And she believes it is the egg of something and something like a baby chick will born So, she watered it (she doesn't know how the egg is warmed and hatches but only about se…

2021-01-14

My 4y daughter created this. My husband and daughters love this block "KAPLA". She said that this construction comes from the cover of the guide book. Yes, I can find the same picture on it. The growth of the kids is so fast. She couldn't …

2021-01-13

I LIKE POTATOES!!!!!!!! My husband made these potatoes with butter. They were awesome... My mother called me "the potato lady" (芋ねえちゃん). We can buy the potatoes named 新じゃが which can eat with peal, so it's very easy to cook https:…

2021-01-12

Because our 1y daughter has torn the surface of this picture book, I repaired it with bond and tape. I forgot where I was given this book, perhaps at the regular child checkups at the local government, it's a very cute book Our daughters a…

2021-01-11

It was sold out... Instead of this, I ordered Chai. 11 January 2021 05:30 I bought some picture books for children. But they aren't interested in them yet. In spite of that, I want to buy these picture books which another mom on twitter me…

2021-01-10

My elder daughter made the toy for her 1y sister at the nursery. It's an easy edition of "けん玉" which is the traditional toy of Japan. Because her sister likes Anpanm○n and Mick○y, she drew them on the cup Her sister can't play properly …

2021-01-09

I bought these sweaters online. Since I seldom go out these days, I don't need new clothes I think... But buying new clothes is rising my motivation⤴ And more, to wear these sweaters in a cool way, I decided to exercise every day to tighte…

2021-01-08

If the coronavirus had not existed, we might be living in the US today. So, yesterday's US news was unbelievable for me... Please be safe. 08 January 2021 05:56 And the next big news is, the state of emergency is issued. I'm paying attenti…

2021-01-07

Our 1.5y daughter began to wear her pants herself. But, the back of the diaper is the difficult point. Usually, she wears pants like this She gets angry when we try to fix it Her word is increasing like "Apple", "Bee", "Bird", "でんちゃ", …

2021-01-06

HAHAHAHAHA! Her sister also has bombing hair🤣 I like their cute curly hair, and I have super straight hair. It's from their father...! https://t.co/328wb7g5W6 https://t.co/FpPzjBTve1 06 January 2021 06:54

2021-01-05

Good morning! I start to work this year from today. Still, I can't believe that the holiday has ended...! My husband and I created 10 kites these holidays. The best flying one is this one! My husband made it imitating 100-yen shop's kite. …

2021-01-01

Happy New Year!!! We already ate "Zouni" for morning, and will eat "Osechi" and "Zenzai", today😋 We will also make a new kite, and go to a park to rise it🪁 How wonderful beginning of new year! https://t.co/ir2TuenMmi 01 January 2021 09:32