* Track of the little sparkles *

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

Entries from 2021-02-01 to 1 month

2021-02-28

Yesterday, I participated in an online farewell party for my colleague. He is loved by everyone, and all of us said that we miss him. This year (or more long term) 's my resolution is, to be a person who people want to work with again. The…

2021-02-27

えっ、イギリスにも花粉症存在するの…。 I hope that I won't develop hay fever in UK... 27 February 2021 00:47 The monkeys in the zoo. They were sleeping with holding each other. It was a cold winter day. My daughters like these monkeys, and …

2021-02-26

My 4y daughter admires "りっちゃん" so much. And, she watches this Ritchan's birthday movie endlessly... Happy birthday to Ritchan And thank you to Ritchan's mom who always recording movies and uploading. Thanks to them, my daughter loves …

2021-02-25

Our 1y baby is trying to play English talking cards. Sometimes, she still tears the card, but usually, she succeeds in play. I feel that she is more curious than her sister was 1 year old. It's because she sees her elder sister well and lo…

2021-02-24

This is the lunchbox when we went to the zoo. Broccoli, tomatoes and rice balls are stapled members of our lunchbox. We brought boiled eggs, carrots with cod roe, and boiled snap green peas in addition. And more, we bought "salad chicken" …

2021-02-23

We went to the zoo last weekend again. It was the fifth time this year! The children are jumping on the handrail and watching Rock hyrax eating vegetables. In Japan, we said this situation "鈴なり". In English, is "overflowing" is correct?…

2021-02-22

We dropped in SUBWAY after taking family photos. It's been so long since I ate a SUBWAY sandwich. As you know, it was a little bit hard to order the sandwich, but I did it! With sesame bread, all basic vegetables, olives as a spice, and ve…

2021-02-21

We took the family photo at the studio last week. How cute our daughters were!! They wore the rented dresses. This time, 4y daughter chose the dress. She was a baby when began to take photo at the studio Time pasts so fast. I'm really look…

2021-02-20

We found other blooming flowers when we were taking a walk. It's cherry blossoms!! I hope that we can eat under the cherry blossom trees this spring(お花見) at least with my family. Hopefully, with our friend's family...! https://t.co/HLeS…

2021-02-19

I bought this small cute "麩" for our daughters. 麩 is made from flour and water. It called "手毬麩", which looks like very Japanese-style food. I bought also star shape ones and looking forward to using them and see how our daughters reac…

2021-02-18

We played this Kapra last weekend. My 4y daughter and I created this big wall. It sometimes collapsed, and we learned that "the fundamental part is most important". We can repair when the top part collapsed, but it's very hard to repair wh…

2021-02-17

Last weekend, we had a Sushi party!! Our 1y daughter began to eat Anago sushi which well-baked fish on vinegared rice. And also she can eat egg sushi. She ate a lot... Our 4y daughter prefers tuna sushi and she ate tuna and egg sushi only.…

2021-02-16

When we walked around, we found that weeping plums blooming! Spring has almost come. I haven't felt any sign of pollen yet. But some people are already talking about pollen. I should change the mask thicker one and begin to use the inner m…

2021-02-15

I bought this chocolate "Yo-kan" (羊羹) for our valentine's day. The ingredients were, Anko, chocolate, Kanten, whip cream, and so on. So it was Japanese-style chocolate sweets. I prefer this sweet to normal block chocolate! If it will als…

2021-02-14

There was a big earthquake in Japan. My family were all sleeping, but I and my husband woke up and confirm that everything is OK. I checked the timeline of twitter, and read some hot news (trend). Then I knew that there was also some big e…

2021-02-13

My 4y daughter drew this "Norimaki" (vinegared rice rolled in nori) at the nursery on 4th Feb, after "Setsubun". She ate Norimaki on "Setsubun" day, and she became a fan of that The ❤️ under the Norimaki means she likes that. The ingredien…

2021-02-12

It's her elder sister's headdress! Minnie's ribbon Still she has few hairs, it's hard to wear the headdresses. But she was longing for this headdress strongly and waiting for the chance to wear it for a long time. How cute you are!!!!! And…

2021-02-11

My 4y daughter passed the DWE Lesson5 Audio Cap Reports It's time to shift to Lesson6 I feel that the green cap is right on her level, but lime-green (the next level) is still very hard for her. After getting the green cap, I'll suggest le…

2021-02-10

My 4y daughter played LEGO Friends last weekend. She graduated from DUPRO, and try to CLASSIC size block. It still a little bit hard for her, and she made mistakes many times and she can't separate the blocks by herself. With my help, and …

2021-02-09

I dropped in a bakery with a small cafe last Sunday, after having an exam of TOEIC speaking & writing test. Since it's very rare to drop in any cafe, I was so excited that I bought too much bread. My favorite bread was a left front one, wi…

2021-02-08

I baked this bear-pancake with my 4y daughter yesterday! The raisins sank into the pancake, but it's OK. It was super easy to make, and my daughter became so happy. When such a case occurs, we say "コスパが良い" in Japanese. Means it's goo…

2021-02-07

My 4y daughter drew me at the nursery. She showed it saying "It's smiling mummy!" Usually, I get angry with her every day, while breakfast, dinner, or before sleep..., so I was so happy to she draw my smiling face Then, now is the time tha…

2021-02-06

Every sunny weekend, we go to a big park or zoo. Our children love to play outdoor. Usually, we make a simple lunchbox like this. Outside the picture, rice-balls and smoked-chicken are. We buy only smoked-chicken (or fried chicken) at the …

2021-02-05

There were a few people in the early morning zoo. So my husband and 4y daughter picked up the long branch and started fishing pretend. I fished salmon! I fished tuna!! (まぐろ) I fished Shirasu! I fished yellowtail!! ... At last, they …

2021-02-04

Hey, I wanted to drink it! "Chocolate on the Chocolate frappuccino"!! I got it at the drive-through after the zoo. https://t.co/F8L0Znx8kh It tastes... like... OREO!! And it was too cold to drink in the car...! I prefer last time seasonal …

2021-02-03

My 1y daughter at the zoo. She seems to start "terrible twos" recently. It is the picture after I said "Let's go lunch!". She protested that, lay on the lawn, and started to play again. She doesn't say so many words yet, but good at commun…

2021-02-02

We went to the zoo again. That was the 3rd time to go to the zoo in January 2021. We feel that the zoo is as one of our gardens or the nearest parks... Then, we found the "frost" at the zoo. It was the first time for our daughters, and the…