* Track of the little sparkles *

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

Entries from 2021-03-01 to 1 month

2021-03-31

My second daughter loves cars and trains. Whenever she found cars or trains, she says "ブーブー(means cars)", "デンチャ!(means trains)" and say "Bye-bye!" with a loud voice How cute! I think my elder daughter wasn't interested in them so …

2021-03-30

I like this messy garden Although the planted violas(?) were very very beautiful and fine, there were many other wild plants like henbit or shepherd's purse. These wildflowers also bloomed powerfully and made the garden more lively. My 1y …

2021-03-29

Twin eggplant! My 4y daughter found and kept it to show me She said "Heart-shaped eggplant!!"♥ Unfortunately, I'm too lazy to put it into the refrigerator soon, it became a little bit withered... It was sold at the supermarket, but I want …

2021-03-28

We went to a park by bicycle yesterday to see the cherry blossoms. Because today will be rain, we thought that yesterday was the best. Contrary to my expectations, there were not so many people there and we enjoyed running, playing, having…

2021-03-27

Last weekend, she drew with watercolors. She can draw better than a year ago and seems to be able to draw what she wants. She drew hearts, a princess, and fishes. Since watercolor drawing is not held at nursery so often, she enjoyed it muc…

2021-03-26

This is boiled Nabana (rape blossoms)! I felt spring when I find Nabana at the supermarket. I thought it's a little bit bitter for kids, and my 1y daughter couldn't eat them. But 4y daughter likes them, and want to eat more I'll go somewhe…

2021-03-25

We found these sprouts of fern when we took a walk last weekend. They're so cute My 4y daughter couldn't believe these sprouts will be such a hands-like shape leaf. I became to want to go countryside, and eat edible wild plants in the rest…

2021-03-24

I love this kind of sweeeeets! This is ice cream with Anko and Shiratama. I felt very spring And, to tell the truth, I'm so susceptible to the word "seasonally limited" I bought 2 at once. Of course, I ate both https://t.co/CHagutFa7a 24 M…

2021-03-23

Our 1y daughter began to draw with crayons I think she draws more dynamically than her elder sister did. It's very fun to see how they drawing 4y daughter didn't draw if something was already drawn on the paper. But, 1y daughter doesn't mi…

2021-03-22

I suddenly wanted to play Ocarina which I bought about 15 years ago. So I enjoyed it with my 4y daughter (she has a plastic one) for a while. I had forgotten how to play, but I remembered it gradually. I want to ensemble with her someday. …

2021-03-21

My husband gave it to me as a White Day gift (I think). How cute! I want to see them for a long time, but I have to eat them earlier... It's very rare that my husband buys such "cute" thing, but when he went to a department store to buy a …

2021-03-20

My very simple lunch with work from home! I wonder why the bans named "English muffin" are so powdery. Are they really English bread? And powder makes it eat easier? Anyway, they are easy to cook and very delicious Within cheese, lettuces,…

2021-03-19

Look! We found a lot of aphids. It's spring. I didn't interested in aphids until last year. But, when my daughter's friend had a ladybug as a pet, he (and his mother) gathered aphids every day for it. So I was also looking for the aphids t…

2021-03-18

She is trying to catch the worm, and back him to the "wet" ground. Because it was a strong sunny day after a heavy rainy day. And a worm was left behind the dry road and looked like jumping in order to back to his home She tried for a long…

2021-03-17

We found the spring flowers while the walk. White dandelion, ホトケノザ (henbit), ナズナ (shepherd's purse), ハルジオン(Philadelphia daisy) and so on. It was a very warm day. And also a windy day. So, there was a lot of pollen was flying a…

2021-03-16

These are the cakes which my husband bought for our anniversary. Since it was "White Day", he lined for a long time. They were amazing. 4y daughter enjoyed it slowly to the last bite There was no photo, but our 1y daughter ate "castella" w…

2021-03-15

We celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary at home. My husband cooked this cuisine! It looked & tasted like at a wedding restaurant The sea bream with mushroom & carrot, steamed clams & cabbage with Sake, boiled rapeseed blossoms, okra with…

2021-03-14

My 4y daughter wrote this menu board. Usually, my husband uses this for thinking dinner menu. And, Google Lens tried to OCR (optical character recognition) it! It's very difficult to machine But, we parents can read our daughter's writings…

2021-03-13

I bought a very big "Chikuwa" which is a tube-shaped fish-paste cake. And, I made "Kyu-Chiku" which sting the cucumber to it. My daughters love this, and the battle of "who can eat this more" has begun Of cause, the elder daughter won, but…

2021-03-12

Yay My 4y daughter won the Green cap which sent to her as proof that she has completed the English assignment It was a little hard for her. So, she was soooooo happy and held a fashion show, played the piano with it. Oh, her little sister'…

2021-03-11

As I told, my elder daughter is addicted to make & play "Boon-Boon goma". To learn how to spin the toy well, we watched this movie. So now, my daughter prefers this video to others. She watches this movie every day She calls this lady "せ…

2021-03-10

Our younger daughter is addicted to playing "Talking Card" of Disney World English recently. She became to be able to pass through the cards to the player by herself, so she enjoys both passing through it and listening. After that, we have…

2021-03-09

My husband made these dishes last Sunday! All of the dishes were very delicious...! Especially, the middle of "茶碗蒸し" was awesome. It made of eggs and Dashi-soup, the ingredients are spinach, mushrooms, and chicken. He said that it was …

2021-03-08

Last weekend, our family was addicted to creating "Button whirligigs". The left top one is the first product that didn't rotate well. Then, I studied on Youtube and found that it was lack of thickness, and the positions of the holes are ve…

2021-03-07

We are trying to create & play "Boon-Boon Goma" nowadays because our 4y daughter said she wanted to make it. I learned "Button whirligigs" is the English name. We thought it's not so difficult, but to spin it is very difficult. There's som…

2021-03-06

The left one is the Girl's day's special lunch cooked by my husband last weekend. We celebrated it a little early. It was nice. And, the right one is the Girl's day's dinner which I made quickly after work It was a little messy, but my gir…

2021-03-05

The photo album has arrived! We usually make the photo album at the photo studio, but the price has grown so high... So, I tried to make another photo album for our parents and decided to change the photo album maker if it was fine. The qu…

2021-03-04

Since we plan to go to UK this year, I want my children (especially 4y elder daughter) familiar with British English. I wonder that she can enjoy UK and make friends there. I hope the books help her. …But I noticed this edition does not in…

2021-03-03

My 4y daughter read the book "Adventure of Ruby". In this book, Ruby is adventuring to find 5 pieces of jewel. She became to love this book. When she went to the usual park, she found two pieces of jewel and brought them home with great ca…

2021-03-02

Among the children in the neighborhood, drawing on the ground with chalk is very popular. My daughter was longing to that, but she couldn't draw well till these days. But now, she found that she can draw with chalk as she thought. The left…