* Track of the little sparkles *

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

Entries from 2022-01-01 to 1 month

2022-01-31

We got this sticker and comic paper at Macdonald's last month. A shop clue brought them for our children when she saw kids immediately. My 2y and 5y daughters were super concentrated on the stickers during they were waiting even if they di…

2022-01-30

Children is still in Christmas They still song Jingle Bells, Oh Christmas Tree, and We Wish a Merry Christmas. My 5y daughter made this reindeer with my husband. Christmas power is so big for the kids. In the TV commercial, they already an…

2022-01-29

Look at the left picture! Can you find what it is? We baked the corn in the oven. We are used to baking it in the fish grill in Japan, but it was the first time to try it in the big oven. I wonder if it got burnt, but it baked pretty good …

2022-01-28

Yesterday, we made this paper plate faces The top one is 2y daughter's and left reindeer is 5y daughter's, and the lion is mine. We drew faces on 2 plates, hole them with punch, and sew them with the knit. I help them only holing. I was su…

2022-01-27

My 5y daughter won this piggy doll at the Winter Wonderland game. This is... not a pig, but a unicorn! Look at the top of its head. There's a soft pink horn And we realized that one of its ears has the wrong direction... By the way, my dau…

2022-01-26

We often find this kind of playground equipment in the UK. This is the swing for 2 kids (or 1 kid and 1 adult). If you have more than 2 kids and they are happy to ride swings, you can put them in it and they'll play by themselves for a lon…

2022-01-25

I read "Stick Man" for my 2 years-old daughter. On this page, the stick man is about to be frozen because of the cold. My daughter covered the stickman with her hand and said "I'm warming him. He will be fine soon." How kind you are!!!! ht…

2022-01-24

My 5 years-old daughter drew this💒 She recalled the photos from our wedding arranged in our house in Japan. Yes, my husband's hair is very curly. It seems like him very much😁 https://t.co/c0JVUaVea7 24 January 2022 14:44

2022-01-23

My brother send this kit to my 5y daughter as a Christmas gift. In this kit, kids could experience science things. First, my daughter made this chalk pendant top from powder. She became like this pendant♡ It suite for age 8+, so the other …

2022-01-22

We ate instant ramen for the lunch. That was sooooo delicious!! I put the chicken breast for the topping, and it was also the best match. Of course, we ate another vegetable plate for this lunch Vegetables are important for our health and …

2022-01-21

From yesterday, my 2y daughter is absent from her nursery because the majority of teachers are tested positive. After sending 5y daughter to the school, we went to the park at 9:00 AM. It was chilly and no one was there. The leaves were fr…

2022-01-20

This is "Okonomiyaki" which my husband's colleague in Japan sent the cooking set to us 3 months ago. It was soooooo nice, especially the source which was named "Otafuku source"! Our daughters ate quickly and had second helpingsAnd so did I…

2022-01-19

From the first day of this year, my 5y daughter began to write the diary. Not every day, but 3~4 times a week. This day, she wrote about her dream which she found eggs at her favorite park and they hatched. We don't care about the spelling…

2022-01-18

At Stanmer park, there are people who was making apple juice or cider. Children can drink fresh apple juice for free! And, I bought one bottle of apple mulled cider which I became to like in the UK. My daughters enjoyed watching them durin…

2022-01-17

We went to Stanmer Park which is near to our city. It was a sunny day, but because of the morning dew and humidity, the ground of the forest and lawn were very muddy. So it was good that we wore the wellies! Daughters did a lot of running …

2022-01-16

It was a cold day, but we went to the beach yesterday. There is a nice playground and my daughters enjoyed playing for a couple of hours. And, of course, they enjoyed picking and piling up the stones In the sea, there were some people who …

2022-01-15

My 5y daughter wanted to make a "mobile for baby" by herself. She saw it in Peppa Pig and found that it would be nice to see it while she is trying to sleep. I helped her by giving her the idea of structure and materials. Then, she made th…

2022-01-14

There is still on Christmas! Since it seems no culture for new year's decorations in the UK, we can see many Christmas decorations in the city yet. I ordered the chai latte and read the book BFG for a while. To tell the truth, I fell aslee…

2022-01-13

The day before yesterday was a foggy day. Everything was white. Yesterday, the sun appeared! Was a clear and comfortable day. Since both my husband and I had born and grew up in the sunny area, the looooong cloudy days in the UK make us gl…

2022-01-12

We bought this smoked mackerel at the supermarket. It was a new taste for us, but was nice My daughters ate them well. It has been a long time since we ate the grilled mackerel, so it recalled the dinner of Japan. Of course, we ate them wi…

2022-01-11

My husband's colleague sent us these foods from Japan. He sent them in September, but arrived yesterday! Some of them were expired, but we'll eat them Because they are expensive in the UK, we are very happy to eat Japanese food! We'll make…

2022-01-10

The Christmas tree disposal point. We had disposed our tree at 27th December, and there were few trees then. Now, the site is full of trees!!!! A woman came to me and threw her big tree to top of the pile They will be collected today. My 2…

2022-01-09

My 5years-old daughter and my husband made the muffin❤️ These days, my 5y daughter has discovered the joy of making sweets! She always put on the apron which I made for her last year, to get in the mood‍ When should I start asking her to h…

2022-01-08

It's an activity book for Christmas! There are 28 pages and was sold at Poundland (like 100均 in the UK). My 5y daughter like it very much, and tried it with joy. I was surprised at her drawings because it was much better than usual. What …

2022-01-07

There had been around 11℃, but yesterday's lowest temperature was -1℃. My daughters found the frozen leaves on the way to school and picked up frozen fallen leaves. 2y daughter wanted to show them to her teacher, but the leave has melted w…

2022-01-06

Daily life has returned! Holidays have over!! My daughters went to school and nursery and met their friends, played with them. There was a little bit chilly, but the sky was clear. So we could go and play at the park. And I had enough time…

2022-01-05

We also played the traditional Japanese New Year's game "Fukuwarai"! I drew a tiger face, and made the parts of the face. With closing our eyes, we try to set the parts to the right places. It usually turns to funny face, so it's Happy Lau…

2022-01-04

Since it was rainy and the school was not opened yet, my 5y daughter tried Origami yesterday. The above ones are my daughter's, and the bottom ones are mine. She did it well! These are wreaths in the style of a Japanese New Year's decorati…

2022-01-03

The Japanese New Year food "Zouni"... ?! I saw too many photos of delicious Japanese New Year foods like Osechi, Zouni, etc... So I became to want to eat! Fortunately, we got the dried Wakame, so first we enjoyed Zouni with mochi, and next…

2022-01-02

We spent time in the park on the first day of this year 2022! It was a super rare clear morning and was a breath of fresh air for the New Year. We call our relatives in Japan and celebrated the New Year. I want to meet them because we have…