* Track of the little sparkles *

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

Entries from 2022-10-01 to 1 month

2022-10-31

Yesterday, I bought this doughnut for halloween🥰 My daughters' was Jack O Lantern, and my husband's was cobweb 🕷️ Mayby this one is mummy black cat🐈‍⬛ It was very sweet and nice👍 https://t.co/wChrK8lnMa 31 October 2022 14:28

2022-10-30

My elder daughter's 6y/o birthday gift was a waveboard! (we call it "brave board" in Japan). She practices it every weekend and gets better at riding on & moving on! Since she has many little teachers around our neighborhood, she steals th…

2022-10-29

I found this picture which I took last year. I found many places with Halloween decorations in the UK(and it was a hotel reception). I think we can also find Halloween decorations in Japan, but the problem is, we can't go out so often beca…

2022-10-28

This was my daughters' pajama for a long time. Damaged by the hard water & drier in the UK, it's torn badly. My daughters learned how to fasten the button from this pajama because they are big and good for the first practice. So, I cut out…

2022-10-27

My 3y/o daughter is addicted to cracking acorns and taking out the ingredients. It looks yummy, and we became to want to eat them as nuts, but it's wild acorns... We should boil them at least before we eat. (But we never eat them) She like…

2022-10-26

They enjoyed the sandpit with their new toys They dug the sand, poured water into it, and made a mountain & tunnel. Even without me, they can enjoy themselves. So I had a relaxing time for one hour. After their friend coming, I talked with…

2022-10-25

Happy Halloween~! There are my neighbor's Halloween decorations. How cute! I didn't notice these illuminations because I don't go out after it gets dark. Other than these cute lights, there were some piled pumpkins and a broom. They are so…

2022-10-24

My 6y/o daughter had a sweet potato digging trip with her nursery members. The smaller one is her harvest, and the bigger one is the gift from the farmer. Her friend dug a huge sweet potato, which was bigger than her head Anyway, we had a …

2022-10-23

On our way home, there was a little summer festival stall. Of course, our daughters wanted to play with them, and I paid ¥100 They tried the ring tossing and scooping super-balls with a paper spoon. They were better than I thought, and the…

2022-10-22

They are trying to catch a grasshopper. Both my daughters are very good at catching grasshoppers. At that time, my younger 3y/o daughter caught the grasshopper 3 times Maybe, she is good at also catching cockroaches, so in case I find one …

2022-10-21

I bought my daughter's winter jacket at the shopping mole last weekend. At first, I found the reasonable & cute one for her, it was about $26.5. My daughter liked that, so I bought it. After that, at the next shop, I found a very similar o…

2022-10-20

Halloween Ice cream‍♀️!! The bottom one was "cotton candy", and surprisedly, the taste was really cotton candy...☁️ The upper one is "strange all-stars". Maybe they are playing on the words "strange" and "sweets", both are the same words i…

2022-10-19

We played Sumo with grasses, the name is "Oobako-sumo". We use Plantain for this play, crossed 2 plantains, and pull each other. The broken plantain is the loser. In our area, we use the winner plantain again for the next fight until it wi…

2022-10-18

Last weekend, my 6y/o daughter's friend's family came to our house. I introduced some English books and picture books, and he chose the universe book. Maybe he can't read, but he explained the solar system to my daughter perfectly I hope t…

2022-10-17

We went to the zoo again! Actually, we go to the zoo 2~3 times a month This weekend, our children tried feeding the horses! The elder daughter was very scared of feeding them when she was 2 or 3, but our younger daughter was very brave The…

2022-10-16

We went to the shopping mall in Yokohama Minatomirai and saw this music festival by chance. They were playing Conga, Jambes, Woodblock, and some Brazilian drums. I love this kind of play, and to my happiness, my daughters also had an inter…

2022-10-15

In the car seller shop. There are usually kids' spaces. Because many families want to buy a car, it's important to discuss cars with both parents. The space is very helpful for us☺️ Of course, they fight sometimes, but usually they played …

2022-10-14

My husband bought these fantastic Tuna Sushis at the supermarket. And, look at the black plate!!!! I bought it in Scotland My dream was, to use this plate for sushi You can find a Highland cow on the plate. How cool✨ Of course, the Sushi a…

2022-10-13

The spoooky ghost has appeared!! She silently wore his father's foodie and zipped it up, came close to us with tip-toe, and said "Boo!!" Please look at the ghosts above the TV. There are made by my daughters (I made only the center's one)!…

2022-10-12

We found this great snail at the zoo. My daughters sketched also this snail and touched it with soft leaves. They found that a snail will withdraw its body into its shell, and take in its eyes. At story time at night, we chose the story of…

2022-10-11

We went to the zoo yesterday and saw some decorations for Halloween In the tunnel, you can see the Jack-o-lanterns. They were so cute. But, you can also see witches! Her face was soooooooo scared that my elder daughter couldn't pass throug…

2022-10-10

Yesterday, we made the decoration for Halloween. The paper ghosts! My 3y daughter began to use scissors, so she was so happy to use them✂️ (of course under my supervision.) My 6y daughter was keen on coloring them with spooky colors and tr…

2022-10-09

I made these toolboxes from snack packages & origami yesterday for my daughters. It was "Choco pie chestnut flavor"'s package boxes I pasted origami with double-sided tape and coated it with OTP tape. My daughters were very happy and put t…

2022-10-08

I bought these books for my elder daughter. She is very good at reading English texts but is relatively weak at reading Japanese texts. She came to like the left book, and sometimes she tries to read a part of the text by herself. So, I bo…

2022-10-07

We are starting to decorate our house for Halloween I like this pot which I bought at the 100-yen shop several years ago. All of the decoration items are from 100-yen shops Since my elder daughter doesn't like scary decorations, I chose cu…

2022-10-06

I saw my daughter's paint at the nursery! She drew about the sports day which they had last weekend. Maybe, the right jumping one is my elder daughter herself, and the small one on the green box is her little sister. They are wearing red-w…

2022-10-05

I bought the Japanese autumn pear alcohol, and it was sooooo tasty I also purchased the autumn apple and autumn grape flavor, and I like the pear one the most. Sometimes, my younger daughter eats food on the table without permission, so we…

2022-10-04

My husband decorated his pancake with a rocket whipped cream My daughters decorated by themselves, and drew a heart❤️. It was the breakfast of the birthday party morning. Usually, we don't use whipped cream on the pancake for breakfast. So…

2022-10-03

That's our favorite cake we can buy in Japan. Since it was my daughter's birthday, we bought them again And, with those cakes, I chose the Earl Grey tea which we bought in the UK, Whittard. These are the best combination ever! We can buy t…

2022-10-02

Yesterday was the sports day at my daughters' nursery and the birthday party for my elder daughter. Phew, it was so a hard day... I got only 2 hours to decorate our rooms for the birthday party. TBH, I had no preparation until then. I clea…