We met neighbors boy & his father. They were catching the cicadas, and the father let my daughters to touch the live cicada. At first, they were a bit scared, but soon they could touch the wing of it. Before that, we had read a cicada catc…

I'm making my elder daughter's purse this week. I was wondering about the shape, and the length of the zip, and made the trial ones. Until 1~2 years ago, she was pleased to give whatever I made, but now, I think the quality is very importa…

I bought this sticker book for my younger daughter. It was just a good level for her, and she enjoyed playing it. She always admires for her elder sister's toys, textbooks, and everything! So, she is very happy to play it saying "I'm study…

My elder daughter's morning glory has bloomed! She brought back it from her school 1 week ago. Her summer holiday task is watering it & vegetables every day. Well done She has to draw it, but she is camping today. I hope this flower blooms…

We started to serve Chilled Chinese Noodles. For these super hot days, it's the best food to eat! My husband is good at making thin baked eggs 👍 We used our garden's cucumber & tomatoes to decorate it🥒🍅

My elder daughter made this "metal detector" with the craft kit. She decorated it all by herself and tried to touch many kinds of things with this detector. I recommended she take note which material was detected as a metal. That would be …

We harvested the 2 big cucumbers from our small garden! I know we can grow them more, but my elder daughter is in charge of watering and picking up the vegetables. So, she judged the timing for picking up. Our cucumbers are very creamy and…

My daughters found a lot of cicada shells at the library, and stuck them to their dress We also found the "live" cicada larva climbing the tree (I guess it's very rare), but none of us could touch & help it... Instead of that, my daughters…

Yesterday, a piano tuner came to our house, and tune our piano! My daughters and me watched the tuning for a short time. That was sooooo fun!!! Especially, it was the first time for us to see inside our piano. They gazed the piano & tuner …

She found a cicada at the entrance of her friend's apartment. At first, we thought it was already dead, but while she gazed it, it moved its legs! She observed it with her friends and finally, the elder friend rescued it by grabbed & turn …

Last weekend, we went to a small splash pad. They were catching the pond skaters! The elder daughter used a long bug net and caught the bug. Then, the younger daughter grabbed the bugs from it and put them into the cage. By the way, she co…

My elder daughter made the colored water by water paint at school (red, yellow, blue), and brought it back. So, we played with them in the bathroom. My daughters mixed the colored water and made their own "favorite" color. (It was very dif…

We went to a kimono shop to resize the Kimono. The orange and white one was a very old one. My husband's mother and his sister wore it at their 7 yo celebration (shichi-go-san). The shop clerk said that it's very good one, so we can still …

In the last weekend, I tried to show my daughters the "Painting with Crayon" movie on YouTube. They tried to draw an apple, using many colors. My second daughter gave up in the middle, but the elder daughter liked this activity. She draw a…

We went to a park with a small splash pad. We played a lot with the water, and before eating lunch in our tent, we dried ourselves sitting in the middle of the field. My daughters liked this style☺ Anyway, yesterday was soooo hot, and toda…

We had a summer festival at my second daughter's nursery. Every year, the eldest class opens the store by their own, using fake moneys. We bought pretended "Choco-Banana", "Ics Floss", "Tako-yaki" which are very famous as summer festival's…

Because the panini I ate with my daughter at a cafe was sooooooooo delicious, I bought a hot sandwich maker and made the first one! It looks nice, isn't it??? But unfortunately, my elder daughter has a wobble tooth for now, and she ate it …

Yesterday, my elder daughter found a cute face in her plate!!😊 It was made of konbu, the menu was cabbage with konbu & sesame oil, one of my easiest & specialty🙌 She said "Look! He smiles! And, he has even nose!!🤭"

My elder daughter and I went to a library near Sakuragi-cho station. In that library, there was a cafe and eat-in corner. We had a panini for lunch there🥪 It was super delicious, so I bought a panini maker for our house🤭

Next, our garden's harvest was, the cucumber!!! We had found that one 2~3 days ago, but it was still tiny. After several days, it has grown very big...! We have to check the cucumbers every day from now. Otherwise, we miss the delicious te…

The second make & do was from my husband. He banded the aluminum foil to the loo paper core. When you speak to the loo paper core, your voice would be changed like an alien My daughters made & played with this toy for a long time. It's the…

We stayed at home and did some simple "make and do" with my daughters. The first one is "Rattling instruments" made of tin cans. At first, we used the empty cans, and later, we poured some water into them. They changed their sound, so it w…

We went to an Orchestra's rehearsal for the children's event. Because it's for over primary school kids, I went with my elder daughter. There was no conductor, but the players were in perfect sync. The program was Pulcinella, which is also…

We went to the cake shop with another family who wanted to buy cakes for Father's day. And, saw the cake's price rose soooooo high... That was an extra cost, but we were all happy with these super delicious cakes. (One of them was over ¥12…

This photo is about 5 years ago!!! Perhaps we were in the nearest international airport. But I didn't remember why we were here. The only thing that I remember is, there was a huge bamboo tree and it has a lot of wishing paper for Tanabata…

Sorry for the sensitive image! My second daughter loves insects. Especially roly-poly these days. She picks up a handful of roly-polys and shows them to the adults, even if the adults are not her parent... Sometime, she picks woodlice whic…

We harvested mini tomatoes from our garden. They ripen enough, but we had sabotaged to pick them up for a week. My daughters ate them which were harvested by their own, and said "Sweet!!" Usually, they don't want to eat which has black spo…

I made this card case for my elder daughter. She is a primary school student now, so she has to pay for trains or other public transportation. We bought an IC card for her, and she put it into this case Since she likes rabbits, she was ver…

My daughters helped my husband to make this stuffed bell pepper with meat. It's very rare to cook this for us, so my daughters were very excited to create this. Of course, it was sooooo delicious😋 (Basically, my daughters like bell peppers!)

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