* Track of the little sparkles *

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

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2023-02-16

Here's our February picture books! Theme is "Princess", "Science", "Fairy & Elf & Giant". Because my daughters are addicted in "Ben and Holly, they are interested in fairies & elves. I want to watch the Disney Princess movies, but my elder…

2023-02-15

My daughter drew this picture & letter for her favorite English online teacher. She will quit her online English job They talked about her leave and the plan for returning in the class. I was surprised at how they talked complicated conten…

2023-02-14

It's my Valentine's day chocolates for me!!!!!! And more, I bought Choco-pie and Pie-no-mi as well (for me!!) I'll eat them little by little taking care of my face skin. It's very hard to eat them without notice of my daughters, but I'll d…

2023-02-13

We have this Takoyaki(?) yesterday. Since I wanted to make & eat takoyaki, I bought mixed flour for lunch. But, we had no takoyaki-pan in our house... Both my husband and I thought we have one... So we used a normal pan, and my younger dau…

2023-02-12

My elder daughter & I baked them yesterday for Valentine's day! I suggested she make more easy sweats, but she wanted to bake cupcakes She chose the toppings, and mix everything by herself. And bcz we met one of her friends yesterday, we …

2023-02-11

Yesterday, we found twins-egg‍♀️! My daughters initially fought for this twin egg, but later, they changed their minds. They both became not want to eat it. My younger daughter lost the "rock scissors papers" then ate it https://t.co/qZw9P…

2023-02-10

My daughter made this kind of "Kirigami"s for her graduation from her nursery. I was amazed at her ability for making Kirigami. She is very excited about making Kirigami for all her classmates, and giving it to them with letters https://t.…

2023-02-09

We bought "Ohajiki" for our Mancala game. It's much better than LEGO blocks, and my elder daughter enjoys playing. Also, my 3y daughter was able to play with our help. But she always cries after she loses the "rock, scissors, paper" game b…

2023-02-08

My daughters love to pick up acorns, especially those with hats. My younger daughter found these "only hats" acorns... It's very spooky for my elder daughter and me. But she wanted to bring them back home, so we agreed to bring them in fro…

2023-02-07

I made this board for my elder daughter. She will be a primary school student next April, and she is not good at "Scheduling" or "Predict" the next actions for now. I hope she will learn how to control her time using this board. https://t.…

2023-02-06

I went to the restaurant with 2 of mom-friends late at night yesterday. Since our husbands held the same party, called "papa-party" last month, so it was our turn We talked a lot, drank cocktails, and ate delicious meals without our childr…

2023-02-05

I made this "Mancala" board from cardboard yesterday. I didn't know about Mancala, but my elder daughter learned about the game from her nursery and told it me! It's like a simulation of seeding. We used LEGO blocks for seeds. But they wer…

2023-02-04

Yesterday was Setsubun day in Japan. At our children's nursery, several daemons come to each room, and kids throw their paper beans. Almost all the children run away or cry. Some fights. Anyway, these are our daughters' crafts for Setsubun…

2023-02-03

This was my super easy dinner for the week days. Oyako-don (Chicken & egg rice bowl) with microwaved string bean, and side dishes. My daughters like these kinds of super easy & simple plates. I'm thankful about their tongues... https://t.c…

2023-02-02

My elder daughter was given this char register paper toy by her nursery friend. He made it by himself and gave it to my daughters by saying "You and your little sister can play with it!". How kind and cool he is!!!! And how nice a toy it i…

2023-02-01

We found these huge mushrooms at the natural park. After we back home, my second daughter put something from her pocket... Yes, it was a big piece of mushroom We didn't know when she picked up the mushroom. I am relieved that I can notice …

2023-01-31

My elder daughter liked this big playground park and challenged almost all the equipment. But, at first, she was scared into this net hole, because it seemed too deep. But after playing for a long time, she tried to go into the hole and en…

2023-01-30

I visited the pancake shop with my family. My daughters also ate it. We love the taste of this shop's pancake!! My second daughter ate all of the whip cream at first, as usual. And tried to get another whip-cream from her daddy (It has don…

2023-01-29

We went to a huge playground which takes about half and one hour from our house. It was so cold day, but my daughters enjoyed the playground so much that they took off their jackets. At last, we visited this big bridge, which had been froz…

2023-01-28

I found that drink "pork bone soup" from a ramen chain in the vending machine at the station. I was not the mood of buy it, but I can imagine the situation people want to try it, is after heavy drank! (it's natural to use "drink" at the en…

2023-01-27

I joined a party on business. There was such a nice prosciutto and I saw it at the first time!! It was very tasty, I had almost two plates We call this "prosciutto pulpwood" in Japanese, but it's not the common name in English according to…

2023-01-26

We bought new sofa instead of Yogibo! The rears of the sofa are movable, and easy to clime on. So my daughters were so happy to play with this sofa☺️ Since my husband super likes this sofa as well, he don't want them to play hard with it. …

2023-01-25

We had MacDonald's Happy set last weekend because I want the toys of Thomas's friends. Very fortunately, my daughters applied their favorite ones(!!) Nia for the elder daughter and Percy for the younger one. After we got back home, they de…

2023-01-24

This is my younger daughter's imaginary lion! Actually, this was a bark dropped on the ground. She took care of it with feeding, tucking, and singing the lullaby (to just a bark!!). How imaginative! In front of her, there was a big playgro…

2023-01-23

We went to the #DWE event, the English Carnival. At first, my daughters enjoyed so much, the talk, dance & songs. But, in the middle of the story, my elder daughter felt very sad, and she began to cry (so did I). The story was not "good" w…

2023-01-22

My younger daughter harvested the broccoli yesterday. Last time, her elder sister didn't let her pick up them so much, but this time, she did it freely!! It doesn't need special equipment like scissors so, it's a very good chore for her Af…

2023-01-21

I found this firmly insistent barber sign in Shizuoka prefecture The building of this barber is relatively small, but its sign is such tall and noticeable! I googled it and found its name is "有平棒" in Japanese, and "signpole" in English.…

2023-01-20

Last weekend, I went shopping with my elder daughter. We bought her winter clothes, my clothes, and her pencil case. At last, we have nice lunch in the food court. Sooooooo yummy Since my husband has an allergy to shrimp & crab, we eat the…

2023-01-19

My younger daughter's cast-off skin... She is so laud, energetic, active, and cute Yesterday, she was singing while her elder sister was practicing piano. She sang so loudly, that I couldn't hear the sound of the piano She won the piano...…

2023-01-18

We harvested our garden's broccoli which already flowered My husband and daughters picked up them, and while I was out with my elder daughters, he boiled them. It was very nice, but,,,, two big boiled s were found on the plate Pleeeeeeeeee…