* Track of the little sparkles *

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

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2022-12-18

Finally, my 6yo daughter finished making this dinosaur teddy for her younger sister! (for an early Christmas present!!) I helped a bit, but almost sewing part had done by her This morning, she gave it to her sister, and 3yo sister became s…

2022-12-15

We observed the shooting stars last night, from our house's wood deck. Since Yokohama is very bright at night, usually we can't see so many stars. But, yesterday, the moon didn't appear until 10PM, and the sky was very clear. So we found s…

2022-12-13

She gathered sticks and leaves, and tried to make a fire for baking sweet potatoes! It was at the zoo entrance, but she said she didn't want to return home without the sweet-potato baking party! Then, we watched her preparation, invited he…

2022-12-12

Yesterday, we went to the zoo, "ZOORASIA" again. And found the exhibition for the rabbits was held. Since my 6yo daughter's favorite animal is rabbits, we visited the exhibition. There were no real rabbits, but we learned about the rabbits…

2022-12-11

"A girl in the box" means, a girl who has led a sheltered life or a girl brought up with tender care in Japanese. Yes, she is THE girl in the box, with both meanings (Usually, we use this word for more elder girls) https://t.co/hO8ui4IRH2…

2022-12-10

My 6yo daughter played the "Saru-Kani-Gassen" (Monkey and Crab Battle) a famous Japanese tale last weekend at her nursery. And, she drew this picture after the play! She played the naughty monkey, but she didn't draw the monkey! It was a g…

2022-12-09

Her recent favorite book is this "Baba Yaga the flying witch". She got me to read at first, and began to read by herself silently. Yesterday, she read it to her little sister The witch is very bad, and she inserted her comment for the witc…

2022-12-08

My husband made this dark matter.. with chicken lever, lotus root, and eggplant. He said he never imagine the color will turn black in 1 day (when he just finished cooking, it was not black like this), but I know that he made such black me…

2022-12-07

My 6yo daughter is sawing a dinosaur teddy for her little sister. She thought her sister likes dinosaurs, and give her the teddy as a Christmas gift. I helped her with buying materials together, design arrange from hers (because her initia…

2022-12-06

My 3yo daughter became able to do this "whole roast pig" program. But she doesn't know the "whole roast", which is "maru-yaki" in Japanese, so she calls it "omelet", "tamago-yaki" in Japanese She only knows one word that ends in "~yaki": "…

2022-12-05

Yesterday, we went to the park again. My 3yo daughter picked up many gifts of nature. She categorized them, lined them on the bench, and opened her shop The customer was only me... It was a very sunny bright day, so we had lunch at this pa…

2022-12-04

Pacific saury dinner in autumn 2022. I found that pacific saury is easy to eat for 3yo daughter because she can eat its small bones without notice. But very difficult for 6yo daughter, because she is losing her front teeth, and couldn't sp…

2022-12-03

My daughter & I sent the letter to Sant Claus last weekend. To make sure that the deliverer won't miss the address, I wrote the address How nice the address is! The postcode is HOHOHO!!! But my daughter was wondering what is "Canada"... I …

2022-12-02

We went to Yokohama and saw this new vehicle flying in the sky (but of course, they weren't flying but hanging). We wanted to ride on it, but we would have to wait about 40min and it cost ¥3,000 for all of us. So we walked as usual https:/…

2022-12-01

My husband bought this big fish "Isaki". That was so good! Fluffy, tasty, and juicy. Because I'm not a cooking person, I never try to buy these kinds of whole fish... Thanks to my husband... We also saw its entrails with my daughters while…

2022-11-30

We went to Yamashita park in Yokohama last weekend and found a Yoga lesson executed. Our daughters copied their lessons and did the same exercise aside from them They love Yoga because it's very popular in the UK as well, and they watched …

2022-11-29

We went to Christmas market at Yokohama Red Brick Storage. Because we have small kids, we went in the day time. But I heard the illumination is very beautiful✨ I want to go there at night someday. In reference to the market, it was very sm…

2022-11-28

We visited Ginko tree street yesterday. Yesterday was a very sunny, hot day even though it was the end of autumn. There were a lot of people taking pictures of this avenue. We have been to some mountains for seeing the "leaves changing col…

2022-11-27

My elder daughter wrote to Santa Clause yesterday. She thought the whole message by herself, and sometimes ask me the spelling (but still there are some mistakes, but I hope Santa can read it) She spent the most time drawing the pictures. …

2022-11-26

Here comes Black Friday!! We hadn't familiar with this day decades ago, but these days, it becomes very popular among the Japanese. Here are the GODIVA chocolate packages sold for ¥2,000. I can't find if it's cheap or not BTW, I bought som…

2022-11-25

We did the fallen leaves art again! This time, my elder daughter said that she wants to make a mermaid, so she drew the mermaid She also made starfish by cutting leaves⭐️ This time, we had a lot of ginkgo leaves, so we tried to make them f…

2022-11-24

My 6yo daughter finally completed making back! This kind of good is called "Pacherie" and even 6yo kids can make their own bags Her grandmother gave her this toy in September, and she had tried to make it gradually. As you see, she likes "…

2022-11-23

My husband bought this "Mito" natto while his business trip to Mito. That was my first time seeing & eating the natto in straw! Of course, it was also the first time for my daughters, so they gazed at their daddy's hands and watched carefu…

2022-11-22

We went to an autumn forest and played with a lot of fallen leaves. We could see some children played here. Since our daughters likes English anime like PeppaPig, they played with screaming "WEEEEEE!!!" https://t.co/Ec8S9kNukl 22 November …

2022-11-21

My elder daughter made this paper craft with her daddy. She wanted to make a Jangle with a lot of movable animals for her younger daughter. At last, she finished making, and brought it to her sister's bedside. But her little sister was alm…

2022-11-20

We went to the another zoo, yesterday. We saw some animals and found these elephants! My 3yo daughter thought that one of them which has a long tusks was a Mammoth! Because she like a mammoth picture book Even after we told her it is a ele…

2022-11-19

My 3yo daughter drew this. I yhought that was my 6yo daughter's work *n her nursery, the Daemon is popular now, so everyone draws daemon Speaking about its hair, she draws her daddy's hair like this everytime. So ahe is very good at drawin…

2022-11-17

Last weekend, we went to the zoo and enjoyed the walk-rally. We guessed the animals's weight with the great hints. After finished all quiz, my daughters got the prizes and game! It was like a fair. What a fun!!!! https://t.co/EIvG88lIYi 17…

2022-11-16

We did the fallen leaves art at home, yesterday. We gathered the fallen leaves last weekend, and used them. I googled and found some easy idea to do with 3yo children My daughters enjoyed it. The second picture is tlmade by my elder daught…

2022-11-13

I updated our living room's bookshelf for Christmas! It's a little bit early for Christmas, but since we have a lot of books to read, we start for now! Let's improve the mode of Christmas day by day https://t.co/jPiXlFYrUJ 13 November 2022…