The Beesley Buzz: October 2012

> The Beesley Buzz: October 2012

On a day like this...

On a day like this, his younger brother says "I wish I wasn't in this family" and it breaks my heart. On a day like this, I think to myself "I never realised that I'd signed up for this when I became a mum". On a day like this I want to tell those staring faces that I'd like...

The fate of Pumpkin Number 2...

So in our attempt to avoid Halloween but still do something fun with our pumpkins, pumpkin number 2 has been 'miffyfied' for our friends at Official Miffy UK. Well we had to make the most of our bumper crop of 4 pumpkins. After all, last year we had zero percent success...

Toyologist Review: My First Painting by numbers

Review by The Beesley Buzz. What's in the box: This Painting by numbers set contains two numbered painting boards featuring a jungle design on each, one paint brush, 7 acrylic paints, and the back of the carboard packaging is designed to be pushed out as a paint organiser...

Our Nuby adventure begins...

Well our first box of lovely Nuby goodies has arrived and here's what's inside. Trinity and mummy are going to be having SO much fun! I love the Nuby products being so brightly coloured for babies and toddlers giving them an instant appeal and yet the items aimed at mums (like...

Meet the New Nuby Bloggers!

Mummy and Trinity are delighted to be able to announce that we have been selected as one of the new Nuby Bloggers! As a mum of three, I often find that I do have my hands full so I'll be blogging in Nuby's 'hands full' category. They had over 200 entries - so well done to...

Could this be October's BEST budget meal?

Soup in a pumpkin I was feeling rather guilty that on two occassions in the past week, we had resorted to eating out unplanned! A combination of severe backache, some difficult days homeschooling and various other factors had conspired against me cooking, so I knew I had...

Doo Yoo Savoo?

Earlier in the week I found out that after being shortlisted in the top 30 (out of 600 entries!) I didn't quite make it to interview stage for Savoo's search for the UK's smartest shopper. Obviously it was a little dissapointing and yet I found that I was also delighted at...

Toyologist Review: Spin Mania

Review by The Beesley Buzz. This game was totally not what I expected it to be but in a really good way! I had expected some sort of board game with an element of something spinning in it - but no board and thankfully no boredom either - This game was great fun! Designed...

Toyologist Review: Gyro-Botz Deluxe Battle Arena

Review by The Beesley Buzz. Hi I'm Daniel. I'm six and a half years old. Today I'm going to be telling you all about Gyro-botz. You see I love 'bots' (I don't mean bottoms - I mean ROBOTS!). I have lots of different types from zibits, to bobble-bots to a bee-bot, lots and lots...

Toyologist Review: Transformers Prime : Star Hammer and Wheeljack

Review by The Beesley Buzz. This Transformers Prime set is described as 'easy', so was well suited for Daddy to understand how it works! It comes with two Transformers - Star Hammer, and Wheeljack. Although Star Hammer doesn't do much in the way of 'transforming', it is a...

Toyologist Review: Smasha-Ballz

Review by The Beesley Buzz. What's round, furry and noisy? No, not the cat. Not the children. Not the mother-in-law. No... it's Smasha-Ballz! The furry monster that came to live with us is apparently called Gooba. Despite his claw-like hands and four eyes, he is less scary...

“Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again” L.Frank Baum

When I saw Warren Evans' challenge to blog about our unsung heroes, the ones that fight the monsters under our bed, the ones that help us feel safe at night…I knew exactly which family member to write about. No longer the youngest, since our new baby arrived earlier this year, but...

Fact: We ARE Yummy inside out - whether we feel like it or not!

A facebook post that Pink Lining put up before the weekend has been plaguing my thoughts all weekend and I have tried to put in out of my mind but just can't. They had a link to an article on The Huffington Post, entitled 'The mom stays in the picture' and it has set me on a mission...

More to Pumpkins than Halloween

This is a blog post we wrote a couple of years ago for Ooffoo, but with it being that time of year again, thought it might be nice to repost it here. Especially as this year we have had a bumper crop of pumpkins (more about that in the days to come hopefully). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All...

Toyologyist Review: Transformers Prime - Weaponizer BumbleBee

Review by The Beesley Buzz. My one previous experience of a Transformers toy was not a good one – it was made of flimsy plastic and, try as I might, I could not transform it from the vehicle to the robot or back again. So it was with some trepidation that I approached this...

My day out at The Baby & Toddler Show at Bluewater

When I was very kindly sent tickets to the Baby & Toddler Show by one of the exhibitors (thank you!), I decided that 3 babies in, it was high time to actually make the effort to attend a baby show and was pleased to meet some old friends and make new ones. There were...

Book Review: Cartoon Kid Emergency

Cartoon Kid Emergency by Jeremy Strong. £5.99 Puffin (7+) Review by Joshua age 8 I normally like to make sure I read any books that Josh does a book review for, but this is one that he seems to have done such a great job of when he did this book review as a piece of home-school...

"What chocolate cake?"

A certain 6 month old baby has developed a real taste for CHOCOLATE CAKE!!! So I guess that means the baby-led weaning part has now begun. We have never seen her open her mouth quite so wide for any other food. Oh and yes, that is the remains of fish finger on her bib. I know...

A place to work, rest and play (without tears!)

I have seen some amazing ideas by other bloggers for the Tots100 room makeover challenge with RatedPeople.com and I absolutely know I don't stand a chance of winning, but I loved the idea of thinking creatively about making-over a room in your house if you had the money and guts...

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