The Beesley Buzz: December 2012

> The Beesley Buzz: December 2012

The Perfect Elf - Center Parcs Tots 100 Challenge

We've been on a search for a Christmas Elf that's perfect, I suppose you've come to hear the verdict. An Elf that is perfect in everyway, 'Is that even possible?' I hear you say. Elves get their moment of fame in December, Their year-round hard work is seldom remembered. Spring,...

Joshua's Jokes - The Festive Edition

Josh has been asking for ages to have a section on the blog for his favourite jokes. We think it is a great idea but just hadn't got around to it but as he has been keeping us amused with so many festive jokes, we thought it was a good set of jokes to start his little 'Joshua's Jokes' corner of the blog with. So here are his favourites: Q: What do elves learn at school? A:...

Book Review: The Return of the Killer Cat

The Return of the killer cat by Anne Fine Review by Joshua aged eight Return of the killer cat is a funny book. The cat's family go away so he has to have a cat sitter, the vicar. The cat thinks he will have a great time, but he is wrong. He has to have his dinner from last...

Reasons to be Cheerful - A dramatic week!

Once again I am joining in with Mummy from the Heart's R2BC blog hop. Here are my reasons to be cheerful this week... When I say a dramatic week, I don't mean that anything particularly dramatic has happened, but rather the boys both had their drama shows this week... 1. On...

Wot so funee - a true story about mum's cooking!

Seeing this post about COOK on Domestic Disgrace the other day reminded me of something that my son did few years ago... at the time I had written a poem for COOK about the incident and it was even one of the runners-up in the Poetry Day competition they held that year. I thought...

#FestivePlaylist Linky with Britmums and Coca Cola

As we are well and truly into the festive season now, Coca-Cola have launched an interactive Pub Finder where Coke, Diet Coke and Coke Zero is on 2 for 1 offer to help everyone enjoy the festive season in a responsible way by making sure that you or your designated driver...

LeapPad 2 Review

Review by The Beesley Buzz. The LeapPad 2 Explorer is the latest incarnation of the handy, portable, kids-friendly educational computer games console. It runs on normal AA batteries, which is a big plus, but it does seem to eat through them quite quickly. A charger is available separately, although I would have expected it to come with the unit to save having to splash...

Paddington to Peru

Let's take Paddington to Peru When I asked the kids what they would most love to save up their pocket money for if they could save up for something really special, I was rather surprised by their answer. We have an old Paddington Bear which used to belong to Daddy and Paddington...

Xmas Party Outfit Blogger Challenge

When Becky spotted this blogger challenge from Fashion Vouchers and started to dream up her Christmas party outfit, I pointed out that there is actually one member of the family who always seems to get overlooked when it comes to clothes - whether it is packing clothes for...

Cowgirl Capers

Fever Wild West costume from Jokers' Masquerade. Well howdy there, thanks for stopping by. Just for this evening, I'm Belle Star the long time girlfriend of Jesse James, and I'm here to tell you all 'bout my new cowgirl costume. Those lovely folks over at Direct 2 Mum put us...

Wot so funnee! - The Brilliant Chef does beatbox

After we made giant ice marbles earlier in the week, this is what my six year old son got up to with them. Just had to use this video clip for Actually Mummy's Wot so funee linky: Click through to The Brilliant Chef to see the video. (Apologies to Actually Mummy for not using the proper wot so funee badge / links - our computer seems to throw a wobbly everytime we try...

Magic Marbles: The O2 Guru Magic of Christmas Linky Challenge

Baby Trinity is full of wonder seeing these amazing magical Christmas 'marbles'. Instead of moaning about the weather and staying cooped up indoors, we decided to make the most of the frosty weather we've been having lately by creating a magical experience for the children...

Gourmet Garden's "Blogger-cum-Chef" Challenge

Mystery Meatballs with Easy-peasy garlic bread, followed by Chocolate 'Ginger Surprise' mousse. A great selection of herbs and spices from Gourmet Garden When Gourmet Garden sent me a selection of their fantastic herbs and spices to try out, I was so excited and really wanted...

Reasons to be Cheerful - Getting into the festive spirit (finally!)

Once again I am joining in with what has become one of my favourite posts to do, Mummy from the Heart's Reasons to be Cheerful. This week because Mummy from the Heart has been away in Belarus helping with Operation Christmas Child, Pressies by Pebbles is hosting the R2BC...

Britain's Best Christmas Craft using one piece of paper!

Hi, It's Joshua and Daniel here, and we've hijacked the blog to bring you a tutorial to show you how to make a Christmas decoration using a PIECE OF WHITE PAPER! A piece of white paper - but what could you make with it? Mum is always nagging us to go and do something ourselves...

Could this be the most unusual Christmas Present for a 6 year old?

Most kids might have asked Santa for a new train set, games console, dolls house, board game, scooter, bike or other such items. But Daniel is different. Daniel has a dream. For as long as we can remember, Daniel has wanted to be a Chef. He has always had a love of food....

Not the usual breastfeeding dilemma

I recognise that I have been extremely fortunate to have been able to breastfeed all three of my children. I got off to a difficult start with Joshua when he was a baby because he was unable to latch on (it turned out he had tongue tie) and they kept whisking him away to formula...

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