The Beesley Buzz: January 2013

> The Beesley Buzz: January 2013

R2BC - Daddy's week

Well, Daddy has been despatched to write this blog post this week to join in mummy from the heart's linky. So, here goes....! 1. Surprise! Totally unexpectedly, I got to see Dame Kelly Holmes today.... now that doesn't happen everyday, does it? 2. He's an Actor, darling! Today...

#IF

I have been meaning to write this blog post for a few days now since seeing a post on Mummy from the Heart's blog about the #IF campaign. This was not like the zillion other topics that pop into my mind to do a blog post on and then I never quite get around to it. This was one of those that I HAD to do. In a nutshell, #IF is about raising awareness that there...

Finding the right spoon for weaning: Nuby Feeding Spoons Review

When Nuby first sent us this pack of 6 weaning spoons to try out in our role as Nuby Bloggers, I took one look at them and thought they just looked too big. When your baby is just taking those first little spoonfuls of baby rice, it just didn't seem the right spoon because the...

The ups and downs...

I just don't get it. Some days are so fine that I sometimes wonder if the doctors got it wrong. Perhaps he is not on the autistic spectrum at all. I mean - earlier in the week he had a couple of really good days. Did all his homeschool work really well, without fuss and did lots and lots of work, and then yesterday it takes until 4.30pm to do ONE small piece of work....

R2BC - Blessings jar

This is definitely one of my favourite posts to write each week and it is probably one reason why I feel so cheerful on Thursdays nowadays as I look forward to thinking about my own reasons to be cheerful and seeing what everyone else has been up to. I love the fact that mummy...

Wot so funee - My favourite Bear

We are joining in again with Actually Mummy's Wot So funee blog hop. This weeks wot so funee moment comes from D, age 6. It is probably not so much funny as cute but here it is anyway: Bedtime the other evening... Mummy: "Shall I tuck you into bed now" D: "Only if I...

#Fave Family Recipes with Tilda rice

I only just spotted this linky to share your favourite family recipe with Britmums and Tilda rice as part of Tilda's initiative with the United Nations World Food Programme to donate 300,000 meals to mothers in Bangladesh. Quite simply there were two reasons why I HAD to join...

R2BC - Just feeling happy!

Last week I just didn't find a spare moment to join in with Mummy from the heart's weekly Reasons to be Cheerful blog hop. I popped by and read some of the other blog posts that had linked up (as I look forward to reading about everyone's week) but just didn't get...

9 months old

A few days ago T turned 9 months old. I just wanted to quickly type up a few things she does so that I will be able to remember in future. One of the reasons for blogging was to capture these sorts of family memories but there just never seem to be enough hours in the day to do life and blog everything that I would like to too! Today T sat up in the bath on her own...

Wot so funee? - When J was one (ish)

Once again I wanted to join in with Actually Mummy's fab wot so funee? blog hop because it is just such a great way of preserving those memories of all the silly/funny/lovely things our little ones say. This week we have been reminiscing about a couple of things J used to say...

Joshua's Jokes for January

As you might remember, last month we finally got around to setting up a 'Joshua's Jokes' tab on the blog where Joshua can add all his favourite jokes to, he started with his festive edition and all his favourite festive jokes. He actually made a huge list on paper which we had...

Top Tips for Photographing Kids

Zulily, the daily deals store for mums, babies and kids has challenged bloggers to come up with their top 3 tips for photographing kids. The thing I love most about Zulily is that when I'm looking at their online store, it feels like Christmas everyday. That's...

Tots100 Center Parcs family challenge for January: Create a mini home spa experience

You may remember that over the past couple of months Tots100 and Center Parcs have been setting bloggers a series of family challenges. You may well remember our Dragon Defeater waterslide from November and our Perfect Elf Poem in December. Well for January Tots100 and Center Parcs...

Perfect for those milky dribbles - Nuby Snug n Dry Feeding bibs

Nuby Snug n Dry feeding bib When Nuby sent us these Snug n Dry feeding bibs to try I just knew straight away by seeing them and feeling them that they would be perfect for catching those milky dribbles and baby posset. They really are soft and absorbent and fit snuggly around...

Learning so much more than Lambing

Lambing - newborn lamb, a few minutes old. One of the main negatives that people comment about when they find out that we home-educate the children is the 'lack of socialising' and how they are 'missing out' by not being able to see other children. I know this is actually utter...

Wot so funee - A logical conclusion?

We are joining in with Actually Mummy's fab Wot so Funee bloghop once again... Daniel has enjoyed me reading a bedtime story with him lately (which for a while sadly we got out of the habit of doing as he became better at reading by himself whilst mummy breastfed Trinity). He...

A mellow Monday

Having reached the end of the first day 'back to homeschool' after the Christmas holidays, I am feeling surprisingly relaxed. It occured to me that for some reason Mondays are usually our best day in terms of homeschooling. Perhaps it is the break after the weekend (or in this case, the Christmas break), perhaps it is the start of a fresh week, I'm not really completely...

Book Review: The Grunts in Trouble by Philip Ardagh

The Grunts in Trouble Review by Joshua Beesley, age 8 (Josh wrote this review ages ago but I never got around to putting it up as I wanted to read The Grunts in Trouble myself first and I am not a speedy reader like Josh is!) This book is funny. Mr Grunt likes kicking things...

Britain's Best Days out with Moneysupermarket.com and Tots100

A review of Bluereef Aquarium, Hastings Christmas is not my favourite time of the year. There I said it. Not everyone in the family would agree but for me I would rather just get away from it all and escape Christmas. But that is not going to happen. So the next best thing... A...

R2BC or R2-D2 as my son wants to call it!

Whilst everyone else has a bout of the January blues, over dinner, Joshua exclaims "it is such a good time of the year because lots of good things have happened around now" and he proceeded to list them. I said that he could do the R2BC post this week as he had lots of reasons...

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