The Beesley Buzz: May 2013

No worries!

Meet Biff. He's my worry-eater toy from The Toadstool. His species is a 'Sorgenfresser' from the German words 'Sorgen' meaning 'worry' and 'Fresser' meaning 'eater', hence Sorgenfresser = WorryEater. Worry-Eater 'Instructions' His tag had some lovely instructions but they...

The Tooth Fairy Should be Sacked!

5.14am. I was awoken to a little boy standing at my bedside in tears crying out "She didn't come. The tooth-fairy didn't come!" We all know that tooth fairies are busy little creatures. Perhaps not quite as busy as Santa on Christmas Eve but they still have a fair few houses to...

You're in Luck - My top tip for saving money!

For the past year or so, we have been following Larger Family Life and love hearing all about their adventures. We have been so encouraged by their experience of home-educating that it has on many occasions given us the confidence and boost we needed to carry on. We love hearing...

Lunchbox Creations with Walkers Hoops and Crosses!

This photo is my entry into the Tots100 #HoopsandCrosses Competition. Tots100 #HoopsandCrosses competition entry photo And here's my own little pirate who can't wait to get stuck into his lunchbox. He loves Walker's Hoops and Crosses and he loves dressing up as a pirate...

Joshua Jokes - The Robot Edition!

As you may remember, Joshua was asked by toy company, The Toadstool, to be their 'master joker' and find some of his favourite jokes to match up with their toys. When Niki at The Toadstool asked him to find some good robot jokes, he searched high and low and there seemed to be very few out there. So we set to work ourselves and this is what we have come up with...hope...

Perfect Picnics with Center Parcs - May blogger challenge

A family picnic we've been challenged to make, Let's plan our menu of things to take, Keep some things simple, like this homebaked bread, That will taste good with all kinds of spread! Now for something special, that tastes really nice, Our own-invented idea for these scotch-egg...

Turkey Fajtikkas! Fajitas with a turkey tikka twist

Turkey Fajtikkas! Fajitas with a turkey tikka twist. Summer is (supposed to be) here! Well today the sun was shining so we took the opportunity to get a bit experimental and cook up a quick healthy summery dish with a turkey twist for a spot of alfresco dining. Now if I...

Inspect A Gadget with Moneysupermarket.com - Currys essentials Portable DVD Player Review

Child's play: Simple enough for a child to use When Moneysupermarket.com got in touch to see if we would like to review a 'gadget' that people often take on holiday with them we jumped at the chance. The idea was to see if these gadgets live up to their more expensive counterparts...

Mischief and Cuteness - T at 13 months

Here is what T has been doing since she turned 13 months old. Lots of very cute things and a few mischievous things... Dropping things deliberately and saying "uh-oh" Saying "woof" to anything that resembles an animal Making a sound like 'ther-yar' (There you are) and passing...

Boux Avenue Review

When the lovely people at Savoo got in touch to see if I would like to review some items from Boux Avenue, I responded with an excited YES! My underwear and nightwear wardrobe consisted of a mish-mash of my old maternity items that I hadn't got around to clearing out and some...

New arrivals...

Look what arrived today! And here's what was inside... J and D had been given a £30 budget from The Toadstool to choose a toy as a thank you for helping out with the jokes on The Toadstool's facebook page. They are really keen to do a review post on their lovely new...

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