The Beesley Buzz: July 2013

> The Beesley Buzz: July 2013

The big screen and the small screen - My Budget Bucket List with MoneySupermarket.com

Inspired by the 2007 film The Bucket List, with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, MoneySupermarket.com have challenged bloggers to think of what's on their bucket list. The idea is to think of one budget item and one extravagant item that you'd have on your bucket list for a chance...

Wot so funee - Food and Flowers

A couple of #funees courtesy of 7 year old D again: Flowers: T was wearing her t-shirt which, as well as printed flowers, has a few fabric flowers sewn on. (Typically, I couldn't find a clear photo to show you what I mean, but you can just about see one of the pink fabric flowers...

Giveaway: Nuby Bundle of Bath toys

We were going to wait until the one year anniversary of our blog going live at the end of August to do this lovely giveaway of Nuby Bath toys, but with all the fantastic hot weather we've been having, we decided to celebrate early! As Nuby bloggers T loves playing with her Nuby...

Nature's Checklist Center Parcs Family Challenge

As our regular blog readers will have seen, we have taken part in all of the Tots100 Center Parcs challenges since last November until now and had great fun with the family in doing so! We very recently found out that we were picked as one of the wildcard winners through doing...

Ever fancied breaking a Guinness world record?

If you've ever wanted to be involved with helping to break a Guinness world record - here's your chance: You can help make the longest chain of paper dolls ever! For more info and to download a template to join in, here's the link http://www.panmacmillan.com/paperdollsworldrecord A big thank you to our facebook friend and blog reader Tricia for letting us know about...

Wot so funee? You bucking idiot

This hot weather we've been having (which I am not complaining about) reminded me of a #funee moment that happened to my friend a couple of years ago during a hot spell which is too good not to share (I won't mention any names so I'm sure she won't mind). Imagine the scene, hot...

"My name is Sarah Jane Smith and once I travelled around the stars. I went to places beyond my wildest dreams...I saw amazing things out there in space but there's strangeness to be found wherever you turn. Life on earth can be an adventure too. You just need to know where to look."

This photo is my entry into Moneysupermarket.com's #PhotaYourMota competition Ok, ok my name is not actually Sarah Jane Smith and I haven't actually travelled in space (yet!) But I do have one thing in common with Sarah Jane, the space travelling, alien fighting, sonic-lipstick...

Reasons to be Cheerful this week...

Just this weekend, I spotted my Black Tower bottle on the shelves for the first time! We went to a bigger ASDA store to have our eye tests and sure enough - there it was. It is also pretty cool seeing my design all over Black Tower's facebook page at the moment too. I never thought...

A busy weekend

We recently had a 'town' day where we live. Thousands of people came together to have lots of fun watching dragon boats races and supporting lots of local businesses and charities. The special needs drama club that J attends were represented there and with very kind and generous...

A few days in sunny Cornwall

I want to say that we've just got back from a few days away in Cornwall, but it has actually been a week since we got back. Don't ask me where that week has gone as I still haven't caught up with myself yet! We had a really lovely time and I was going to pick out a couple of our fave photos to share like T body boarding at just 15 months old and discovering how much...

Produced in Kent Live final

J receiving his prizes For the second year running, J made it to the live final of the Produced in Kent Create a Fruit and Veg masterpiece competition. Considering they had over 600 entries that is a pretty grand feat in itself, so of course we were proud of him. But...

Nosy Crow Crew Update

Following on from our previous post about being accepted onto the Nosy Crow Crew - Here's our shiny new badge as members of the Nosy Crow Crew! Nosy Crow is a small independent publisher of children's books and apps and have a clever skill in bringing the two together!...

Clothes that make you grow taller!

I recently found out that I had won a trip for two to Noma, the world's best restaurant in Copenhagen. We are still awaiting dates about when we'll be going (as they get fully booked for months and months in advance!) but one thing we have decided, is that we would love for 7 year...

Giveaway: Maud n Lil cuddly toy!

*This giveaway is now closed* The lovely Niki at The Toadstool has organised a giveaway of a Maud n Lil cuddly toy, and has asked if we would like to co-host. As Joshua was so pleased with his Cubby Bear (you can see his review here), how could we resist? So, fill out the Rafflecopter form below and enter for this great chance to have your very own new cuddly toy! *This...

T at 15 months

Last week, T turned 15 months. These are her highlights: She got new shoes as she is pretty stable with her walking now. She loves said shoes so much that when she is not wearing them she carries them around saying 'shz'. Although we don't have any particularly clear speech...

Power boating on the Thames - the only way to see the sights!

Last week we had an amazing day in London and went power boating on the Thames with London Rib Voyages. Power boating is not really something I had ever particularly wanted to do, but last summer I won a Red Letter Day voucher for it with Drench and so I thought we'd give it a...

J's Cubby Bear Review from The Toadstool

This is J's review of Cubby Bear from The Toadstool which he has written all by himself: I like my bear. I have called him Bucky. He is really soft and I love him loads. I took off the ribbon because it is scratchy at night (note from mum: The ribbon was not particularly scratchy...

Going on holiday with Stephen Fry: Holiday Habits Infographic

We have just got back from a short holiday today so it was rather timely to find this infographic waiting for me in my emails. We were one of the bloggers that Moneysupermarket.com had asked to take part in their poll which fed into this infographic. And just so it is made...

Reasons to be Cheerful...

Just quickly joining in with Mummy from the Heart's R2BC linky this week before we head off on a short break away next week. So I guess that is my first reason! The weather is forecast to be good and I think there is an outdoor and indoor swimming pool where we are staying so...

Oldies but goodies

Have been meaning to link up to 3 Children and It's Oldies but Goodies blog hop for ages but never seemed to have posts that were old enough but now we have been blogging nearly a year, I can dig out some posts to join in with. Here's the first, originally posted last November...

Nosy Crow Crew

We recently received a little bundle of goodies in the post from publishers Nosy Crow. Because of our absolute LOVE of children's books, we have been accepted as part of their Nosy Crow Crew! Hopefully we will be able to share more news about it soon. ...

World's Weirdest Foods Infographic

D and I were just chatting about how some foods that are eaten around the world can be really rather unusual and that very same day this infographic came through from MoneySupermarket.com so it was interesting to have a peek at this! Created by MoneySupermarket Travel Insurance Disclaimer: We...

Nature spotting

We went to see the deer at a local deer park the other day. I remember taking J when he was just one and he used to say 'gog-gog' for dog. He thought all the deer were dogs! And now he is 9 years old and has a baby sister who thinks the deer are dogs. This white...

New Shoes!

T is nearly 15 months. She got her first pair of 'proper' shoes at the weekend. Since then she has been keen to walk everywhere. All of a sudden it takes even longer to get anywhere and things like ants and drains become extremely interesting features to be admired for ages...

Water Maze fun with the nudie brothers

One of the biggest benefits of home-schooling (especially in the summer months) is that once the work is done for the day, we can get outdoors and have lots of fun. So when all the work was done early in the morning, we set off for a fun day out. We love to visit a local...

Moshi Birthday!

Sweeny Blob cake Our little boy turned 9 recently. Nine! Nine years old! That's nearly 10. That's nearly a decade. Where has that time flown to. He asked for a "Sweeny blob" cake (one of the newer moshi characters) so I did my best with limited time and limited cake making bits...

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