The Beesley Buzz: January 2016

Guestposting at Head over Wheels

Today we are guest-posting over at Head Over Wheels. The Head Over Wheels blog is a positive online space for wheelchair users. Miss T is an occasional wheelchair user at the moment because of her JIA and one of the things I hope comes out of Miss T having this condition is for...

When Happily Ever After becomes #HealthilyEverAfter with Disney

Once upon a time there lived a family who wanted to live a little healthier. And for us being healthy consists of two main areas that are within our control to improve... One of those is to be more active - this doesn't necessarily mean heading to the gym but rather those little...

A delightful day in London - Preview Screening of The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar followed by afternoon tea at our favourite place

Life is busy at the moment. I know I keep saying that and I keep waiting for a quieter month but that never seems to arrive. I think things have felt particularly busy since J began secondary school last September. There is the constant treadmill of homework - every evening and...

Dick and Dom level codes for Super Mario Maker!

You may remember our excitement at the release of the Super Mario Maker game for the Nintendo Wii U last year. We celebrated Mario's 30th birthday and reviewed the game here. So you can imagine how thrilled we were to hear that two of our favourite TV personalities, Dick and...

Britmums bookclub book review: The Playground Mafia

image from Britmums bookclub This book by Clare Christian and Elisabeth Kent is one that sounded like it had the potential to be a really funny read. Unfortunately it wasn't quite my cup of tea. It openly revolves around the stereotypes of the playground mums and dads and...

Bella Stories

Having said goodbye to Bella cat at the beginning of the month, I had promised the kids that we would dig out photos of her and share our memories and stories about Bella cat. The boys were devastated to start with but at least they are old enough to understand what has happened....

Mario & Luigi Paper Jam Bros on the Nintendo 3DS

We had a crazy busy time in the run up to Christmas reviewing so many of the great new game releases from Nintendo. There were games for the Nintendo Wii U like Mario Ultra Smash Tennis, Animal Crossing Amiibo festival and for the Nintendo 3DS there was The Legend of Zelda Tri-Force...

Edible natural confetti for Cake decorating

Having caught the baking bug over the past couple of years, I have found myself not wanting to bake over recent weeks. Everyone seems to be feeling more health conscious now that January is here and to get baking again would mean lots more sugar and calories in our diets. Then...

Goodbye Bella Cat

Bye bye Bella cat. Today was supposed to be a happy day - it was daddy's birthday. It was also the day we said goodbye to our beloved Bella Cat. She passed away peacefully in her sleep. ...

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