The Beesley Buzz: April 2017

A very Miffy Birthday: Miss T is Five!

Earlier in April, Miss T turned 5 but with recent events, including her hospital stay with Chicken pox complications due to the Methotrexate she takes for Juvenile Arthritis, I hadn't got around to writing up her birthday blogpost. But I wanted to do it before the month...

Simnel inspired Easter Celebration cake

Easter has come and gone and yet here I am writing up an Easter cake recipe. Why? Our family Easter had to be postponed this year. On Saturday evening we noticed a few spots on Miss T and as we'd always been told that contracting chickenpox whilst on her methotrexate injections...

Monsters by D

Sometimes I'm tidying the kids bedrooms and come across something that makes me stop and smile. Equally sometimes I find things that make me go 'ugh gross' like smelly socks they'd stuffed behind the cupboard instead of putting in the wash! Anyway, this morning was a nice find. D had scribbled a little poem and I really liked it so with his permission, here it is: Monsters,...

Book review: Let The Dead Speak, by Jane Casey

Review by Richard Beesley. Let The Dead Speak is the latest novel by Jane Casey featuring Detective Sergeant Maeve Kerrigan. Although the seventh Kerrigan story, I haven't read the previous ones and can honestly say this works brilliantly as a standalone book. When eighteen-year-old...

There's no such thing as a free lunch but there is FREE Tennis!

Last summer we signed up for a tennis session with the Lawn Tennis Association's Great British Tennis Weekend. Miss T and D had a whale of a time in their session and we were really impressed by how geared up for kids the session was. Miss T has repeatedly asked to...

LEGO Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy (vol 2) : Ravager Attack review

It's LEGO. It's Disney Marvel. It's Guardians of the Galaxy. What's not to like? Our household is getting excited. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is released on 28 April starring big names including Chris Pratt , Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, and Bradley Cooper. To celebrate the release...

Is anyone truly perfect? A review of Cecelia Ahern's new YA novel: Perfect (#ad)

I hadn't read "Flawed", Cecelia Ahern's bestselling debut novel. But I was keen to read this sequel. The basic premise of it, humans being able to judge other humans as 'flawed' if they don't live up to the standards of the morality court, reminded me of Max Lucado's book for...

"How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top."

Miss T adores Aquabeads. Ever since her godmother gave her a playset for her birthday last year, she's been totally hooked on these little colourful beads that magically stick together with a spray of water. So you can imagine her excitement and delight when Aquabeads...

A visit to The Canterbury Tales including the NEW Medieval Story Garden

Today marked the launch of the opening of the new Medieval Story Garden at The Canterbury Tales, a unique visitor attraction in Kent. We were invited along to visit the new story garden as well as to experience The Canterbury Tales tour. The experience is situated in the heart...

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