The Best of the Rest Carnival

The Best of the Rest Carnival

There are so many carnivals flying around these days in our amazing blogging community but there are always posts that somehow get lost in the shuffle.  We bloggers have families and kitchens to clean in addition to getting out of the house at some point, so sometimes we miss a carnival deadline.  Well, Cafe Bebe is here to help.  I’m hosting a Best of the Rest Carnival for all of us bloggers who didn’t quite make the deadline.  There are some brilliant posts that you just HAVE TO READ.  Mind you…in no particular order…we don’t play favourites here at Cafe Bebe.  We’re all equal, unless you want to pay me, then of course, you get top billing!

• An amazing post from The Mad House, Please Don’t Call Me Brave.  I’m breathless after this one and I, for one, think that she is very brave indeed!
• Our noble Daddy Blogger, Sir Tim at Bringing Up Charlie offers up another very worthy cause with his post Please Help.  With a small donation you can win a piece of F1 history!  How cool!
• Sandy at Baby, Baby wades into the Current Affairs waters with her story about how she and Tess Daly are rather similar.
• Liz from Living with Kids always starts some brilliant debates in the mornings.  We have thoughts about Having a Mummy Tummy Tuck (not something our Daddy bloggers have to worry about) and wonderings about Mary Poppins and Childcare Options.  We can always use a good debate, can’t we?
• The lovely Hannah at Muddling Along Mummy questions “Why is it that the women have to find the work/life balance and not the men?” as she is returning to work and finding it difficult.
• Did you know that Pippa at A Mother’s Ramblings was saved by Fireman Sam.  Ironically, I just watched a report on BBC East Midlands evening news educating us about the danger of chip pan fires!  Goodness me!  How current is Pippa??
• I’ve found an amazing blog, Marathon Mummy.  Rachael has a hysterical conversation with her legs, her iPod, her bladder and her coccyx on her Valentines Day run in My Funny Valentine.  You must read more about Rachael and why she’s running…truly moving.
• Emma at Me, The Man & The Baby shares with us her Top 10 Most Surreal Mummy Moments.  I feel I have to hate her, however, for her number two.  That or hire her services as a Personal Trainer!  Number 10 is not bad either!
• Phenominal mum of 4 and 3/4 children, Amy at And 1 More Means Four shares with us the Things that Make her Happy.  I think her final “thing” is most appropriate considering the noise that must be created in her household.  Amy never ceases to amaze me!
• Tara at Sticky Fingers writes a gorgeous post entitled “My Girl” which is lovely and bittersweet.  I hope my relationship with my daughter is similar when she gets older (minus the tantrums!).
• Sam at Mumazing has a very touching post about her brave little boy who suffers with eczema and why she’ll always have Fairy-soft hands .  What a sweet little boy she has…he’ll warm your heart!
• Carly at Wives and Daughters is hosting a wee carnival herself with prizes involved!  Get on over there to submit your entry and you may be going to The Ideal Home Show!  She’s asking bloggers to share their most surreal parenting moments…surely you’ve got some!
• Catharine at Survive France was one of the first blogs I stumbled upon when looking for UK blogs about 9 months ago.  She shares her daughter’s experience with Sex Education in French schools…something I don’t really look forward to educating my daughter about in a few years.  (Beware…slighly shocking picture at the beginning of the post…but we’re all adults aren’t we?)
• Babyrambles author, Emily, brings us a shocking and vile fashion trend.  I really don’t believe that The Body is Back and can assure you that I WILL NOT BE WEARING ONE!  We’re not so sure about Tim at Bringing Up Charlie though!
• Tasha at WAHM-BAM ponders whether The Grass is Greener Over There and Do Routines and Holidays Go Together?  I often wonder the same thing!
• And finally, Alison at Deer Baby has a dilema…Rabbit, her daughter’s precious comforter has gone AWOL!  And when did YOU last see rabbit is something that every parent must live through!  Deer Baby is a new blog for me…and what a find!

Phew!  I think that makes 18 lovely bloggers for your reading pleasure today!  They may have missed out on one carnival, but they’re most definitely THE BEST OF THE REST here at Cafe Bebe.  I’m not even pointing you to any of my posts here…because I KNOW that since you’re here and reading, you’ll find something of mine that moves you to tweet or comment about.  If you haven’t seen my Vlog posts yet, just click on the Category VLOG POSTS in the menu bar and you’ll see them all.  Thanks for tuning in to this impromptu, emergency carnival showcasing some amazing bloggers.  Come back soon…you never know when we’ll need another THE BEST OF THE REST Carnival.  Now make sure you read the great posts above, comment and share the love.