Carnival of Family Life

Education

Marjorie presents Mother Doesn’t Always Know Best posted at Life Without School.

Leticia Velasquez presents Book Review: A Haystack Full of Needles posted at Cause of our Joy.

Family Cooking & Recipes

K presents Eat Your Rainbows posted at Almost Frugal.

Laura Williams presents Around the Homestead Today… posted at Laura Williams’ Musings.

Riley presents That’s How We Roll (Sushi) posted at All Rileyed Up, describing her first effort to make sushi.

Family Crafts and Activities

Melitsa presents Creating a lift-the-flap book posted at Play-Activities.com, “an easy together play-activity you and your children will cherish for years to come.”

SeaBird presents Swap: crafts for young children (update) posted at SeaBird Chronicles, presenting “several fun and creative craft ideas for toddlers and preschoolers.”

Family Finance

Matthew Paulson presents Married Women Need Credit in Their Own Name to Protect Their Credit Score posted at American Consumer News.

Debt Freedom Fighter presents Budgeting 101: Creating A Monthly Budget And Sticking To It posted at Discover Debt Freedom.

Money Answer Guy presents How Much Should I Have In Savings? posted at The Money Answer Guy.

Matt M presents Less Product for Same Price posted at Can’t Afford Life.

Larry Russell presents Living Expense Tracking Methods posted at Pasadena Financial Planner.

Ben Dinsmore presents 7 Financial Steps to Take When You Have a Baby on the Way posted at Trees Full of Money, a discussion of “financial moves to consider taking before the baby is born in order to ease your financial stress, and allow you to focus on your little bundle of joy.”

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Our Financial Progress Over The Last 10 Years posted at The Digerati Life, a comparison of the family’s finances ten years ago with their current situation — an exercise recommended for everyone.

Family Health and Wellness

Aparna presents Hip fat is actually beneficial posted at Beauty and Personality Grooming.

Shaheen Lakhan presents Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn’t Mess Around posted at Brain Blogger. Increasingly, smoking is being banned in public places. Consider the steps Brazil is taking to convince its citizens not to smoke.

Family Humor

BeThisWay presents Country Living and the Loo posted at Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest of The Time I Know You?

Brent Diggs presents Little Known Ways to Get Your Spouse to Attend Your Anniversary* posted at The Ominous Comma.

AmyL presents How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Whine posted at Earnest Parenting.

Family Travel

Chris Christensen presents Traveling with Small Children posted at The Amateur Traveler Podcast, an interview with Debbie fromDelicious Baby about traveling internationally with small children.

Hilary Green presents Best Road Trip Cars posted at Cars for Girls.

Family Pets

Matt M presents Cataracts Can Lead to Blindness in Dogs posted at The Pet Haven.

Jennifer Johnson presents Whose Dog is This, Anyway? posted at MommyABCs.com.

Family Relationships and Self-Improvement

Jeremy Neal presents What Dads Really Think About Quality Time posted at Discovering Dad.

GP presents Lessons Dad Still Teaches Me posted at Innstyle Montana– Come on Inn, about the “life lessons dad still teaches” a year after his death.

David B. Bohl presents Does Guilt Have a Message for You? posted at Slow Down Fast Today!. If you are “someone who, no matter how many right things you do today, there will always be that one other item that got away from you — and so you feel guilty that you didn’t accomplish all you set out to,” you need to read this article.

Terri Mauro presents As Long As You’re Kicking Autistic Kids Out of Church … posted at About Parenting Special Needs.

Family Travel

Matthew Paulson presents Catching the ‘Big’ One in the Florida Keys posted at The Travel Advocate.

Michael Davis presents 20 Money Saving Tips For Traveling with a Large Group. posted at Family Hack. “A mother of seven shares tips for traveling cheaply with a large group.”

Veggie Mom presents Keep Your Vay-Kay Safe! posted at Eat Your Veggies!

Parenting Tips and Advice

Madison presents The Big Reveal: New Kids & Money Site! posted at My Dollar Plan.

Nandita presents Disciplining Children posted at Cold SnapDragon.

P presents The Loud Narrator, a.k.a. My Daughter posted at Stay at Home Mom & Military Wife.

Nesher presents Teach Your Kids Online Etiquette posted at Collection of the Web Freebies.

Kevin presents Family Moves — Tips for Parents and Kids posted at More4kids.

Thank you all for participating in the Carnival this week!

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