Carnival of Family Life

Family Pets

Matt M presents Did Nemo Inspire Flushing? posted at The Pet Haven.

Education

Melitsa presents Playing with Granny posted at Play-Activities.com.

Super Saver presents Over-Scheduling Has Become the Norm posted at My Wealth Builder.

Marjorie presents Teaching a Child How to Read posted at Life Without School.

Chris McGinn presents Book Week? Looky Here posted at Hitting Home, a review of Lookybook.

Family Crafts and Activities

Chris presents 3 Steps to the Perfect Vegetable Garden (Part Two) posted at Smith Family Garden.

Matthew Paulson presents 5 Free Activities to End The “I’m Bored” Complaints! posted at American Consumer News.

Yi Hui Chang presents Stenciling a pair of pants posted at The Simple Wealth.

HowToMe presents How To Make a Custom Area Rug From Carpet Remnants posted at HowToMe.

mom2my9 presents Child #5 of 9 folds a fitted sheet posted at 11th Heaven’s Homemaking Haven, offering you the chance to “learn to fold fitted sheets like the pros from a darling 8-year-old!”

Family Finance

Debt Freedom Fighter presents Three Hidden Fees Companies Use to Take Your Money posted at Discover Debt Freedom!

Amy presents 13 Ways to Be Green and Save your Green ($$) posted at The Q Family Adventure, arguing that “Saving money and going green can go hand in hand.”

Ben Dinsmore presents Trees Full of Money: 7 Ways to Increase Your Cash Flow posted at Trees Full of Money, saying, “In order to see the fruition of most financial strategies, you have to be patient. Paying down debt and building wealth do not happen over night. However, there are a few things that you can do today to help accelerate your progress.”

Chief Family Officer presents Back to School Savings posted at Chief Family Officer.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Cool Gifts For The Real Estate Lover, Investor, Homeowner: A Photo Gallery posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Have you got a real estate aficionado in your family? Here are some unique, fun gift ideas just for them!”

Matthew Paulson presents 5 Tips for Cost-Effectively Restocking Your Child’s Closet posted at American Consumer News.

Money Answer Guy presents Secrets that your bank isn’t telling you posted at The Money Answer Guy.

Family Health and Wellness

Shaheen Lakhan presents A Bad Mix — Cell Phones and Children? posted at Brain Blogger, saying, “Everywhere you go people are using cell phones. School, work and even in the car! But with all this use, researchers have only found cell phones to be safe for kids.”

Aparna presents Nose Hair Sticking Out of Your Nose? Trim it Using Nose Hair Trimmers posted at Beauty and Personality Grooming.

Angelawd presents Maybe you saw this coming posted at angelawd, explaining, “When a teen is breaking away from the family, there can be unexpected health issues.”

Kaye presents How to Get More Done posted at Mrs. Nespy’s Frugal World, asserting that if you incorporate rest into your schedule, you will actually be more productive.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Top 10 Brain Training Future Trends posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution, pointing out a “number of trends that bloggers should watch closely in the coming years, as brain fitness and training becomes mainstream, new tools appear, and an ecosystem grows around it.”

Riley presents Addressing the Real Concern posted at All Rileyed Up, her reaction to comments made by radio talk-show host Michael Savage obout autism and a call to vaccinate children from actress Amanda Peet.

Family Humor

Monica8046 presents Six Tips On How To Help Your Mate Help Out posted at Monica8046’s Weblog.

BeThisWay presents Flush With Love for Son posted at Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest of The Time I Know You?

zamejias presents Life Span posted at Our Makiko.

Gabriel Almada presents Savvy consumer posted at Live from Waterloo.

Family Relationships and Self-Improvement

Jeremy Neal presents Family Time is the Best Time posted at Discovering Dad.

GP presents B and B and Barnstorming posted at Innstyle Montana — Come on Inn.

Good Fountain presents Let’s pretend posted at Good Fountain.

Ashli O’Connell presents Being not “of the world” posted at BaaaFamily.

Money Answer Guy presents Why You Should Never Loan Money to Family Members — The Money Answer Guy posted at The Money Answer Guy.

Hopeful Spirit presents Prioritizing My Life posted at On the Horizon. “These are hard economic times,” she writes, “and putting the needs of our families ahead of our own is even more difficult — and critical — when our circumstances are particularly challenging.”

Family Travel

Modern Parent presents Our First Trip to Sesame Place posted at Modernparent.org, saying, “My 11 month old son’s first trip to Sesame Place theme park in PA.”

Matthew Paulson presents Hollywood Universal Studios posted at The Travel Advocate.

Parenting Tips and Advice

Allen Scott presents Let the Children Come posted at Journey Across the Sky, saying, “What a privilege parents have been given to be endowed with such an honor. Children are indeed a heritage to treasure and a resource to be valued. Whom is it that can look upon the face of a child and not see the hand of God? The week I got to spend with these lovely blessings from God had a great impact upon my life.”

Mary presents Claiming Your Car Back posted at A Mom Learning More Everyday.

Thank you all for participating in the Carnival this week!

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