Carnival of Family Life

Wel­come to the Car­ni­val of Fam­ily Life!

Sit back, relax, and enjoy all of the won­der­ful posts included in this end-of-summer edi­tion. There’s a chill in the air in the morn­ings and evenings — the Delta breezes are bring­ing relief from the still-hot, sunny Cal­i­for­nia after­noons. But autumn is def­i­nitely on its way … and we’ll cel­e­brate its arrival next Monday!

Edu­ca­tion

cate3 presents One of the prob­lems with grow­ing up posted at Why Home­school.

Rose presents When it sounds too good to be true, save your money posted at Learn­ing at Home.

Mar­jorie presents One Family’s Expe­ri­ence at Poly­face Farm posted at Life With­out School.

Tom Tessin presents Top 10 Cheap­est Uni­ver­si­ties for 2008 posted at FCC Stu­dent Blog.

Super Saver presents Pub­lic Edu­ca­tion posted at My Wealth Builder.

Fam­ily Cook­ing & Recipes

Christy Jor­dan presents South­ern Plate: Guest Blog­ger! But­ter­scotch Chow Mein Candy posted at South­ern Plate, describ­ing a great cook­ing project that any kid can com­plete with his/her parents.

Donna Freed­man presents Safe snacks: Beyond pud­ding cups and tor­tilla chips posted at Smart Spend­ing.  “Man­u­fac­tur­ers make a for­tune on potato chips, microwave pop­corn and the like. But does a snack have to be dif­fer­ent from what’s already in the cup­board?” Donna asks.

Stephanie presents This Season’s Bounty. Next Season’s Gifts posted at Make It From Scratch.

How­ToMe presents How to Peel a Peach posted at How­ToMe.

Fam­ily Crafts and Activities

Lisa Mitchell presents Walk­ing Together as a Fam­ily posted at Let’s Talk Babies.

SeaBird­Chron­i­cles presents Did I men­tion the air con­di­tion­ing? — To Twin­Fin­ity and Beyond: Par­ent­ing Twin Tod­dlers posted at SeaBird Chron­i­cles, dis­cussing the ben­e­fits of join­ing your local Children’s Museum!

Riley presents Noodleboro’s Learn to Lis­ten Pizza Palace Game posted at All Rileyed Up, a review of a new children’s game.

Sil­i­con Val­ley Blog­ger presents Water Fun Activ­i­ties To Cool You Off This Sum­mer posted at The Digerati Life.

Fam­ily Finance

Chris presents Being Laid Off — 4 Steps to go From a Lay­off to an Amaz­ing Job. posted at ProsperingServant.com.

Kelly presents Fru­gal Gift Giv­ing: Who Do You Buy Gifts For? posted at Almost Fru­gal.

freefrom­broke presents What We’re Doing To Adjust To One Income posted at Free From Broke. “We recently made the deci­sion to move to one income while my wife stays home to raise the kids,” the author explains.  “Here are some things we’re doing to adjust.”

Debt Free­dom Fighter presents Cut Costs At The Gro­cery Store By 25% Or More With These 4 Tips posted at Dis­cover Debt Free­dom!.

The Smarter Wal­let presents Ways To Save on Sea­sonal Pur­chases: Time To Shop For Hal­loween! posted at The Smarter Wal­let.

Matthew Paul­son presents Fit­ting Fees for a Sit­ter posted at Amer­i­can Con­sumer News.

Money Answer Guy presents What Are the Impor­tant Finan­cial Lessons I Need to Teach? posted at The Money Answer Guy.

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

Helene Zemel presents Back-to-School Den­tal & Vision Check­ups posted at Health Plans Plus.  “Along with the start of the school year will be those appoint­ments for health, den­tal, and vision exams for your chil­dren.”  Helene sug­gests that “this may also be a good time to check out your family’s health and den­tal plans.”

Deb Serani presents World Sui­cide Aware­ness Day is Sep­tem­ber 10th posted at Dr. Deb.

Anne May­bus presents When the day starts badly posted at mydayoff.com.au.  Take it from Anne:  “Just because the day starts off badly it doesn’t have to stay that way.”

Aparna presents Eggs for beau­ti­ful Hair posted at Beauty and Per­son­al­ity Groom­ing.  “The ubiq­ui­tous egg is the cen­ter­piece of break­fast tables around the world.  Accord­ing to Aparna, “raw eggs can also be used to advan­tage in your skin and hair care rou­tine and, in fact, make some of the best hair conditioners.”

Alvaro Fer­nan­dez presents Your Brain At Work, by the Dana Alliance and the Con­fer­ence Board posted at Sharp­Brains, offer­ing “sim­ple, prac­ti­cal strate­gies for incor­po­rat­ing brain-friendly prac­tices into day-to-day life.”

Fam­ily Humor

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Crafty Verse posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Stephanie presents All Hail Fuzzy Pup­pets and Ani­mated Friends posted at Thrifty Wench.

Denise Swank presents Best Buy– best buy? posted at There’s always room for one more.

Michael presents How to Be Bar­bie for a Day: The Open­ing of the Casa de Bar­bie posted at Michael Emilio. “Imag­ine tak­ing your daugh­ter to the Bar­bie House for a day,” Michael exclaims!

Gabriel Almada presents Santi’s reflec­tions on mar­riage posted at Live from Water­loo.

Fam­ily Pets

Sean­Bis­sell presents Even Dogs Get De-Motivated posted at Yummy Fit­ness ~ Fit­ness For Fun Peo­ple.

GP presents Dis­cov­er­ing the Horse(wo)man within posted at Manely Mon­tana Mem­o­ries, describ­ing “lessons learned from our horses.”

Fam­ily Rela­tion­ships and Self-Improvement

Ros­alind Sedacca presents Depres­sion and Divorce – Help­ing Your Chil­dren Cope With Both posted at ChildCenteredDivorce.com.

Ross Geld­ing presents Con­trol your emo­tions posted at Will it change you: por­tal for per­sonal growth. “One time when I was younger, I slammed a door hard, and a wreath fell off and broke on the ground,” Ross writes. “I didn’t real­ize it at the time, but it was one my mum had made — it was her first, as I later dis­cov­ered, endeavor with some home hobby mate­ri­als, and had taken many hours to make.”

Angelawd presents Mother/Daughter Trans­la­tion Guide posted at angelawd. “There’s what moms and daugh­ters say, and there’s what we really mean,” Angelawd says.

Laura Scar­bor­ough presents com­pas­sion­ate respon­si­bil­ity posted at Adven­tures in Jug­gling.

Megan Bayliss presents Child pro­tec­tion on Father’s Day posted at imag­inif. “In Aus­tralia, Father’s Day has just been cel­e­brated,” Megan tells us. “What a won­der­ful Father’s Day we had with our new grand­daugh­ter and the bond­ing between her and her Pelepa.”

Fam­ily Travel

Amy presents A Fun Day at Cre­ative Dis­cov­ery Museum posted at The Q Fam­ily Adven­ture, about a fun day at the Children’s Cre­ative Dis­cov­ery Museum in Chat­tanooga, Tennessee.

Hilary Green presents Fam­ily Friendly Kia Rondo Tops 10 Most Researched SUVs posted at Cars for Girls.

Donetta presents Car­ni­val of Fam­ily Life * Fam­ily Travel posted at A Life Uncom­mon.

One Fam­ily presents East­ern Canada Road Trip Review – Toronto, Ottawa, Mon­treal posted at One Family’s Blog, say­ing, “The arti­cle describes one family’s expe­ri­ence doing a road-trip cov­er­ing East­ern Canada.”

Matthew Paul­son presents Keep Sum­mer Vaca­tion Mem­o­ries Alive posted at The Travel Advo­cate.

Par­ent­ing Tips and Advice

Mother Hen presents Day 2 posted at Mother Hen.

Alisha presents No SIDS Deaths in 11 Years posted at Uber Par­ents.

Shen-Li Lee presents Pre­vent­ing Melt­downs with Ade­quate Vig­or­ous Play Time posted at Baby­li­cious.

Alex Smith presents Shop­ping Tips for Child Guard Mon­i­tors posted at TBO-TECH.

To Be Debt Free presents How To Put a House­hold Note­book Together posted at On a Quest To Be Debt Free… , the third post in a series on how to cre­ate a house­hold notebook/organizer/planner.

Katey Mag­ill presents Old Fash­ioned Taffy Pull posted at Hav­ing Fun at Home, all about how to host an old fash­ioned taffy pull at your child’s next slum­ber party.

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