Carnival of Family Life: Spring Has Arrived Edition

Spring has arrived! And not a moment too soon. The skies are clear, the sun is shin­ing brightly, even though it is rather chilly, and there are blos­soms every­where you look. Are April show­ers on the way? That remains to be seen, although more rain would cer­tainly be wel­come here in North­ern California.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the many var­ied arti­cles included in this spe­cial edi­tion of the Carnival!

Fam­ily Cook­ing & Recipes

Rani presents Deli­cious Short­bread Cook­ies posted at Christ’s Bridge.

Fam­ily Crafts & Activities

How­ToMe presents How To Put A Lid On Early Dam­age to Seedlings posted at How­ToMe.

GP presents Keep­ing Sta­ble on the Trail Manely Mon­tana posted at Manely Mon­tana, offer­ing “life lessons from keep­ing sta­ble on the trail.”

Edu­ca­tion

Shen-Li Lee presents Early Child­hood Edu­ca­tion — What is the Montes­sori Method? posted at Baby­li­cious.

Fam­ily Finance

Kelly presents My Chil­dren Will Do it Dif­fer­ently posted at Almost Fru­gal.

Insur­ance Tool­box presents Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Projects Gain­ing in Pop­u­lar­ity Because of Reces­sion posted at Fine-Tuned Finances.

Credit Shout presents Tar­get Visa Card Review posted at Cred­it­Shout.

jim presents Best Stu­dent Credit Cards posted at Blue­print for Finan­cial Pros­per­ity. If you have a child who is going to col­lege, don’t let credit card debt be one of their new experiences.

freefrom­broke presents Is Sav­ing 8 to 12 Months Expenses Even Pos­si­ble Or Prac­ti­cal? posted at Free From Broke.

The Dough Roller presents Alert: Refi­nance Your Mort­gage Now! posted at The Dough Roller. Mort­gage rates may be reach­ing their low­est point now.

Sil­i­con Val­ley Blog­ger presents $50 TradeK­ing Bonus Extended, Zecco Free Stock Trades Update posted at The Digerati Life. Oppor­tu­ni­ties abound in the mar­kets at this time. A solid online bro­ker­age may be a great place to house your money for the long term.

David presents Cap­i­tal One No Has­sle Miles Rewards Credit Card Review posted at Credit Card Offers IQ. 

The Smarter Wal­let presents Invest­ing In The Stock Mar­ket? Rules To Help You Sleep At Night posted at The Smarter Wal­let. 

Finance Tips 101 presents Per­sonal Grants To Pay Off Debt posted at Finance Tips 101.

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

Aparna presents Bhra­mari Pranayam posted at Beauty & Per­son­al­ity Groom­ing, a dis­cus­sion of the many ben­e­fits of yoga breath­ing which include improved con­cen­tra­tion, relief from migraines, reduced stress and hypertension.

Alvaro Fer­nan­dez presents Brain Fit­ness Sur­vey: We Need More Brain Aware­ness Weeks! posted at Sharp­Brains: Your Win­dow into the Brain Fit­ness Rev­o­lu­tion, a look at the six most noted prob­lems in the brain fit­ness field.

Fam­ily Humor

Dan presents To Catch a Lep­rechaun: St. Patty’s Day Trick­ery posted at My Dad Blog, “a humor­ous look at the ridicu­lous tricks par­ents play on their kids on hol­i­days — dia­gram and all.”

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Ode To Take­out (Song Par­ody to be sung to My Favorite Things) posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Par­ent­ing Tips & Advice

Con­cern­ing Kids presents Tips For Par­ents Of Picky Eaters posted at Con­cern­ing Kids.

Kathryn presents Always Let Your Kids Be Cre­ative posted at Diary of a Smart Chick.

Joe presents GPS Track­ing For Teens posted at GPS for Today. Using GPS track­ing to mon­i­tor your teen’s dri­ving is a very real option for par­ents these days. Cell phones pro­vide the most ubiq­ui­tous source of track­ing data, but there are also sev­eral other options.

Fam­ily Rela­tion­ships & Self-Improvement

Becca Glouzstein presents Moth­er­ing Sun­day Inspi­ra­tion posted at Inspi­ra­tion for Mothers.com, say­ing, “March 22nd is Moth­er­ing Sun­day in the UK. This arti­cle is ded­i­cated to all you amaz­ing moth­ers who carry out the most dif­fi­cult job in the world every day.”

Emma presents Finally: my kid warms up to the grand­par­ents posted at Baby-Log, a dis­cus­sion about the chal­lenges par­ents face when the grand­par­ents do not reside nearby.

Robert Bur­ton Robin­son presents 7 Steps to Adult Fam­ily Con­flict Res­o­lu­tion posted at Mind Over Mania, observ­ing that “some­times it’s eas­ier to just ignore the problem.”

Jon Cham­bers presents Growth (Arti­cle) posted at The Mind Of Jon.

Naomi presents Prince William’s Sense of Empti­ness at the Loss of Diana posted at Diary From Eng­land on the occa­sion of Mother’s Day being cel­e­brated in England.

Fam­ily Travel

ishan­bansal presents How To Get Dis­count Theme Park Tick­ets posted at Save Few Bucks.

Mod­ern Par­ent presents Dis­ney Trip 2009 Day 1: Arriv­ing at Disney/Hollywood Stu­dios posted at Modernparent.org.

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