Carnival of Family Life: Happy Halloween 2009 Edition

Welcome to the Happy Hal­loween 2009 Edi­tion of the Car­ni­val of Fam­ily Life! We have scared up a won­der­ful col­lec­tion of family-focused arti­cles for your enjoyment!

Fam­ily Cook­ing & Recipes

Cyndi presents Grilled veg­eta­bles with chipotle-lime sauce posted at Real Food Fast!.

Make it from Scratch presents Pump­kin Pie from a Pump­kin posted at Make It From Scratch.

Cyndi presents The very best brown­ies in the world posted at Real Food Fast!.

Lucynda Riley presents Choco­late Dipped Apples posted at Chocolate-Execution.

Cyndi presents Apple cake posted at Real Food Fast!.

Make it from Scratch presents Crunchy Chicken Taco Salad posted at Make It From Scratch.

Mar­jorie presents What’s in Sea­son? posted at Lau­rel on Health Food. Mar­jorie believes that “one of the best things about cook­ing and eat­ing in-season foods is they taste bet­ter and they’re at their peak lev­els of nutri­tion and fresh­ness. Eat­ing sea­son­ally means you can eat locally (sup­port­ing farm­ers and community-supported agri­cul­ture) — your food trav­els shorter dis­tances from the fields to your plate.”

Fam­ily Crafts & Activities

Clare Wood presents Kids Drac­ula Cos­tume Ideas posted at Drac­ula Cos­tume.

Mary Ward presents Franken­stein Cos­tume Makeup Ideas posted at Franken­stein Cos­tume.

Dan presents Indulging Your Kids’ Love of Insects, Dinosaurs or What­ever posted at My Dad Blog. Dan writes, “With a child obsessed with insects, we fig­ured we’d indulge his love of crit­ters this sum­mer with var­i­ous activ­i­ties and trips — he may not be this enthu­si­as­tic about nature for­ever, so we’re liv­ing in the moment!”

Make it from Scratch presents Team Treat Bags posted at Make It From Scratch.

Darcy presents My Pretty Let­ter Tray posted at Smart-Bottom Enter­prises.

mom & dad presents Kids’ Hal­loween Cos­tume Ideas posted at raising4boys.com.

Rachel Miller presents Amaz­ing Air: Suction/Blowing Activ­i­ties posted at quirkymomma.com.

Party Games For Girls presents Mys­tery Party Games posted at Party Games For Girls.

Rachel Miller presents declut­ter chal­lenge posted at quirkymomma.com.

Edu­ca­tion

Tracy Beach presents Win $1,000! Enter the Dream­Box “Dream Big” Video Con­test posted at Dream­box Learn­ing.

Fam­ily Humor

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Happy Birth­day To Me posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Csara presents From Where I Stand posted at Baby Talk­ers, offer­ing thoughts from the mind of a one-year-old.

jose louwes presents Fish­ing posted at The Ores­ti­ada Times.

jose louwes presents Sec­ondary School posted at The Ores­ti­ada Times.

driechm presents Be Con­sis­tent with Child Dis­ci­pline or Be in the Dog­house! posted at Engaged Mar­riage, a true story about a bit of mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tion between the author and his dur­ing a camp­ing trip.

Ger­ald God­inho presents Enjoy Each Other’s Dif­fer­ences posted at The God­inho Blogs.

Jen­nifer Reed presents Odd Behav­ior in the Home posted at Reed What Mat­ters. “Some very strange things have been going on in the Reed home these last few days,” Jen­nifer writes. “A few of the chil­dren cleaned up with­out being told, and not just once!” Imagine!

AmyL presents 3 Things Every Par­ent Should Teach Their Kids posted at Earnest Par­ent­ing.

A.F. Heart presents Mys­tery Fam­ily Tree — Debut posted at Mys­ter­ies and My Mus­ings.

Fam­ily Finance

Banker Saver presents Sneaky Bank Fees: How To Avoid Those Extra Charges posted at Banker Saver.

Jim presents 2010 Fed­eral Income Tax Brack­ets (Esti­mated) posted at Bar­gaineer­ing.

Man­shu presents Bing cash­back posted at One­Mint. Learn how to earn cash back while shop­ping using Bing.

Maria presents Toys and Christ­mas Lay-by. posted at rusticfuture.com.au.

Jim presents Stay At Home or Pay for Day­care? posted at Bar­gaineer­ing.

Super Saver presents Cost of Rais­ing a Child posted at My Wealth Builder.

Man­shu presents Retire­ment plan­ning cal­cu­la­tor facts and Retire­ment Plan­ning Cal­cu­la­tor: Some more thoughts posted at One­Mint.

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

Mommy’s Life presents Back Pack Drama posted at Mommy’s Life.

Erin presents Anx­i­ety in chil­dren posted at School Psy­chol­o­gist Blog Files.

Aparna presents Clean your tongue to avoid bad breath posted at Beauty and Per­son­al­ity Groom­ing. “The tongue is a haven for bac­te­ria to breed, mul­ti­ply and attach to teeth and gums,” accord­ing to Aparna, “so tongue clean­ing is just as impor­tant as hand wash­ing to pre­vent colds, flu, and other ailments.”

Kris­tia presents A Women’s Health Check­list for Turn­ing 40 posted at Fam­ily Bal­ance Sheet.

Aparna presents Skin care tip: Wash your face thor­oughly before you exer­cise posted at Beauty and Per­son­al­ity Groom­ing. Did you know that it’s far more impor­tant to cleanse your face thor­oughly before a work­out than after?

Par­ent­ing Tips & Advice

Kevin Heath presents Par­ent­ing and Help­ing Our Kids be Self-Sufficient posted at More4kids.

Kiera presents Pre Wean­ing Food posted at Baby Book Of Wean­ing.

Becca Glouzstein presents Girls and Their Body Image posted at Inspi­ra­tion for Moth­ers.

Sonja Stew­art presents Oh NO! Not MY Kid posted at Par­ent­ing Squad.

Jacque­lyn presents Help Your Child to do Well in School posted at Wise Par­ent­ing Guide.

NtJS presents The Big Birth­day Les­son: A new tra­di­tion posted at Not the Jet Set. The author has devised a way to make kids’ birth­days spe­cial and educational.

Case Ern­st­ing presents How To Pro­tect Your Infant, Tod­dler and Child with an Easy Home Safety Check­list posted at Home and Decor, offer­ing some tips on pro­tect­ing new­borns and tod­dlers at home.

Linda presents Fam­ily Life posted at Sim­ply Liv­ing Mod­estly.

Fam­ily Pets

GP presents Sim­ply Sun­days posted at Manely Mon­tana.

The Pet Chat­ter presents It’s a toxic world, espe­cially for our pets. posted at Pet Chat­ter.

Fam­ily Rela­tion­ships & Self-Improvement

Rick Schi­ano presents Let Go posted at Tast­ing Vic­tory.

Fam­ily Travel

HCF presents Three Essen­tial Camp­ing Safety Tips for Fam­i­lies posted at Hike Camp Fish.

Katie Sorene presents 15 Most Mag­i­cal Places in the World posted at Trip­base.

Gre­gory Cupp presents Green Bluff Apple Fes­ti­val posted at Pit Stops for Kids.

Thank you for par­tic­i­pat­ing in and sup­port­ing this Edi­tion of the Carnival!

To sub­mit a post for the Thank­ful­ness Edi­tion, click here! Sub­mis­sions must be received by Wednes­day, Novem­ber 24, 2009, at 11:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Pri­or­ity will be given to posts empha­siz­ing thanks, thank­ful­ness, and the bless­ings asso­ci­ated with fam­ily. Be sure to include both the perma­link to and rel­e­vant infor­ma­tion about your entry. Should you have ques­tions, the Car­ni­val guide­lines can be reviewed by click­ing here.

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