Carnival of Family Life: Happy Easter Edition

Welcome to the Happy Easter Edi­tion of the Car­ni­val of Fam­ily Life!

Fam­ily Cook­ing & Recipes

Rani presents Super Potato Salad posted at Christ’s Bridge.  If you want to put your dyed Easter egss to good use, here’s the recipe!

Lori DiPa­tri presents Hol­i­day Cook­ing posted at Where in the world is … Deer­wood Drive.

cui­sine mas­ter presents Indian Veg­e­tar­ian Gourmet posted at Veg­e­tar­ian Culi­nary, an easy-to-follow video tutorial.

Fam­ily Crafts & Activities

Renae presents More Sim­ple Ideas for Stor­ing Mem­o­ries posted at Life Nur­tur­ing Edu­ca­tion.

Wendy Pier­sall presents Gar­den Craft: Plant Mark­ers Free Pat­tern Down­load posted at Craft Jr.

Kela Price presents Blended Fam­ily Vaca­tions posted at blended fam­ily soap opera.

Anika presents It’s easy being green: Plant Trees Every­body! posted at It’s easy being green.

How­ToMe presents How-To Con­test for an Ama­zon Gift ard posted at How­ToMe.  Share your ideas and you might win!  The dead­line is April 23, 2009.

Edu­ca­tion

Erin presents 7 Things Par­ents Should Know Prior to Going to an IEP Meet­ing posted at School Psy­chol­o­gist Blog Files.

ESN presents Is an Online Degree for You? The Pros and Cons of Online Classes posted at Ace Online Schools.

Super Saver presents Kinder­garten Deci­sion Dilemma posted at My Wealth Builder.

Alvaro Fer­nan­dez presents Brain Teaser to Stim­u­late your Con­cen­tra­tion Skills posted at Sharp­Brains. Can you count?  Give this teaser a try!

Fam­ily Finance

Kelly presents 7 Crazy Money Sav­ing Ideas (That Aren’t Really So Crazy After All) posted atAlmost Fru­gal.

Tiffany Colter presents It’s really not about how much money you have! posted at The Bal­anced Life, a site devoted to help­ing your fam­ily learn to live within a bud­get through arti­cles and free webinars.

Matthew Paul­son presents Why it’s the Best Time in the Last 50 Years to be a First Time Home­buyer posted at Fine-Tuned Finances.

Kevin presents Dis­ney Rewards Visa Card Review posted at Cred­it­Shout.

Abel Cheng presents Insur­ing A Young Fam­ily — What Par­ents Need To Con­sider posted at Par­ent Won­der.

jim presents Tips for Gro­cery Shop­ping on a Bud­get posted at Bar­gaineer­ing.

Sil­i­con Val­ley Blog­ger presents Zecco vs TradeK­ing: Which Online Stock Bro­ker­age Account To Choose? posted at The Digerati Life. The online bro­ker­ages and the resources they offer can get you started invest­ing for your child’s future.

The Smarter Wal­let presents Find Free­lance Work At This Online Job Search Site: GoFreelance.com posted at The Smarter Wal­let, offer­ing a cri­tique of the site and tips for aug­ment­ing your family’s income.

Rob presents Google Pow­er­Me­ter posted at Energy Sav­ing Gad­gets.

DR presents Get Your Green On–13 Energy (and Money) Sav­ing Gad­gets posted at The Dough Roller, not­ing that “many green gad­gets can not only lessen our impact on the envi­ron­ment, but also save money.”

Sum­mer Mun­yon presents How To Con­struct A Well-Written Real Estate Offer posted at Really Bet­ter Real Estate.

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

Jacob Duchaine presents 5 Body Based Paths to Hap­pi­ness posted at Blog­ging Guy, offer­ing five tips to help you and your fam­ily healthy.

Aparna presents San­i­tize your tooth­brush posted at Beauty and Per­son­al­ity room­ing, remind­ing us not to over­look the impor­tance of good oral hygience.

Chief Fam­ily Offi­cer presents New idea for get­ting kids to take their meds posted at Chief Fam­ily Offi­cer.

Jen­nifer presents Find­ing My Inner Amish posted at Diary of 1.

Jerry Navarro presents The Ulti­mate Anti-Aging Vit­a­mins posted at All About Fam­ily and Health.

Par­ent­ing Tips & Advice

Dan presents How to Sur­vive a Resta­raunt with Your Kids posted at My Dad Blog, shar­ing some tips on sur­viv­ing “the dreaded trip to the resta­raunt with young children.”

Kevin Heath presents Par­ent­ing Tips of the Week: Accept­ing Your Child for Who They Are posted at More4kids.

Emma presents 7 things new dads do bet­ter than moms posted at Baby-Log.

Char­lie Peters presents What Every Par­ent With Kids Absolutely Needs to Know About Organic Pro­duce posted at Pay Less For Food.

Fam­ily Rela­tion­ships & Self-Improvement

Robert Bur­ton Robin­son presents Are You Hav­ing an Emo­tional Affair? posted at Mind Over Mania, pos­tu­lat­ing that “you may already be cheat­ing with­out even real­iz­ing it. You may be hav­ing an emo­tional affair.”

babs moun­tjoy presents Pay­ing the piper posted at Awalkabout’s Weblog, shar­ing her “take on what’s turned into a fam­ily cir­cus — Nadya Sule­man and her family.”

Don­ald Latumahina presents A Guide to Cre­at­ing Your Life Plan posted at Life Opti­mizer.

GrrlSci­en­tist presents Land of the Lost Souls: My Life on the Streets posted at Liv­ing the Sci­en­tific Life, a review of the new book by Cadil­lac Man, who lived on the streets of New York City for 16 years.

GP presents She’s Gone Coun­try « Manely Mon­tana posted at Manely Mon­tana, shar­ing lessons learned from liv­ing the coun­try life.

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