The All Things Family Blog Carnival

Welcome to the April 27, 2010 edition of the All Things Family blog carnival! This week we have asked everyone to submit their ideas for May holidays – Cinco de Mayo, May Day, and Memorial Day (next week’s edition will be just for Mother’s Day)!

May Day Kids Activities

Cinco de Mayo Kids Activities

Linette G. presents Plan a Kid’s Fiesta! posted at The Kid’s Birthday Fun Review, saying, “Party ideas for a children’s Cinco De Mayo party.”

Char Polanosky presents Bored with Burgers? Make it a Summer Fiesta Party Instead posted at Celebrate It, saying, “Everything you need to have a Cinco de Mayo day fiesta!”

I’m also adding the Woo! Jr. Cinco de Mayo coloring pages and these Kids Mexican Crafts.

Memorial Day Kids Activities

Shannon presents Memorial Day Party Ideas posted at Partyelf, saying, “Make your Memorial Day party planning easy with these fun ideas.”

Heather Mann presents How to Make a Candy Buffet! posted at Dollar Store Crafts, saying, “A fun idea for any kind of celebration: a candy buffet is a pretty focal point AND a great party favor that people love.”

More Family-Friendly Resources

Toni presents My Baby Bookworm posted at Wifely Steps, saying, “It’s never too early to get kids interested in books!”

Doug Boude presents My Top 20 Life Lessons for Husbands and Fathers posted at Doug Boude (rhymes with ‘loud’), saying, “In this post, I’ve compiled what I consider to be the top 20 things that I believe, when implemented and adopted, maximize the success of a husband and/or father in his role in his household. Being a father of 8 children, 4 step children, and 2 grand children, I kinda feel like I’m speaking from experience here :)”

Yosef presents Artichoke Beef Sliders posted at Get Ready Dad, saying, “It’s Dad’s turn in the kitchen!”

Fred Lee presents 8 Easy, Breezy Tips for Inviting Creativity into Your Home posted at Parenting Squad.

Jason @ Redeeming Riches presents 5 Things Dora the Explorer Teaches Us About Personal Financial Planning posted at Redeeming Riches, saying, “What could Dora possibly teach us about our finances? Find out what you can learn from a cartoon!”

Saraline Grenier presents Feeding a baby is not child abuse posted at Feminist Mom in Montreal.

Kate Rothwell presents 100 Best Blogs for Parenting Advice posted at Nurse Practitioner Schools.

June Tree presents A Young Entrepreneur Learns About Business posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Inspiring story of our neighbor’s child.”

Jennifer Gresham presents Lessons From Vacation, Part 1: You Can Do It! posted at Everyday Bright, saying, “I realized fear had been preventing the family vacation. Turns out, I’ve been worrying about nothing.”

Tara presents The “Funky Town” Date posted at The Dating Divas, saying, “We ALL know life can get pretty crazy! We fall in love, get married, and think we are going to live happily ever after…. Then comes the careers, meetings, church callings, kids, laundry, grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning the house, BILLS, illness, stress, etc. We forget to slow down and count our blessings AND focus on the person we decided to spend the rest of our lives with!! We forget to continue dating our spouses!! We are a group of fun-loving friends…er…I mean….DIVAS who adore our husbands and want to make sure that we always keep our relationship with that significant other…a TOP priority! We will be taking turns posting fun, creative, AND inexpensive dates each week!”

Pamela Jorrick presents Our Many, Mini-Adventures Quest posted at Blah, Blah, Blog, saying, “Since the month of May leads into the travel season for many people, I thought I’d share my family’s latest quest to incorporate more travel adventures into our lives.”

Saraline Grenier presents To stay home or not to stay home? posted at Feminist Mom in Montreal.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of all things family using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.