a Carnival of Beauty created and sponsored by Sallie at A Gracious Home

and hosted this week right here at the Prattling Pastor's Wife

  Kim Anderson at Mother-Lode invites us to play a summer game of Hot Moms Challenge with the media's latest model of motherhood in Hot Moms Play It Cool.

  Veracity invites us to join her as she shares the joy she gets from watching her daughter play in her post entitled Play.

  Jennifer@ Snapshot looks at the purpose of play in Unfinished Works.

  Ellen at MzEllen & Co. sees the Beauty of Play in not only the play you enjoy, but also who you enjoy it with.

  Our responsibilities as adults so often get in the way of the need for play.  While Blair has never seen herself as a "playful" person, she recognizes that God has ordained "a time to laugh".  You'll want to join her at Scribblings by Blair where she demonstrates the importance of "play" in her post Rolls Like a Tumble Weed and Stung By a Bee.

  Ecclesiastes 3 tells us there is a time for everything -- a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot ...  Read Carolyn's thoughts on a time to play at A Prairie View  as she reflects that there is a time to play as well.

  ...and Leann proves you are NEVER too old for fun and cartwheels in Taking Time to Play as a Family.