Summer is over for my family here in Germany, for my relatives in Canada and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere. Make no mistake, I am not melancholy about the return to school, to routine, to grey skies. No. This time of year is full of opportunities to start fresh, to think anew, to harvest what we’ve planted.

There’s a seed of hope and inspiration in each of the carnival posts this month. As usual, the ten best of all submissions received are full if thought-provoking, practical tips for staying fit and getting healthy as a family. And, as an added bonus, the health of the planet comes into everything.

The Thoughts We Think

How to manage family, work, stress, stress and more stress. Really, is attitude everything? It probably is, say some bloggers.

Dancers have a culture of weight and control issues, Ballet Shoes and Pointe Shoes wants the rest of us to learn from it.

Terri talks about seashells and the secret to giving your child a long and healthy life.

The Food We Eat

Inside Fatherhood is watching out for the expecting father condition couvade syndrome.

Want to save oil stores, protect global food supplies and save the environment? Then be a 21st Century Citizen and eat locally grown food.

You know, I’ve never been able to figure out why buying in bulk is considered thrifty if you’re buying more than you need. Wenchy has also thought of a few reasons why Buying in Bulk is Unhealthy.

Nature Mom is packing a healthy lunch box.

The mom of My Two Boys is making applesauce.

The Things We Do

There is no healthy or fit family whose lives don’t include exercise, fresh air, and fun.

The blogger at Fish Creek House tells us how to be happy campers.

And Tree Hugging Family has launched to tell us how to get more of all three while living in harmony with nature.

Ten bloggers told me how they spent some time together getting all three on their family vacations.

The Sixteenth Healthy & Fit Family will run on October 2 at the Health & Life Mixing Bowl. Submissions are now open.

Post from: Babylune

The family flu has put everyone on edge. I had to make the baby CIO a few times over the past few days just because I didn’t have the strength to go to her. Since we co-sleep, that should tell you how bad it’s been. Even my bachelor brother, who usually writes about his dog, has had an introduction to the tough side of parenting.

I guess it’s no surprise that I don’t have an entry in The Ninth Healthy Fit Family Carnival up today at Thrifty Mommy.

There are, though, ten great posts about how to encourage being active together, healthy fluids, healthy attitudes and even a little healthy sarcasm. There are also some danger signs every family should be on the look out for to ensure nothing in the effort to become a healthy and fit family is taken too far.

Next month, The Healthy & Fit Family Carnival will be back home here at Babylune on April third. As usual, the carnival will be limited to just ten spots, so please submit only your very best family-oriented piece on the topic.

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