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Skip the Drugstore–Get Some Honey!

by LittleMissKnowitAll | Oct 16, 2012 | 31 Days, blog, green, parent

Of all the things we’re going to talk about during this 31 day series, I think I’m most excited about health week. I love having ditched shampoo, and I love that I can do laundry without all the commercial detergents and fabric softeners, but the things...

The Best Cake EVER–and the Easiest!

by LittleMissKnowitAll | Aug 28, 2012 | eat, parent

So the other day I was working on JD’s birthday party. I’m famous for my kids’ parties. Frankly, they ROCK. No big bouncy houses, clowns or magicians. No, we employ full-on imagination, play and fun into every party. Kids talk about them for years...

The Day My World Changed Forever

by LittleMissKnowitAll | Aug 25, 2012 | Adventures in Autism, parent

Twelve years ago today my son JD was born–and my world changed forever. It all started with a whole lot of nothing. As always, JD did everything on his time and schedule. There was a whole lot of fuss–weeks of early labor, of watching him via...

Home is Where Your Hammock Is

by LittleMissKnowitAll | Aug 22, 2012 | Adventures in Autism, fun, Monkeys Everywhere!, parent

We just did something we rarely do around the KnowitAll household–we took a family vacation. Normally we’d fill our vacation time with a mission trip, or a trip with family, or a trip to visit family. It has been several years since we just vacationed,...

Naturally Frugal: Homemade Mosquito Repellant

by LittleMissKnowitAll | Aug 20, 2012 | green, parent

Nothing ruins the beauty of getting outdoors quite like a bug fest, does it? Especially when the bugs are feasting on you! With the widespread outbreak of West Nile virus this year, I have been making sure to cover the whole family in bug repellant. But not just any...

Back to School–Calming the Chaos

by LittleMissKnowitAll | Aug 16, 2012 | Adventures in Autism, parent, the chaos monster

Whew! What a whirlwind couple of weeks. We returned from our two week vacation up to Northern Michigan on Monday night (pictures and details of our glamping trip to come soon, I promise!), and went right into Back to School prep. School started Wednesday, so we only...