parenting

The Monster at the End of this Blog Post (Recipe: Monster Cookies)

July 6, 2010

Warning…there is a monster at the end of this blog post… One of my favorite books as a child was The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone and illustrated by Mike Smollin. Do any of you remember that book? Furry, lovable, Grover from Sesame Street reads the front cover of the [...]

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Dancing Queen Gone Unseen (Recipe: Rosemary Bread)

June 6, 2010

The evening really did start off nicely. The girls and I were be-bopping around in my bathroom to some of our favorite tunes. I was on hair, makeup and costume duty getting my daughters all ready for their dance recital performance that they had been working on all year long. The excitement was overwhelming… neither [...]

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Too Old for Comfort? (Recipe – Diner Meat Loaf Muffins)

April 12, 2010

I’m coming to you all, once again, for parenting advice. You’ve supported me through my experience with Postpartum Depression. You’ve offered advice when I was Parenting with a Heavy Heart. You have even stepped up when things got serious around here… remember the controversy surrounding hand-me-down undies? Now, I am looking to you all to [...]

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Cake Decorating Woes (Recipe – Millie’s White Wedding Cake)

January 10, 2010

A little under 8 years ago, I took a cake decorating class. It was my first foray into domestication after my first child was born. I was determined that as the perfect mom I was sure to be, all of my kids’ cakes would be extra special and decorated by me. Well, to do that, [...]

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4 Kids, Life and Dinner (Recipe: Corn and Veggie Chowder with Chicken)

December 13, 2009

Someone who was expecting their fourth child asked me the other day how going from three kids to four kids has been. I feel sorry for the poor lady because she asked me on one of those days when I was feeling quite overwhelmed, and I was bluntly honest with her! I love my family [...]

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The Supermom Myth (Recipe: Banana Pancakes)

August 7, 2009

I was visiting my sister this week, working on some articles I had due, when my niece whispered to her mom, “Aunt Kris is Supermom!”. I didn’t hear exactly what she said but my sister then repeated it to me. I quickly put my niece’s assumption that I was some kind of wonder woman to [...]

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Babies, BlogHer and Banana Bars (Recipe: Frosted Banana Bars)

July 27, 2009

Leah Meets Paula Deen BlogHer 2009 from Kristen Doyle on Vimeo. The video above is of Paula Deen chatting with Leah during her appearance at BlogHer. Paula was hilarious, genuine and really an overall neat person! Seeing her was definitely one of the many highlights of BlogHer. I returned from the BlogHer conference in Chicago [...]

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Freedom to Eat (Recipe: Strawberry Cheesecake Milkshake)

July 6, 2009

We left our three oldest kids with Grandma & Grandpa yesterday. For the first time, they will be spending a week away from home. We’ve left them in the past to go on vacations, so they have been without mom and dad before, but never away from home. After day one, I miss them a [...]

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Keeping it Sunny (Recipe: Blueberry Sunrise Muffins)

June 15, 2009

Would you like to know what happened to me while I was at church yesterday? I was sitting in mass when my 3 year old told me she needed to go potty. I took her back to the ladies restroom, she did her thing, I bent down to help her pull up her panties and [...]

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The Need to Feed (Recipe: Buttermilk Biscuits)

June 5, 2009

I love summertime…absolutely love it. I love having my kids home. I love the warm weather, the sunshine, and the impromptu neighborhood gatherings that happen when we are all hanging outside. I love not having to be any place in particular by 8am…lazy mornings of snuggling in bed and reading books before we all get [...]

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