As a busy work-at-home mom striving to make the most of every moment with my girls (4.5, 3, 1.5 and one baby on the way!), my goal is to share easy crafts and activities, kid-friendly and easy recipes, and adorable and easy cupcakes for other moms looking to do the same!

Would you pray for us? Early last week we were hit with H1N1 (it’s been confirmed with a swab test), and it’s still hanging on.
Pumpkin Doodle seems better at this point, but Sean just got it last night, and Monkey Doodle’s cough returned with a vengeance. I’m not sure if Sunshine Doodle’s is still progressing [...]

I was so excited when I was given the chance to review the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Diamond Edition movie through One2One Network. This 2-disc package includes both DVD and Blu-Ray discs of “the one that started it all!”
Unfortunately, I failed to remember how very scary this movie actually is, and we didn’t [...]

It is rare that I experiment in the kitchen and don’t end up regretting it. This experiment was more the result of me trying to salvage a dish after a royal screw up than anything else, but since it turned out so well, I wanted to share!
I love me some sweet potato casserole, and I [...]

How time flies…
It flies in the eyes of Sunshine Doodle, six weeks old already and taking in more and more of the world around her every day.

It flies on the back of Sweet Doodle, as she lays on the ground throwing a temper tantrum, the first of our girls to fall prey to the Terrible [...]

In just five days, Pumpkin Doodle turns five years old! As cliche as it sounds, the past five years have flown by, and I am both excited by the new stage we’re entering and sad that my baby girl is growing up so fast!
Pumpkin Doodle loves birthdays. She pretty much starts counting down to her [...]

I don’t often do product reviews here at Doodles’ Place (I’m on a mission to declutter, and product reviews in general tend to lead to more stuff), but when  One2One Network announced that they were looking for bloggers to review the new Harry Connick, Jr. CD — Your Songs — I immediately submitted my name/blog.
You [...]

I wish I could take credit for this project because it’s probably the coolest one we’ve ever done, but the truth is that Pumpkin Doodle came up with it all on her own.
One day last week, she set out on an “adventure” with her Pop, and when she returned, she declared that she wanted to [...]

As I mentioned on Sunshine Doodle’s birth announcement, her labor and birth wasn’t quite what we had expected, although I can’t really complain about it either.
The plan was to break my water Saturday morning, and we all expected things to progress very quickly based on my history.
We arrived at the hospital at 8:00 a.m. on [...]