Kristal and Raeann were caught in the act of having a great time at KDUK's "Affair of the Heart." The event was sponsored by McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center and featured their Healthy Woman program.

There were tons of great prizes, entertainment and the best of all... chair massages! They stepped into the Oregon Imaging photo booth for a quick pic that captured it all.

Oregon Imaging Centers are located throughout the Eugene/Springfield area and provide state of the art radiology, including mammography. Their t-shirts describe what they do best: pink shirts emblazoned with the slogan, "Make Time for the Girls!" The effort is also in support of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Their goal is, "A world without breast cancer."

For more information about the Heathy Woman Program, click here.

Mia started planning her "Dora the Explorer" party to celebrate her 4th birthday a few days after her 3rd birthday party. We planned a big outdoor party, but at the last minute had to switch to indoors due to rain.

We made an "adventure" the kids had to go on to find the party (through the dark cave, through lollipop field, and finally to treasure island)

We kept the decorations and food bright and colorful "Dora" colors. We made chocolate dipped pretzel rods with colorful sprinkles:

We also made flowers and stuck little Dora character punchouts in the middle, then taped them to tooth picks for the cupcake decorations.

Our Swiper the Fox was the ingenious creation by my husband. He put a picture of Swiper on an overhead projector, and traced it onto a piece of cardboard, then colored it in.

We filled a round jello mold with water and fruit slices and froze it for the ice ring.

We made a colorful bunting with fabric scraps to hang up - a tutorial can be found in the Feb/Mar issue of MOM Magazine.

Dollar store telescopes made perfect favors and decorations!

by Krista Klinkhammer

A birthday without Wacky Cake is just another ordinary day. This is an old family recipe, and I've requested Wacky Cake on my special day for as long as I can remember. For my aunt's birthday this year, we had a virtual birthday party for her since she lives in Massachusetts. I videotaped my kids making this cake for her-I measured out the ingredients and let the kids go at it while I sat back and captured every lick of the spoon in between every stir. After it was done baking, we sang happy birthday, sliced the cake and ate it in honor of Auntie Lynn. We then burned all the footage to a DVD and sent it to her. It was hilarious…or should I say "wacky!"

Wacky cake

• 1 ½ cups of flour
• 6 Tbls. cooking oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 Tbls. white vinegar
• 3 Tbls. cocoa
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 cup cold water
• ½ tsp. salt

Directions: Place all dry ingredients in sifter - directly into ungreased 8x8 pan. Make 3 holes in mix. Pour oil in one hole, vinegar in 2nd hole and vanilla in 3rd hole. Pour cold water over all and stir with fork until evenly blended. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. Invert to cool and remove from pan. Or frost it right in the pan. (That's what I do.)

Vanilla butter frosting

• ¼ cup soft butter
• 1 ½ cups confectioner's sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 Tbls. milk

Directions: Blend butter and sugar, stir in vanilla and milk; beat until frosting is smooth and of spreading consistency.