Time to cast your vote - Who's the cutest baby in the land?

The baby named the 2013 KRKT's Most Beautiful Baby and their family will win a grand prize package including:

• A feature in Mom Magazine - Aug/Sept issue
  
• $100 Harry Ritchie's Jewelers Gift Certificate
• A photo session and prints from Troutman Photography
  
• A Downtown Shabby gift certificate
  
• A 2 hour cleaning certificate from Merry Maids
  
• A $50 gift certificate to The Barbers
  
• A $50 Savings Bond from American Bookkeeping & Tax Service
  
• A printing certificate from Wise Photography

You have one more day left to enter that beautiful baby!

Enter the KRKT Beautiful Baby Contest. Click here

Last day to enter is May 2nd, 2013.

Do you have the most beautiful baby? Of course you do!

Enter the KRKT Beautiful Baby Contest. Click here

Last day to enter is May 2nd, 2013.

Enter to win a Birthday Party!

For you and up to 20 guests at the heritage Mall food court

Cupcakes - Entertainment - Prizes - Snacks

Visit Heritage Mall website, and use the code "birthday" to enter.

Surprise!

You are then also automatically entered for a chance to win two 3-day passes to the Oregon Jamboree Music Festival!

The Apr/May 2013 issue of MOM Magazine is out in Eugene and Springfield! Read these stories and much more:

Click on the cover image above to view the Apr/May issue.

Planning for Summer Camp

Recipes - Spill the Beans, Chocolate and Coffee

Jump Rope!

Vote for your MOM Makeover Winner!

Win tickets to Sesame Street LIVE!

Autism Awareness

Healthy MOM - Spring allergies

Vacation MOM - Aloha in Paradise

Money MOM - Financing the family vacation

Earth MOM - Gardening with kids

SuperDAD

Who is your favorite Sesame Street character?

Comment with your answer.  All commentators will be entered to win tickets to the upcoming Sesame Street LIVE at the Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, OR on May 7th and 8th.  Winners will be drawn on April 26th, 2013.

So, go on, tell us - who is your favorite furry friend?

Bunny Arrives by Helicopter for Tenth Annual Easter Egg-Stravaganza

How does the Easter Bunny travel? By Hare-planes, or a helicopter! Families are invited to join the fun as the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum hosts the tenth annual Easter Egg-Stravaganza event on Saturday, March 23. The event will include the arrival of the Easter Bunny on helicopter, an Easter egg hunt, a petting zoo and crafts.

Children ages 10 and under should to arrive with their Easter basket at 8:15 a.m. to check in.  There will be a series of Easter egg hunts starting at 9:00 a.m., and the Easter Bunny's grand entrance via helicopter will be at 9:15 a.m.  The baby animal petting zoo will be open from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. The museum's education department will also provide children's Easter crafts throughout the event.

WHAT: Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum's Tenth Annual Easter Egg-Stravaganza

WHEN: Saturday, March 23, 8:15 - 11:00 a.m.

WHERE:            Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum

500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way

McMinnville, OR 97128

The Easter Egg-Stravaganza event is $7 for members and $10 for general admission. Photos with the Easter Bunny are an additional $10. To RSVP, please dial 503.434.4185 or e-mail events@sprucegoose.com. Due to the popularity of this event, RSVPs are required.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Feb. 5, 2013 - The sixth annual Better Living Home, Garden & Lifestyle Show returns to the Portland Expo Center Friday, March 22 through Sunday, March 24, 2013. This year, Radio Disney AM1640, part of the #1 radio network for kids, tweens and families, will present the Radio Disney Team Green Interactive Zone, showcasing for local families ways they can take action and conserve the earth's natural resources.

The Radio Disney Team Green Interactive Zone will offer the following for kids and parents to enjoy together:

• Toyota Drive Green Station - Families will learn how they can travel in an environmentally conscious way with Toyota.
• Recycle Station - Kids can participate in several activities that teach them how to sort their recycling.
• Reuse Station - Learn exciting ways families can reuse everyday household objects to reduce our impact on nature. Kids can participate in several activities that teach them how to craft old materials into something new. Preserve Station - Families will discover ways to avoid wasting water by consuming less and preserving more.
• Conserve Station - Kids are able to craft a newspaper soil pot for seedlings (seeds included) to plant at home in the yard.

About Better Living Show

Free to the public, the Better Living Show, the Northwest's largest sustainable lifestyle show, takes place Friday, March 22 from noon - 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 23 from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.; and Sunday, March 24 from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Portland Expo Center. Official show sponsors include Energy Trust of Oregon, NW Natural, Portland General Electric, Schnitzer Steel, Oregon State University, The Portland Clinic, Natural Awakenings Magazine, Frontier Food Coop, Amour Vert, Drive Oregon and The Portland Tribune.

The Oregon State University Chamber Music Workshop will welcome advanced and intermediate string students ages 9 to 19 to the campuses of Oregon State University and Ashbrook Independent School in July 2013

Session I July 8 - 13

Session II July 15 - 20

Workshop participants will benefit from coaching, sight-reading, supervised practice, master classes and opportunities to perform with ensembles in informal concerts.

Participants will also have the chance to explore Oregon State University through a range of on-campus activities. In addition to Artistic Director Jessica Lambert, instructor of violin at OSU and concertmaster with the Corvallis-OSU Symphony, distinguished faculty will include members of the renowned FearNoMusic ensemble from the Oregon Symphony. Audition recordings will be accepted beginning on Friday, Feb. 15. Tuition for one week is $350. Please visit pne.oregonstate.edu/strings for more information.

Okay - I found it! Here is the recipe for Red Velvet Love.

Marbled Red Velvet Cream Cheese Brownie

Red Velvet Layer:
1 2/3 c. flour
1 c. + 2 T. sugar
4 1/2 tsp. cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
2 small eggs
1/2 c. oil
2 T. milk, divided
3 tsp. vanilla
3 tsp. red food coloring
1 tsp. white vinegar

Cheesecake Layer:
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/3 c. + 2 T. sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla

In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder. In a separate bowl, mix eggs, oil, 1 tablespoon milk, vanilla, food coloring and vinegar. Combine the dry and wet ingredients, until completely combined. Remove 1/2 cup of the batter and place it in a small bowl. Whisk in the remaining 1 tablespoons of milk. Pour the remaining batter into a greased 9x13 baking dish. Using a spatula, smooth out the batter to reach all the edges.

In a medium bowl, place cream cheese and sugar. Beat with an electric mixer until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add egg and vanilla, beating until combined and smooth. Pour the cream cheese mixture on top of the red velvet layer and smooth mixture till it reaches all the edges. Drop spoonfuls of the remaining red velvet batter (that you mixed with milk) onto the top of the cheesecake layer. Drag the tip of a knife through the red velvet and the cheesecake layers to create swirls.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or just until the center is set and no longer jiggles. Let cool completely on a wire rack before cutting. Use a medium sized heart cookie cutter to create the perfect Valentine's Day treat!

Tips: These brownies were a bit of work, but the result was so cute it made it all worth it! I put parchment paper down in the baking dish which made it easier to bring the brownies out and use the cookie cutter once it was cooled.

I can see these also being made for other holidays with different food coloring. (True, that would technically not be red velvet but the taste would be the same.) Green with a shamrock cookie cutter for St. Patrick's day, pink with an Easter egg cookie cutter for Easter, blue and red with a star cookie cutter for 4th of July, the possibilities are endless.

If you do use the heart cookie cutter, you will obviously have some scrap pieces leftover. If you can keep your kids or husband from eating them right away, check out the recipe for the Red Velvet Cheesecake Milkshake!

This version is from Recipes for MOMs website.