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My youngest child turned 3 years old last Friday. I am so sad to see her growing up…..the more kids I have the longer I want them to stay little! She loves the show Max & Ruby, so she requested a Max & Ruby birthday cake.

I ordered this bunny cake pan off Amazon and got to work! Didn’t they turn out so cute? My daughter loved them!

Here is what I did:

You will need:
3 cake mixes (and ingredients to bake them)
bunny cake pan
9×13 cake pan
a large platter to put cakes on (I just used the bottom of my sheet pans)
a double recipe of buttercream frosting (below)
Wilton icing colors

Bake two bunny cakes. Then bake another cake in a 9×13 pan. After the cakes have cooled, cut the 9×13 cake in half and assemble beneath each bunny cake for the shirt. I cut a small oval out so it would fit nicely under the bunny. Then you can decorate as desired!

I found this idea on Pinterest and just printed off the photo and copied it as best as I could with the frosting and details. I always make homemade frosting on my cakes. Tastes so much better! Here is my favorite recipe:

Homemade Buttercream Frosting
2/3 cup butter, softened
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, confectioners’ sugar, and milk until light and fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes. Beat in the vanilla.

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When my boys were small, one of my favorite end-of-the-school year projects was making a cute chore chart for the summer.  Now that they are teenagers, they don’t really appreciate the cute anymore, and complained that they wanted a little less micro-managing!  We tried a summer without any kind of chart at all, but it soon became clear that they weren’t ready for that either and we needed to find some middle ground.

Enter the chore stick.

We started by sitting down together and listing the tasks that I felt like they absolutely needed to do every day for me to be happy.  They have other jobs and projects that they help with throughout the summer, but for our family, that list of daily responsibilities isn’t really too long – but they are things that can quickly slide if we let them.  I found that just having a visual list didn’t have the same effect as when they actually have to physically handle something in order to “check off” their tasks, so I headed to the craft store and purchased a package of thick wooden craft sticks.

I painted the ends of the sticks – a different color for each child – and then used a Sharpie to write the tasks on the other end.

A quick printed label for the jars and that’s it.  As they finish their tasks throughout the day, they move the stick from the “DO” jar to the “DONE” jar and I can tell with a quick glance if everyone is finished and who needs yelled at er, um… gently reminded.

Butter is expensive. Am I right? But when my husband was diagnosed with high cholesterol and diabetes a few years ago the dietitian preached the evils of margarine loud and clear. So we eat butter.

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Here’s a trick that has really saved my budget… I make my own butter spread! It is so simple you won’t believe it. Plus, it gives butter the spreadability of margarine. Plus, it tastes like butter – because it IS butter.

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All you do to make this spread is combine 1 part butter to 1 part combined canola oil (or any healthy low-flavor oil) and water. YES, water! Crazy, right?? I usually do 1 C butter (2 sticks), 1/2 C canola oil & 1/2 C water. You can vary your oil/water ratio if you want, but this combination works really well!

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Make sure your butter and water are at room temperature. Mix your butter for quite awhile with an electric mixer on high (I prefer to use my Kitchenaid for this while I get the other ingredients ready). You want it to get light and fluffy. Turn the mixer to medium and slowly add the oil into the butter. Then slowly add in the water. Continue mixing until combined. The spread should have a fluffy, almost too soft consistency. Don’t worry about that! Just put a lid on it and put it into the refrigerator. Within a couple of hours you will have a butter spread that has a wonderful consistency!

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Don’t add salt or you could find it separating. Also, this is very WHITE, so feel free to add a little food coloring if you really want to. I’m fine with white.

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This spread has the added benefit of being lower in fat and calories than regular butter. You can’t go wrong with that! My family LOVES this stuff and I hope yours will, too!

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PS – My husband has lost nearly 100 pounds and cured himself of diabetes and high cholesterol through healthy eating!

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