Happy Presidents Day

This is a picture of George Washington that Josh drew in preschool. I love children's artwork!

After I posted this, he came home with Abe too, so had to add this:

A picture, a story and a recipe (all unrelated)

(This picture has nothing to do with the post. It just makes me laugh.)

Josh came home from preschool the other day all excited about Valentine's Day. He wanted to make some Valentines and leave them on someone's pillow. We got out the construction paper, markers, scissors and some stickers. Josh cut out two construction paper hearts and snuck in to leave them on Neil's pillow. Then I helped Neil made a heart with stickers on it and he left it on Josh's pillow. So sweet.. and so much love. Later that afternoon, I came in to the room to find Josh and Neil with scissors cutting the Valentines into little tiny bits. All that was left was a pile of cut up paper. I love boys.

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I have had several requests for this lemon cake recipe. Its embarassing how simple it is and that it comes from a box. Try it though. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Christie's Embarassingly Easy Lemon Cake

1 box Betty Crocker lemon cake mix

1 small box lemon pudding (just the dry mix)

4 eggs

1/2 c. oil

1/2 c. water

1 c. lowfat plain yogurt

Mix together. Beat for 2 minutes. Pour into pan (any shape- 9x13, 2 rounds or cupcakes). Bake at 350. Use the time on the cake box depending on the shape of pan you use. Cupcakes are 22-25 minutes.

Top with cream cheese frosting or sprinkle with powdered sugar. Homemade cream cheese frosting is my fave:

1 stick butter

8 oz cream cheese

1 t. vanilla

~3 1/2 to 4 c. powdered sugar

a little milk to get it to the desired consistency

Make sure butter & cream cheese are at room temp. Mix together with a hand mixer until smooth. You could add a little lemon juice or zest to make it extra lemony, but I just use it as is. This makes more frosting than you need for the lemon cake, so eat it on graham crackers or make some sweet rolls to go with it :-).