Golden Puff Donuts

This is the recipe we used in Homeschool this past week to celebrate reading "Homer Price." Thanks to our church friend, Dottie for the recipe!
Mix together:
1/2 cup oil
1 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
Add:
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons nutmeg
5 cups flour

Drop by the tablespoon into hot oil (375*) Cook for 3 minutes on each side. Sometimes they will turn in their own. Let cool on paper towels. Then sprinkle with powdered sugar or cinnamon sugar.

Enjoy!

Happy 96th Birthday, Raggedy Ann!

On this day in 1915, Johnny Gruelle was awarded a patent for his rag doll named Ann.
Andy and I celebrated Ann's birthday tonight by getting out a bunch of "blue dresses" from my collection. (Most were manufactured by Playskool or Applause and a few were homemade.) We sang Happy Birthday, ate pretend cake and lemonade, played with two sets of dress-up dolls (including the lovely magnetic set, given to me by Traci for my last birthday), listened to an audiobook of a Patricia Hall Raggedy story, and then played a silly game on the basement stairs. (Our last house didn't have "safe stairs" to play on so my late Mom used to play silly games with Andy and dolls on her stairs. Andy has many fond memories of those games and the Raggedys were more than willing participants.) Our celebration ended in a giant pile-on.
We hope you enjoy these pictures from our celebration.



Silly Stairs Game


Where's Andy?


- "What else do I know besides Raggedys and recipes!?!"