Today is Raggedy Ann's 93rd Birthday. She was introduced to the world on Sept. 7th 1918. The funny little rag doll is a house hold name, so in honor of her Birthday the kids and I threw her a party. We made a cookie cake with sprinkles and Invited her and Andy to join us for her party. Grammy and PopPop joined us too. The festivities started out by me reading about one of the many adventures that Raggedy Ann and Andy went on this particular one was called Raggedy Ann in Cookie Land. We thought this was an appropriate story since we were having a cookie cake. The story ended up being pretty long so we will finish it tonight before bed. We then gathered around to sing Happy Birthday to Raggedy Ann. The kids wanted real candles but we settled for pretend candles we didn't want Raggedy Ann to end up in flames that would have been a sad ending to our party. We sang Happy Birthday we all enjoyed our cookie cake and then we played some party games. Ring around the Rosie and duck duck goose. It was a fun party enjoyed by all.
After all the fun I read a few facts about Raggedy Ann. Did you know that the first doll had brown hair instead of the well known red hair?
More than 10 million copies of Raggedy Ann and Andy stories have been sold.
Those are just a couple that I read, the kids really enjoyed learning all about the famous rag doll and I had a great time learning about her too. Thanks Michelle for all your help.
I LOVE Raggedy Ann & Andy ---- I had one growing up that I lost when at camp when I was little ... but they are awesome dolls! LOVE that you had a Raggedy Ann party ... didn't know they used to have brown hair. Great pics!!
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