<a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/applesauce-raisin-cake-009.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-928" alt="super soft play dough" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/applesauce-raisin-cake-009.jpg" width="416" height="500" /></a>
<p style="text-align: center;">Last week, we found a new mommy's helper!  Yay!  It is a constant scramble around here to get my work done and entertain O.  I can't decide if it gets harder or easier to work from home as she gets older.  I guess both are probably true.  Either way, with all the work that goes into maintaining a house and all of the work that I have been doing for the Globe, we needed help!  Maybe it is just my experience, but it is REALLY hard to find a good sitter.  That makes us very happy to have found H.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/applesauce-raisin-cake-010.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-929" alt="homemade playdough" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/applesauce-raisin-cake-010.jpg" width="331" height="500" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">For H's first day with us, I set them up with a recipe for <a href="http://mad.ly/799384?pact=20567720671&amp;fe=1">Super Soft Playdough </a>from Teaching Mama and some food coloring.  Of course, O picked pink and black.  A girl must be coordinated, you know.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/applesauce-raisin-cake-002.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-927" alt="teaching mama's playdough" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/applesauce-raisin-cake-002.jpg" width="427" height="500" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">These 2 batches came out quite well, but it should be noted that it only takes a few minutes to cook on the stove.  It is quite easy to overcook the dough.  When it is finished, the dough will still be a little sticky but have come together as a ball.  Remove it from the pan, allow it to cool long enough so that you can handle it, and then knead it a little.  The cooling and kneading process makes it much less tacky.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/applesauce-raisin-cake-014.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-930" alt="play dough" src="http://www.karolineskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/applesauce-raisin-cake-014.jpg" width="394" height="500" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Clearly, O had a great time.  We can't wait for H to come back and visit us soon.</p>