Chocolate Covered Pretzels

My sisters and I are throwing a baby shower for the upcoming birth of our new nephew. The theme is Diapers and Desserts! What to make for my dessert...chocolate covered pretzels! It was so simple and I love the sweet and salty combination. This is what you need...

semisweet chocolate chips

white chocolate chips

pretzel rods

sprinkles

plastic baggie

scissors

aluminum foil

microwave safe bowl

food coloring

Before you get started cover a cookie sheet in aluminum foil. 

Pour your chips in a microwave safe bowl. I split my chips in half...half white and half will be blue.

Add a little crisco, about a table spoon for 12 oz of chips. If you split it in half like I did you will just use a half of a tablespoon.

Put it in the microwave for about a minute, then stir. If need be, put it in the microwave for another minute.

 I added food coloring...

 Then the other half for the pretzels. I transferred the chocolate in a tall glass to help with the dipping process. After you dip place them on the covered cookie sheet.

If you are going to put sprinkles on them do it right after you dip them. I waited a little too long and they didn't stick as well as I would have liked.

Next, place them in the refrigerator. After the chocolate hardens you are ready to drizzle the colored chocolate.

 I placed my blue chocolate in a baggie and snipped the tiniest hole in the bottom corner.

 Then I drizzled...

Place them back into the refrigerator until you are ready to serve! 

I displayed them in some lowball cocktail glasses. To spruce up the glasses I wrapped them with some blue polka dot ribbon.

 ENJOY!

Crawfish...Baby

I received a phone call from one of my good friend's mother the other day. She wanted me to make an outfit for her cousin's daughter's soon to be baby boy. There entire family is from Houma, LA. So, naturally she wanted me to make something with a crawfish. I told her, sadly, I did not have an embroidery design with a crawfish and my computer with the embroidery program is as old as dirt, in the garage and is very temperamental. The program isn't compatible with a MAC wouldn't you know. So we decided I would make her an outfit with a gator on it. Then I spoke to her again and again in her southern accent she asked, "Are you sure you can't get me a crawfish." Well, I don't like to disappoint anyone and knew she had her heart set on a crawfish.

I pulled the computer out of it's burial plot in my garage and set it up. What do you know...it doesn't work. I tried a few times and it still would NOT boot up. After several tries I was about to throw in the towel. Then I remembered my husband having to take out the battery and put it back in, so I tried it...didn't work. I was going try one more thing...If any of you ever had a Nintendo as a kid this will bring back memories....I took out the battery blew in it and put it back...AMAZING! It worked! I found this adorable crawfish machine embroidery applique at Applique for Kids and got to work!

I made baby Aiden a personalized crawfish onesie, matching shorts, burp cloth and bib. I hope baby Aiden enjoys his gift! XOXO

Podee to the Rescue

A friend of mine told me about the this the other day...the Podee feeding kit!

I picked one up at my local Babies R Us and it was a life saver the other night. I had two hungry kids, but only two hands to cook dinner. So...I hooked Clara up with the Podee, which allows for hands-free feeding...

(We are a little out of season with the Thanksgiving bib):)

while I made Carson this very yummy dinner of Sponge Bob mac & cheese and broccoli.

Side note: I did NOT use the nipple that came with the kit. It was too stiff and she didn't care for it. Instead I just used one of the nipples from our bottles.