Last St. Patrick’s Day I was the one who volunteered to bring St. Patrick’s Day treats into my 2-year-old’s class. Yep, the person who had just sold her house and moved her family in with her parents (again!), and started a renovation (again, but this time out of state!). Oh yeah, I also had a 2-month-old baby.
Busy people get things done, ya know?
So, I searched Pinterest for what I felt would be the easiest project to do *with* my kids.
You know, as in they would help!
I found Shamrock pretzels which I thought would be cute and seemed fairly simple to make.
Trader Joe’s (or in our house, we call it TJ’s) has some gluten-free pretzels that were the right shape, so we grabbed a bag (while we did our other food shopping).
Then, we headed over to Michaels to pick up the rest of the supplies.
All you have to do is melt the chocolate, dip each pretzel in it and then put it on wax paper in the shape of a Shamrock around the stick, add another glob of chocolate, and tada – you’re done. Easy peasy right?
Well, I put the infant down for a nap and melted the chocolate (double boiler style in a glass bowl over a pot). Guess what happened as soon as all the chocolate was melted?!
I bet you guessed it. Infant woke up. As in she took a 10-minute nap. And suddenly, she was starving!
So, I did what any mom would do. I nursed while dipping pretzels into melted chocolate.
It was definitely an experience, but it got done.
And nope, my older boys (the 3 and 5-year-old), yeah, they didn’t help.
So, this St. Patrick’s Day at least I know what I’m getting into if I decide to volunteer to make anything.
And, how much you want to bet my now 14-month-old will decide she wants to nurse then? Because this weening her at a year just hasn’t been working…
Here are some shots of the finished project.
So, what do you think? Is it something you’ll tackle this year?
I’d love to hear what *easy* St. Patrick’s Day treats you’ve done!
xoxo
