Pretzel Chicks & Bunnies

I came across some Easter treats on Pinterest

that had to be made for Ruby's birthday party.

 

Her invitations already had a chick and bunny theme going on,

so why not make pretzel treats to match?

The only ingredients necessary were some pretzels, 

almond bark, yellow candy melts, 

and food writers (but you'll see they didn't work so well).

 

To keep things clean and easy,

I grabbed a ziplock bag -

and put the melted almond bark inside and cut off one corner

to squeeze bark out into the pretzels to make the bunnies.

Then, my niece Lexi and I laid the pretzels out on wax paper 

and got to work!

We slowly but surely filled in the pretzels -

and allowed them to harden so we could make faces.

We were so excited to use the food markers 

and draw adorable faces with whiskers and pink ears, 

but were heartbroken to discover

that the markers would not write on the almond bark!

No matter how we tried, 

the markers just did not like the texture of the almond bark

and we couldn't get faces on our bunnies.

 So when faced with a bunch of faceless bunnies -

I improvised.

I had these sparkle gels in my cake decorating kit and figured 

any face was better than no face at all!

So we just kept them really simple 

with a light red stripe for the ears and

little dots of blue for the eyes and nose.

They weren't perfect, but you could tell they were bunnies.

 

So we forged ahead to the chicks.

Here's Lex, filling the pretzels with the yellow candy melt.

We had planned on using the markers on the chicks as well,

but grabbed some sprinkles I had on hand

and dropped a blue one in before the candy hardened

to give each chick an eye.

 

Then I used a little of the sparkle gel on the tip of the pretzel 

to make a beak.

Some we left plain -

and others we covered in orange sprinkles.

Both versions were adorable -

and a big hit at Ruby's birthday party.

Even though things didn't go quite as planned,

they still turned out to be 

the cutest pretzel treats I have ever made!

Uno

My sweet Ruby is one today.

 

Good thing we celebrated yesterday,

because poor Rubes is sick today. 

Has a fever, a few teeth coming in,

and even threw up in the night.

Poor girl.

Easter Bunny

Tried to get a cute Easter photo with the kids, 

 but considering this was Ruby's reaction to the Easter bunny -  

I had to settle for her sweet little face in bunny ears

 and Walt and I with the bunny.

You Can Tell Times Have Changed

When this -

 was the ABSOLUTE HIGHLIGHT of my weekend. 

Thanks to the help of my parents,

I was able to browse through Target on Sunday,

with an iced coffee in hand, sans kids. 

It was fabulous.

It was refreshing.

It was . . .

 short-lived.

I took a few moments to check out the spring styles

and slurp down a tasty caffeinated beverage

before reality set in

and I bought diapers and toilet paper

and headed to work for a few hours to catch up.

So much for enjoying the sunshine :(
Sometimes it stinks being a small business owner -
but then again, being busy means I must be doing something right!