THIS IS IT THURSDAY & CHOCOLATE PRETZEL TREATS

Let's put it out there, readers.  Hanging out with a kid who spits up on my freshly laundered outfit, having to change a dirty diaper that stinks to high heaven, and trying to figure out baby words is not my idea of a riveting day.  No reading can get done and designated kid programs take the place of my cooking shows. Despite my misgivings, I agreed to watch my one month old niece and 5 year old nephew for about 45 minutes the other day.  It was 44 minutes too long.

In that tortuous time, the baby spit up on me not once, not twice, but three times in three different places and had the audacity to smile about it.  The 5 year old was like a jumping bean all over the house surely causing me to lose about 3-4 pounds.  When he was still for about 2 minutes he chanted a song I had a hard time understanding, initially.  As he kept repeating it, I finally realized what he was singing, and this is a direct quote.  "Kill that b****h, Kill that b****h, Kill that b****h,".  Uh..I'm sure you get the picture.  Can I tell you that I wish what he was saying had remained like gibberish?  In the middle of being vomited on by the baby, I ran over and told him that I knew he wasn't saying what I thought he was, and he grinned. Where in the world had he heard something like that? No one gave me the memo to wear earplugs around young kids.  I then sternly told him he had better not EVER say anything like that again.  He seemed so surprised that I said anything, that he stopped smiling and I never heard that horrible phrase again. Dirty dress and all, I couldn't wait to tell their grandfather/grandmother, mother/father, uncles, aunts and anyone else who would listen, what had transpired before I ran out of there before anything worse happened.

As I drove to the bookstore in Cary, I was reminded once again of why no one should EVER ask me  to babysit, even if I'm bribed with books.  Even better, I was reminded of why I always say NO! This is it for real this time, blogosphere. (lol)

On to our recipe from allrecipes.com:

Chocolate Pretzel Treats

Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) package small pretzel twists
• 1 (8 ounce) package milk chocolate candy kisses (such as Hershey's Kisses®), unwrapped

• 1 (1.69 ounce) package candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees F ( 80 degrees C).
2. Arrange pretzels on a baking sheet. Place a candy kiss on the center of each pretzel.
3. Warm pretzels in the preheated oven until candy kiss is shiny and slightly softened, 2 minutes.
4. Place a candy-coated chocolate piece atop the candy kiss on each pretzel; press down. Chill in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.

• Tip
• Aluminum foil can be used to keep food moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up easier.