Monday Made It #4

I am linking up with Tara over at 4th Grade Frolics for her 4th Monday Made It.

I love Monday Made It so much, I even made stuff on vacation!  I just got home from the airport a couple of hours ago.  I can't wait to finish this post so I can hop around and see what everyone else has been up to.  The month of June is almost gone and I feel like I have done NOTHING.  My sense of urgency is really strong.  LOL

OK, while staying at my parents' house, I signed my son up for private swimming lessons.  They live right next to the swimming pool and the lessons were super cheap compared to where we live in Arizona.  His teacher was incredible and totally deserving of a cute appreciation gift.  My Pinterest addiction sure comes in handy!  Here is my "pinspirational" item:

Source: via Jessica on Pinterest

This is what I made:

First, I gathered the supplies:

A rose bowl my mom had leftover from a wedding project, Goldfish crackers, and 2 bags of red, white, and blue M&Ms (we found them at Wal-Mart).

Then we sorted M&Ms.

We filled the bottom with "pebbles".  We filled little condiment cups (my mom has EVERYTHING!) with goldfish to fill the middle of the dish.

Then we added "water" and let a few fish swim in it.

We topped it with a piece of blue tissue paper and Glad Press 'n' Seal wrap. Then tied curly ribbon around it.

I think it turned out super cute!  His swim instructor absolutely LOVED it!

What have you been making?  Link up with Tara over at 4th Grade Frolics so we can check it out!

Tried It Tuesday

In preparation for my trip to visit my mom, I had a list of things that needed to be done before I left my husband home alone.  One of the things was to do something with the {very ripe} bananas.  I went to Pinterest, my new go-to for recipes to try and found these yummy looking banana chocolate chip muffins:

Source: gracessweetlife.com via Jessica on Pinterest

They were super easy to whip up and turned out super tasty, too!

What Pinterest recipes have you tried?

Tried it Tuesday?

So, if yesterday was Made It Monday, then today should be Tried It Tuesday, right?

Pinterest is like internet bookmarks in pictures, but the cool part is that you get to see all of the "bookmarks" that other people have, too!  I mostly use it for classroom ideas, but occasionally I find food ideas.  Today I pinned this yummy looking creation:

Source: forkfulofcomfort.blogspot.com via Jessica on Pinterest

It looked SO yummy that I couldn't stop thinking about it and decided to make it for lunch.  My 6 year old son William took one bite and told me, "This is AMAZING!".  How's that for a pinspirational lunch?