Cookie Making Adventures with Trevor

My mom found this recipe on Pinterest (I think). She encouraged that I make them on my day off (yesterday). However, I decided to spend my day hanging out with Trevor and watching Gossip Girl.

So now, today, Trevor and I are making them together!
Here's the recipe if you want to check them out: {Flourless} Monster Cookies

I learned something today... Men shouldn't bake.
He followed me around the kitchen while I did it, making jokes the entire time.
Maybe women do belong in the kitchen, only because men shouldn't be there at all.
I love him anyway though.

How they were supposed to turn out according to the site

What they actually turned out to look like

We had to finish off the rest of the cookie dough of course!

Eating our finished creations

Growing Up

As the summer moves on, I can really tell I'm growing up.
It's crazy.
Trevor and I have been spending nearly all of our time together outside of work.
Seems adult-like.

Today, I had off, from both of my jobs. It's the oddest feeling ever. I've been working 45+ hours for the past two weeks. It's absolutely crazy.
Another adult-like attribute of the summer.

I can't wait to see what all of this summer leads to.
Even if it does mean growing up.

Nanny Shenanigans

Week one is done.
Week two is cut short due to a funeral and family obligations.

What have we done?
Oh so much!
Well Natalie is addicted to peanut butter, so naturally we have made peanut & butter sushi.
We've made popsicles & shakes, too!
Natalie is quite the arts and crafts girl... Since Father's Day was on this past Sunday, she made her dad a few presents: tape art on a canvas & the hands card. Natalie also told me she wanted to learn how to finger knit, so we've spent some time learning that.
For these first few weeks of summer, she has swimming lessons. Her dad insists on us biking the two miles to the pool and then back after. (It's made for some sore mornings on my part!) I've missed biking around like I used to all summer..however, driving is so much more convenient.

Today, it's been raining so we've been working on getting through her jobs this morning so we can watch a few movies later!

Here are a few pictures from the two weeks so far!

Duty calls, until next time! ♥

New Nanny Job

I officially have a new nanny job for this summer! Woohoo!
She's eight years old, an only child, and loves dance.
I think I have a challenge ahead of me.

The parents seem quite nice, but have some rather contradictory expectations for me to meet.
They want their daughter to be pushed, but to also feel comfortable.
They want her to be outside almost all summer, with little electronic use, but we are supposed to stay in the area.
We are supposed to bike 2 miles to her swimming lessons for 3 weeks straight, but I can occasionally drive her elsewhere if need be (e.g. Wildlife Sanctuary).

Off to the lovely land of Pinterest to get some good ideas of how what we can do outside all summer, cook, and so on.
To check out what I find... Hovie06's Pinterest Boards!