{New Hat}

I got a new hat. Not an actual hat, because I don't really like hats. I wish I liked hats because I think they're cute and functional, but I don't.

I metaphorically got a new hat.

I got a job!

The choir I've been singing with this year was in need of a new office assistant - I applied and got the job! I work 10-15 hours a week, the majority of which is at home whenever I want. It's wonderful. It's nice to be more involved in such a great organization, to get to know so many nice and talented people, and to learn new things.

I love that it doesn't interfere with my main job of raising my two beautiful girls, but that I still have learning and growth opportunities.

Happy hat.

Overwhelming love

(nearly) Every day when I come home: Evette waiting for me on the porch. Miriam somewhere inside, squealing and yelling at the top of her lungs as soon as she hears me.

These eyes.

  

 

Miriam's big open mouth kisses.

These sleepy sweat heads

  

 

Miriam's new game of shaking her head with Heidi and me.

Evette's imagination. Her beautiful sentences, her innocent logic.

Miriam's toddle.

Evette's love for books

These sweet sisters

Miriam's choice in men

 Miriam in the morning

 And at night

 Evette's courage

Evette's pride

Miriam's pride

 

 Miriam's cry

 

 Miriam's hair

 

 Evette's hair

 

Dates with daddy 

Miriam's love for the outdoors

 Evette's skills

 Evette's love of sushi

 Their helpfulness in the kitchen

 

 Miriam's love of pudding

 

  

 Evette's sense of style

 

 Their love for dinosaurs

 

 Miriam's love of family

 Their sense of adventure

  

I know that was a lot of pictures. But its these moments and the billions of moments in between these photos that I want to treasure. I don't know how to express it; I don't think I even know how to feel it properly -- this overwhelming love for the two little girls in my life.