The girls are both having play-dates at our house this afternoon, and while Madeleine has only one friend over, Julia has two. One of the two is a very close friend who has been over countless times. The other friend is coming over for the first time, and she was apparently shocked by the difference between At-School Julia and At-Home Julia.
NEW FRIEND: Julia, why do you act so different at your house than you do at school?
ME: Wait, Julia doesn't act like this at school?
BOTH FRIENDS: No!!
ME: What does Julia act like at school?
BOTH FRIENDS, IN UNISON: Perfect!
I guess that means Julia doesn't loudly sing the Macarena with accompanying body motions despite Madeleine's shrieks of "STOP! YOU'RE TOO LOUD!" like she did today with her friends. She probably doesn't talk in an obnoxious faux Southern accent and berate her pupils as she did when she was playing Headmistress of her bedroom school today either. And she definitely doesn't loudly talk over her authority figures when they're trying to talk to another adult like she did while I was having a conversation with her friend's mom this evening. I'm glad I can send her places, even if she's Mr. Hyde sometimes at home. And it makes for a fun reveal for new friends who come over and only know her as Dr. Jekyll at school.
Unlike with Madeleine, who openly picks her nose whether at school or home and thinks it's fine to breathe like a zombie from The Walking Dead in the middle of kindergarten just because she has post-nasal drip. Madeleine is all about keepin' it real!
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