Sisters

While they are known to engage in many a proprietary fight, Julia and Madeleine are often just the best of friends. Today they have been especially sweet towards one another, playing well and freely expressing their love. In fact, rather than having her customary melt-down about wanting to run off and play at Julia's school, Madeleine instead wanted nothing but her sister when we arrived for pick-up. Bursting into the classroom and spotting her sister, Madeleine ran over to Julia, exclaiming "Juwia!!" in delight, and throwing her arms around her big sis. She has even been so thrilled to be with her sister that she has gone along with every single game Julia has directed this afternoon, easily complying with all of Julia's orders.

Shortly after I arrived home from work, Julia began a game in which she, the teacher, was leading a class project: drawing chicks. Using her chickie stamp as a model, Julia then drew a few exemplary chicks for us:



They quickly grew into an entire chick family, with Mom and Dad included (no eggs for the parents, of course):



She then walked Madeleine and I through the steps of drawing our own chicks.



While mine came out more or less looking like Julia's, Madeleine went for a more abstract representation of the chickie model:




When art class was over, the girls decided to play "hospital," a recurring pretend game that they enact together. The basic premise of hospital is that the patient (always Madeleine) lies on the living room floor, covered with a blanket, while the doctor (always Julia) provides the patient with honey medicine and healthy food:



Doctor Julia tending to her patient