June with a 3 & 4 year old

Ahhhh…the month of June!  I haven't exactly updated the old blog with any real news in a while, but for memories sake, June 2014 has been a busy one.  It's mostly been fun punctuated by some overtired children who refused to sleep more than 8 hours a night.  My kids quit napping around 2, but apparently at Kindercare (which is where they go when I work) they are "great sleepers."  Now I'm not exactly sure if my kids are in the building when this so-called nap time happens, but I've asked the teachers to text me a photo to see this as I do not believe it.  Other than them being over tired, I've also had my fair share of competitions & jealousy battles to break up.  Then there is the all too frequent tattling.  It's usually Ella who comes to me & says "sissy hit me", when in actuality Jessica was just digging in the mud, but Ella likes to say this to get attention.  Despite all of the childhood nonsense, which I'm sure the seasoned mother's reading have dealt with more gracefully than me, we have been having a lot of fun in the warm weather.  We go to the pool almost everyday I'm home.  And now after replacing my oven (only 5 years old, by the way, yes, I was thrilled...not!) we've been doing some more baking again.  Jessica is enjoying drawing things in a more real way now, the other day she drew our camper, the lake, & a campfire (oh & also a volcano, which is apparently near the lake ;)  Ella still loves to play horses & Frozen.  Most of the horses are called either Elsa or Anna.  Speaking of Frozen, Jessica is absolutely obsessed with Sven, the reindeer....see below!  Sven goes everywhere with Jessica & she calls him "my boy."  Ella loves to play dress up & brush hair.  Hair on horses, dolls, or anything really.  The girls also really love finding worms in the yard.  Not gonna lie, I was kinda grossed out when they first started doing it, but now I just let them go to town digging in the mud & finding "Jim"....which apparently all worms are named Jim.  One of the funniest things the girls do together & for memories sake:  when they play together, I often hear Jessica directing the course of the dialogue between the figures, ponies, animals, etc.  Jessica will tell Ella, "You say....this."  And then Ella will ask Jessica, "What do I say next?"  In Jessica's land of make believe she is almost always a character.  The other day she was wearing blue so she was Cinderella;  Ella asked her "Who am I?" Ella was, of course, Anastasia as she was wearing pink.  Ella often asks "Who am I?" when trying to play with Jessica, it's funny!  Sometimes when they are playing I will hear Ella cackle in a witch-like laugh & Jessica will run to me & say the mean woman is chasing her.  It's a fun time in life, but also a busy one.  That's about all for now, hope you all are enjoying your summer!