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Let the games begin!

Nate and Desi have been engaging in regular wrestling play since, well, Des was perhaps a week old?! Nate has told me that Desi is now starting to verbally repeat some of the wrestling terms as Nate administers them. They put on a match for me Sunday (see pics link in the previous post). The cutest is when Desi says "arm bar!" He's actually learned to count to three largely because of wrestling -- Nate counts to 3 before Des is officially pinned.

The other day on the train ride home DPJ was having a hard time staying in his stroller and being happy about it and I suddenly had a flash of genius... wrestling talk. His face lit up as he repeated back to me all the various ridiculous terms Nate has remembered since childhood: full-nelson, figure-four, arm bar, 1-2-3, etc.

Baby D has also become a bat and ball enthusiast, esp. since buying him a soft set last Saturday for indoor play. He talks about them all the time. When they meet me after work Desi immediately begins telling me about his bat&ball, swinging his arms for emphasis. Upon arriving home his first thought is to locate them and play with me. Which is great as the weather has been cold and rainy and he hasn't been nearly as adamant about "go! walk!" this week.

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