Finja

 So Daniel and Joaquin have developed some serious imaginative play.  They can make a game from anything.  Of course their favorite is to play 'Narnia', or to reenact encyclopedically each book.  This definitely proves Joaquin is understanding those books since he remembers everything! My favorite was actually when they took out a large map of the world and had pretend adventures in the countries that caught their fancy.  Not sure what all happened, they did make it to Iceland though.  This particular playtime appears to have been manipulated by Daniel in an effort to be 'playing' but still nap.  He and Joaquin were playing 'Praying Mantis' where one of them would pretend to be a prey bug and then the praying mantis (the other one) would grab them aggressively and yell about how they were eating their head and then their legs, etc. (Yeah, we've seen a lot of praying mantis feedings and it's not for the faint of heart.)  Then somehow this segued into Joaquin being the 'flea bird' which is like a superhero for dogs because it eats fleas.  (His words) Eliana is the dog in this instance and Daniel was the flea biting her and Joaquin would grab him and pretend to eat him.  At least little sister got to play.