Ryan and Debi & Toren

Author: rcragun

  • I knew this day would come

    I think every kid eventually learns a song like this and parents wonder how and why.  Anyway, I overheard Toren saying this in the back of the car and had to capture it on film.  He explains where he heard it and illustrates that he obviously has no idea what he’s saying:

  • hiking in Colt Creek State Park

    Toren and I did a little hiking a few Sundays back at a new park.  The layout was odd and the maps they had didn’t align with the actually trails as far as I could tell, but we did get to hike around a lake (Toren made it most of the way) and actually saw…

  • roadsideamerica.com visits

    In addition to our occasional hikes, I decided to start visiting some of the strange roadside attractions in the Tampa area.  Here are a few of the first places we visited. A local RV dealer decided to use a few old Airstream trailers to create a work of art next to I-4 called Airstream Ranch:…

  • Toren’s puppy

    Yeah, Toren doesn’t have a real puppy; never will.  But he decided his robot puppy needed some water:

  • ice cream at McDonalds

    Toren loves McDonalds ice cream cones:

  • if you’re parents won’t give you a sibling…

    Toren has talked about a sibling a lot lately.  Whenever he brings it up, we immediately emphasize the fact that he wouldn’t get as much of our attention and would have to share all of his toys and possibly even his room with a sibling.  So far, he hasn’t been dissuaded by those facts.  The…

  • big boy nets at Busch Gardens

    We found some new nets for Toren to climb at Busch Gardens:

  • Toren hunting for candy

    The Easter Bunny visited our house in early April and left Toren a ton of candy:

  • Toren in a bouncy house

    We went to a birthday party with a bouncy house.  Toren was one of the younger kids there but he wasn’t afraid in the bouncy house.  Here he is pulling off one of his favorite tricks:

  • he was born that way

    Toren was doing some art work tonight and decided to draw pictures of his friend monster.  As he drew, he turned to Debi and said, “My friend monster is kind of ugly.” Debi asked him, “How come?” Toren replied, “He has funny eyes.  (pause) He was born that way.”