Ryan and Debi & Toren

Author: rcragun

  • making lemonade

    We were talking to Toren last night while eating dinner about his daycare.  One of his friends, Bobby, had gotten in trouble during the day.  I asked him what happens to the kids when they get in trouble.  He told me that Bobby had to sit by himself while the teacher read a book to…

  • total respect

    Toren just recently entered a new phase, the “I don’t like you phase.”  When we would ask or tell him to do something he didn’t want to do, or if he had to do a time out for some reason, he started telling us, “I don’t like you.” After about the third or fourth time…

  • little biologist

    Toren was watching an episode of Wild Kratts this morning while Debi and I got ready for work.  In an effort to remind him that he was going to be coming to my work for my tenure and promotion celebration, Debi mentioned to him that I worked with some biologists, that they might be at…

  • LinuxMint: Run Two Instances of Firefox Simultaneously (for Zotero)

    Advanced users of Zotero, the amazing, free bibliography management software, may have run into the problem that you have two separate Zotero databases and want to access them at the same time.  I used to manage multiple databases simultaneously by using a really cool Firefox extension: Foxtester.  Alas, that extension is no longer working with…

  • hopscotch at the park

    Toren picked up how to do hopscotch:

  • applying Valentine stickers

    Toren’s Granmary sent some Valentine stickers that Toren immediately wanted to put up.  Here’s a clip of him applying them:

  • chomp chomp

    Toren wanted me to film him chomping at a restaurant one day:

  • bubble wrap party

    One of Toren’s favorite activities is to pop bubble wrap.  Here’s a clip of him doing some popping, helped by Debi when he can’t quite finish it off:

  • Toren running up a slide

    I took Toren to the park one day and he showed off his ability to run up the slide:

  • cheetah party

    Debi just asked Toren what he wants to do for his birthday party.  His response, “I want a cheetah party.” Then Debi asked what you do at a cheetah party. Toren explained, “You just run, and you eat, and you play, ’cause cheetahs like to do that.”