Author: rcragun

We were watching the opening ceremony of the London Olympics with Toren and we got to the part with Rowan Atkinson (a.k.a. Mr. Bean).  There is a brief dream sequence where he imagines he is running with the other men in Chariots of Fire along the beach: As the camera pulled back to reveal a…

Toren was counting on his fingers the other night with Debi’s help.  He can get to five quite well as he has five fingers.  He counted all the fingers on his right hand, then all the fingers on his left hand, reaching five each time.  When he was done, Debi said, “And five plus five…

Toren has recently started saying something that is both profound and funny.  When we’ll ask him where something is, like his shoes or a missing puzzle piece, his response is always, “It’s somewhere.”  He’s right, of course, but not helpful at all.

Toren and Debi were laying on the couch together one evening when I overheard the following conversation: Toren, reaching his hand toward Debi: “Mom, take this off.” Debi: “Take what off?” Toren, wiggling his fingers: “My boogers.” Toren had, in fact, picked his nose and was asking Debi to get the boogers off his fingers.

Toren’s pretty athletic, probably more so than either of us.  I’m not claiming he’s destined to be a professional athlete, but some of what he does is impressive.  Here he is hitting a baseball – well, sometimes hitting a baseball:

We play the “dark game” (that’s Toren’s name for it; it’s basically hide and seek with flashlights) regularly.  We make Toren count while one of us hides.  He used to have to count to 10, now we’re up to 20.  Here he is counting to 10 in the dark (not great video, but the audio…

Debi and Toren got a decadent dessert at TGI Friday on our way back from New Orleans.  Toren was in heave – cookies and ice cream!?!