Author: rcragun
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the odd things he picks up
I asked Toren to do something one night but he was busy. How did he respond? He put up one finger and said, “One sec.”
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beignets at Cafe Dumond
Despite having been to New Orleans at least twice before, neither Debi or I had ever had a beignet. So, we made a special trip to Cafe Dumond before driving back to Tampa to pick up some beignets. Toren and Debi loved them: Me? I thought they were okay, but a little too sugary for…
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the Audobon Zoo
We took Toren to the zoo while we were there. It’s a nice zoo; very large. But Toren didn’t seem extremely interested, though it could have been lack of sleep. He did get his picture taken with the Buddha: To entertain Toren on the ride up we put Star Wars – The Clone Wars on…
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dinner and a movie
While we did spend a fair amount of time at the conference, we also found time to sneak out with Toren to see some of New Orleans. We caught a movie at the aquarium… Well, Debi and I did. Toren was so exhausted from not taking a nap that he fell asleep about 5 minutes…
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beach in Sandestin
In early April Debi and I had a conference in New Orleans where we presenting a poster with one of my students. Since both of us were going, we decided it would be easiest to rent a car and drive to take Toren with us. To break up the drive, which is about 11 hours,…
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Manners? We’re still working on those…
Toren’s still not very neat when he eats. Here he is pretending to be a pig while he eats spaghetti: He doesn’t do much better with pears:
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birthday party
Toren was invited to the birthday party of the son of one of my colleague’s. Toren loved it. They got to pop bubbles, which Toren loves: They also got to blow bubbles with a gun, which combines two of Toren’s favorite activities – bubbles and shooting stuff (he doesn’t have a gun, but he pretends…
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What do you get when you combine kung fu with soccer?
You get Toren soccer: I’m increasingly amazed at how athletic Toren is. With parents who were better dancers than they were athletes, we’re not quite sure where he gets it, but he loves soccer and baseball.
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Oklahoma City Memorial
In March I traveled with a group of students to Oklahoma to volunteer during spring break. On the last day the volunteer trips typically include an excursion. While we were volunteering with the Cherokee Nation, which is closer to Tulsa, we decided to use our excursion day to travel to Oklahoma City to see the…
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How does Toren eat a brownie?
It goes something like this: