Author: rcragun

  • big toy fun

    Here’s Toren climbing on a big toy at the same beach:

  • bird chaser

    I took Toren to the beach one day.  While there we chased some of the birds.  Here’s Toren going after some of the birds:

  • future high jumper

    Toren loves jumping.  Here he is jumping from one manhole cover to another at his daycare:

  • corn eater

    Toren still loves corn on the cob.  He’ll typically eat two ears whenever we have it:

  • climbing nets

    This is a short clip of Toren climbing some nets at Busch Gardens:

  • belly stamps

    Every week at Toren’s gymnastics class he get stamps, one on each hand, one on each foot, and one on his belly.  I got him to show me the stamp on his belly in this video:

  • umbrella, yes; sunscreen, no

    At Toren’s daycare they apply sunscreen before the kids go outside, which we really like as we don’t want Toren to get sunburns.  But, Toren hates sunscreen.  It’s always a battle to get it on him.  But our little problem solver came up with a new solution. While shopping the other day he found a…

  • little manipulator

    Debi was at the store with Toren shopping when Toren revealed a new negotiating technique he has developed.  He has recently taken to wanting to walk around in the store so he can go look at things.  And while he doesn’t say he wants everything, he regularly finds things that he does want and will…

  • time to censor ourselves

    Toren typically helps Debi make pancakes in the morning when she makes pancakes.  She usually lets Toren stir the pancake batter with the whisk.  The other day she put the bowl of batter down on the floor in the kitchen and gave Toren the whisk so he could stir the batter.  He stirred for a…

  • lesson learned

    Toren often has a runny nose.  It’s common enough that he regularly has snot on his shirt after daycare as he wipes his nose on his shirt a lot.  Of course, he doesn’t get all the snot; some of it is typically left to dry on his face. We point this out often enough that…