Author: rcragun

I need to get better footage of this as I’m sure the cute toddling of toddlers eventually goes away, but here’s a shot of Toren running through the house (carrying his potty):

We use our cashback bonus from Discover to go out to eat occasionally.  During this visit to Romano’s, we got Toren some ice cream, which he devoured (video 1): The dessert I ordered also came with ice cream, which he then stole from Debi (video 2):

One night while Debi and I were making our bed, I convinced Toren to lie on the bed while we put the sheets on.  He thought it was fun: (apologies for another crappy video; my phone doesn’t shoot good video in the dark)

Candy pig?  Candy pig you say?  Yep!  Debi’s advisor gave it to her.  Apparently it’s a tradition in her Italian-American family (from her home town in NY).  It’s like a candy cane, but in the shape of a pig. No, I don’t get it either.  But Toren liked it:

Toren has quite the reputation for being a dancer at his daycare.  You can see why in this video as he dances with the soap dispenser (it has a cap that plays music, which is how long you are supposed to wash your hands):

Toren decided he wanted to race one day (all on his own).  A race consists of standing by either the desk or the wall in the office, one of us counting down, “On your mark, get set, go!” and everyone running across the room.  My favorite part is the sound Toren makes while he runs,…

Toren and I spend a little time each week taking the recycling out and picking up sticks and leaves in the yard (though I haven’t started the real leaf clean up as the leaves haven’t all fallen yet).  He wanted the rake during one of these efforts, so I let him have at it: I…

Some of our friends have a cute little dog, Chloe.  Since we don’t have pets, Toren seems very interested in other peoples’ pets, especially when they are smaller than he is (he’s a bit afraid of our neighbor’s big dog, which is at least twice as big as Toren).  During one of our visits, Chloe…

One of Toren’s recent infections was diagnosed as having made it to his lungs.  So, he was prescribed nebulizer treatments.  He hated them.  The only way we could get him to do the treatments is if he watched videos during the treatment (and even then it was a struggle).  Here he is during a treatment:…