Ryan and Debi & Toren

Author: rcragun

  • Toren and the stick

    Toren loves to be outside.  He particularly loves finding sticks and then hitting stuff with them (Debi recently trained him to not hit our cars).  Here he is hitting the ground:

  • Cheerios

    Toren is just too cute not to take pictures of these days.  Here he is eating cheerios one morning:

  • Ski show in November?

    What did you do over Thanksgiving weekend? I’m guessing there is no one else who reads this blog who did what Toren and I did (Debi included). We went to a water skiing show! Yep, it was a bit chilly (in the mid 60s), but still plenty warm for water skiing in Tampa. I’ve always…

  • Cambridge, England – day 2

    This was the one day I had for doing sightseeing as I was in Cambridge during finals and had a lot of grading to do.  I started the day with a visit to a church.  As a sociologist of religion, I periodically go to church to see what the “natives” are doing.  In England I…

  • Cambridge, England – Day 1

    My university was kind enough to fund another trip to England for a workshop (put on by the NSRN).  This time the workshop was in Cambridge (I was in Oxford last year).  I had a bit of a scare last year with a flight being delayed when I was leaving, so I decided to arrive…

  • Why are crossed legs so cute?

    Not sure why he crosses his legs like this, but I find it cute every time he does, especially when he’s asleep:

  • red sock + blue sock

    Surprise, surprise, Toren has opinions!  The other day he insisted that Debi put on him a red sock… and a blue sock!  So, what did Toren wear to daycare?  One red sock and one blue sock: The daycare workers wondered if we noticed when we put them on in the morning.  When I told them…

  • sand sculptures

    Thanks to the “things-to-do” feature of the St. Pete Times, Toren and I made our way out to Treasure Island Beach on November 20th to see sand sculptures. I had to hold Toren tightly while we looked at the sculptures as his favorite thing to do in the sand is destroy stuff, which he later…

  • Bubbles

    Another word Toren has learned is “bubbles.”  He says it regularly.  In fact, just the other night he said “bubbles” then ran into the bathroom and opened the close where we keep them.  He loves to run around popping the bubbles, and gets to do this at daycare as well, which is what the video…

  • Toren and his oatmeal

    Ever since our trip to Europe over the summer, Toren has loved oatmeal (Rosemary, his grandma, brought some on the trip).  He has it almost every morning and asks for it specifically (he can say “oatmeal”).  I tried to film him using his spoon to eat his oatmeal, but as soon as I started filming…