Ryan and Debi & Toren

Author: rcragun

  • Trains and toys

    The St. Petersburg Times has a great feature every day called “things-to-do”.  I didn’t follow it closely before Toren, but now I look pretty closely and have found a couple of winning ideas.  After the mall and Toren’s nap, I took him to Largo Central Park to ride the free mini-train, the Largo Central Railroad.…

  • what to do when your kid is up early on the weekend

    Debi had an early morning flight for a conference.  That resulted in Toren getting up early.  It was the weekend and a little chilly outside (you know, maybe in the 60s).  So, what to do?  Well, since I’m cheap, I figured I could take him to a kids’ play area in the local mall.  It’s…

  • Toren’s new game

    Toren is getting more and more mobile and more daring. Over the last month and a half he started diving on pillows on his bed and on ours. Since all of our floors are tile, this is pretty risky. If he falls, it won’t be pretty. So, we compromised. He wants to dive on pillows,…

  • picking Toren up at daycare

    Toren still doesn’t like getting dropped off at daycare.  Most days he cries, but he calms down almost immediately once we leave.  But when we pick him up, it’s a different story.  Ever since he could, he runs to us: He does this every day! It’s heartwarming to know your child wants to be with…

  • Toren playing in kitchen cupboard

    This is a short video clip of Toren playing in one of the kitchen cupboards.  This one is particularly funny at the 14 second mark as I’m telling Toren he needs to be careful because the last time he played with the blender he fell on it and cut open his lip.  Watch Toren’s response:

  • Toren in the fountains at the zoo – part 2

    Here are the remaining video clips of Toren playing in the fountains at the zoo: The little girl in this one wanted to play with Toren, but he kept running away and even tried to push here away a few times:

  • Toren at the zoo in the fountains

    I’ve shown clips of Toren playing in the fountains at the zoo before. I’m back with some more. Now that he is a bit older and even more mobile, he really gets around in these fountains: While I didn’t capture it on film, he did have a tumble while running around in the fountains. He…

  • Toren on the front steps

    There’s just something about a toddler sitting on the front steps of a house that is cute:

  • cat problem and innate morality

    Our neighbors to the east of us recently moved out (they were renting).  In the last couple of months before they moved out, we think they adopted a young cat.  They may not have and the cat may have just showed up recently, but it seemed to spend a lot of time in their yard,…

  • Toren on toys at Boca Ciega Park

    I took Toren for a hike in Boca Ciega Millenium Park in mid-October. After our hike (about 45 minutes), I let him loose on the toys there. Here are some videos of him going down slides (he loves slides) and swinging (not a big fan):