Category: Toren
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hike to Beaver Ponds
Toren has a new favorite animated kids show on PBS – Wild Kratts. It’s about two brothers who have adventures with different animals. In one episode they explore what beavers do. When we planned our trip to Utah and were going to be staying with my parents for a few days, I remembered that there…
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Toren’s on email… well, sort of
We spent a night in a hotel recently while I was presenting at a conference in Orlando. While I was away at the conference, Toren and Debi were back in our room getting ready to go to dinner. Toren found a piece of paper and was writing on it while Debi got ready. When Debi…
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not much of a scientist yet…
Toren seems fascinated with the different states of water. He knows that ice melts and turns into liquid water. But he’s still trying to figure out what happens when water evaporates. Debi explained it to him one day, and a few days later was quizzing him about it. She asked him, “Toren, when water evaporates,…
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future interior decorator… for the Addams Family?
Debi was reading Toren a story tonight about a boy who grows up and gets a house of his own, moving out of his parents’ house. Debi mentioned to Toren that he would one day grow up and move out, getting a place of his own. Toren looked at her and said, “Really?” Debi nodded…
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How to Potty Train Your Three-Year Old
Step 1: Do nothing. Step 2: Every time he craps in his diaper say, “If you pooped in the toilet I wouldn’t have to smell this while I clean your butt.” His response… a blank stare. 😐 Step 3: When your son says, “I want to wear underwear,” you agree to buy him underwear…
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how a toddler sees the world
We were watching the opening ceremony of the London Olympics with Toren and we got to the part with Rowan Atkinson (a.k.a. Mr. Bean). There is a brief dream sequence where he imagines he is running with the other men in Chariots of Fire along the beach: As the camera pulled back to reveal a…
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Toren math
Toren was counting on his fingers the other night with Debi’s help. He can get to five quite well as he has five fingers. He counted all the fingers on his right hand, then all the fingers on his left hand, reaching five each time. When he was done, Debi said, “And five plus five…
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it’s somewhere
Toren has recently started saying something that is both profound and funny. When we’ll ask him where something is, like his shoes or a missing puzzle piece, his response is always, “It’s somewhere.” He’s right, of course, but not helpful at all.
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Take what off?
Toren and Debi were laying on the couch together one evening when I overheard the following conversation: Toren, reaching his hand toward Debi: “Mom, take this off.” Debi: “Take what off?” Toren, wiggling his fingers: “My boogers.” Toren had, in fact, picked his nose and was asking Debi to get the boogers off his fingers.
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Toren hitting baseballs
Toren’s pretty athletic, probably more so than either of us. I’m not claiming he’s destined to be a professional athlete, but some of what he does is impressive. Here he is hitting a baseball – well, sometimes hitting a baseball: