Category: Toren
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Toren training
Ever since Toren learned to curse (with two particular words – sh*t and d*mn), we’ve been trying to teach him that he probably shouldn’t say those words, at least not in public since some people will take offense. It looks like the lessons are paying off. The other day while she was driving, Toren piped…
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how many more times will we hear this one
Toren has tried this a few times now. We’re getting ready to go somewhere and he doesn’t want to go. To get out of going he’ll say, “I don’t want to go. My sick.”
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scattered thoughts
Toren’s thoughts don’t always flow together perfectly. We let him watch Fabulous Four one night and here’s what he said when it was over, “My like it. Now my go to bed. My sleep naked.”
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love sucks
Toren has already figured out how to use the word love to his advantage. Debi had to leave one day and, of course, Toren didn’t want her to. So he ran to her and said, “Mommy, don’t leave. My love you.”
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the odd things he picks up
I asked Toren to do something one night but he was busy. How did he respond? He put up one finger and said, “One sec.”
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beignets at Cafe Dumond
Despite having been to New Orleans at least twice before, neither Debi or I had ever had a beignet. So, we made a special trip to Cafe Dumond before driving back to Tampa to pick up some beignets. Toren and Debi loved them: Me? I thought they were okay, but a little too sugary for…
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the Audobon Zoo
We took Toren to the zoo while we were there. It’s a nice zoo; very large. But Toren didn’t seem extremely interested, though it could have been lack of sleep. He did get his picture taken with the Buddha: To entertain Toren on the ride up we put Star Wars – The Clone Wars on…
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dinner and a movie
While we did spend a fair amount of time at the conference, we also found time to sneak out with Toren to see some of New Orleans. We caught a movie at the aquarium… Well, Debi and I did. Toren was so exhausted from not taking a nap that he fell asleep about 5 minutes…
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beach in Sandestin
In early April Debi and I had a conference in New Orleans where we presenting a poster with one of my students. Since both of us were going, we decided it would be easiest to rent a car and drive to take Toren with us. To break up the drive, which is about 11 hours,…
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Manners? We’re still working on those…
Toren’s still not very neat when he eats. Here he is pretending to be a pig while he eats spaghetti: He doesn’t do much better with pears: