Category: Toren

Toren was invited to the birthday party of the son of one of my colleague’s.  Toren loved it.  They got to pop bubbles, which Toren loves: They also got to blow bubbles with a gun, which combines two of Toren’s favorite activities – bubbles and shooting stuff (he doesn’t have a gun, but he pretends…

You get Toren soccer: I’m increasingly amazed at how athletic Toren is.  With parents who were better dancers than they were athletes, we’re not quite sure where he gets it, but he loves soccer and baseball.

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Toren and I went on a hike one day near Sarasota.  Toren’s imagination is getting better and he was pretending we were surrounded by monsters as I carried him through the backwoods.  I, on the other hand, was afraid of actual animals that might attack us, since not many people hike here in Florida and…

We had some good friends who, for a while, lived right across the street from us.  They had a baby they named Quinn and recently moved to Michigan.  Before they moved the mother used to come over on Saturdays and she and Debi would take Quinn and Toren to the park.  Toren still talks about…

Blue bunny ears and chocolate rabbits: Toren is finally starting to get what holidays are, which is making them much more fun.

The splash pads at Busch Gardens:

We found a little train at Busch Gardens like the one at the Tampa Zoo.  We keep finding new stuff; the place is huge:

This orangutan was sitting right next to the glass just staring people in the eyes one day.  It was actually quite sad:

Toren found a turtle to ride at Busch Gardens one day: