Ryan and Debi & Toren

Category: Toren

  • watch out corn on the cob

    Toren loves corn on the cob.  Here he is going down on a cob:

  • Toren pretending to be a wizard

    We were taking care of some stuff in the garage one day when it started to rain.  Toren had a stick and started pointing it at the rain.  I couldn’t help but think he was casting a “stop the rain spell”:

  • Toren and the TV

    Toren loves him some TV:

  • toddler in a bumbo

    We got our bumbo back to give to someone else with a newborn, but Toren hijacked it for a few days.  Think he still fits:

  • dinosaurs at the zoo

    The local zoo had a dinosaur exhibit recently.  We took Toren a couple of times, but he didn’t really seem to like it (despite liking Dinosaur Train); he was scared.  Here’s a picture of him by one of the dinosaurs: I, of course, had to get a picture of me taunting a dinosaur, since I’m…

  • chocolate lover

    While Toren still eats veggies (he loves corn, broccoli, carrots, and green beans), he has found his sweet tooth.  I made a chocolate dessert one night and let Toren and Debi lick the bowl.  This was the result:

  • Easter

    We spent most of Easter at the house of some friends where we had a delicious brunch and then went swimming (Toren’s favorite part, of course).  Our friends took a few pictures. Here I am getting Toren dressed after swimming: And here’s Toren kissing their dog, Chloe:

  • You pick it up!

    One thing we try to reinforce with Toren is that he has to pick up his toys.  When we first started trying to teach him to do this, he fought us.  He would sit down, lay down, run away, all while crying.  He really did not want to pick up his toys (or food, when…

  • Mom, come join me

    We haven’t started trying to potty train Toren as he hasn’t shown all that much interest in it.  But it does seem like he can tell at this point when he needs to mictorate or defecate, and it seems like he can control.  However, he gives no warning as to when he’s going to do…

  • scissors?

    It’s fascinating to see what Toren picks up just by watching us.  We certainly try to teach him things, but observing us seems to have a bigger influence – at least at present. We gave Toren a small box to play with the other day.  In playing with it, he wanted to open it, but…