Category: Toren

We picked this toy up at the pizza place we visited in Utah – it’s a stretchy toy that lights up when you move it.  Toren’s really moving it in this video, until, well, you’ll see (about the 22 or 23 second mark): No permanent damage done!

This is another in the long series of objects Toren has tried to “ride” – our door insulator (a bag filled with beans we put along the bottom of the front door to better insulate it):  

For a while Toren was doing this little shuffle where he would take a couple of small steps, then stop.  The only footage of it I managed to get was while we were waiting for the neighbor to take Toren and I for a ride on his new cart.  While we waited for him, Toren was…

I need to get better footage of this as I’m sure the cute toddling of toddlers eventually goes away, but here’s a shot of Toren running through the house (carrying his potty):

We use our cashback bonus from Discover to go out to eat occasionally.  During this visit to Romano’s, we got Toren some ice cream, which he devoured (video 1): The dessert I ordered also came with ice cream, which he then stole from Debi (video 2):

One night while Debi and I were making our bed, I convinced Toren to lie on the bed while we put the sheets on.  He thought it was fun: (apologies for another crappy video; my phone doesn’t shoot good video in the dark)

Candy pig?  Candy pig you say?  Yep!  Debi’s advisor gave it to her.  Apparently it’s a tradition in her Italian-American family (from her home town in NY).  It’s like a candy cane, but in the shape of a pig. No, I don’t get it either.  But Toren liked it:

Toren has quite the reputation for being a dancer at his daycare.  You can see why in this video as he dances with the soap dispenser (it has a cap that plays music, which is how long you are supposed to wash your hands):

Toren decided he wanted to race one day (all on his own).  A race consists of standing by either the desk or the wall in the office, one of us counting down, “On your mark, get set, go!” and everyone running across the room.  My favorite part is the sound Toren makes while he runs,…

Toren and I spend a little time each week taking the recycling out and picking up sticks and leaves in the yard (though I haven’t started the real leaf clean up as the leaves haven’t all fallen yet).  He wanted the rake during one of these efforts, so I let him have at it: I…