Ryan and Debi & Toren

Tag: Toren

  • Toren already does the opposite of what he’s told

    Toren started jumping (both feet at the same time) earlier than most kids.  I tried to catch it on film but when I asked him to jump, he wouldn’t.  I finally decided to try reverse psychology on my 22-month old son.  I told him, “Don’t jump!”  Et voila: I’m not sure what this means.  A…

  • making Toren laugh

    Debi usually gives Toren his bath at night, but I dry him off and put his diaper on afterward.  We usually play while I do that with me blowing on his belly and tickling him.  Some nights he laughs really hard.  I tried to capture it one night:

  • 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…