http://www.ryananddebi.com Public journal, baby stuff, travelogue, book reviews, and other stuff... (mostly written by Ryan) Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:00:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/26/toren-loses-a-fight/ http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/26/toren-loses-a-fight/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:00:21 +0000 ryan http://www.ryananddebi.com/?p=4870 … to cool whip.  Debi let him try it while we were eating pancakes with strawberries the other day.  He liked it enough to rub it all over his face, and then into his eyes, at which point he realized the cool whip had the ability to make him cry: He didn’t like cool whip [...]]]> http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/26/toren-loses-a-fight/feed/ 0 http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/25/torens-picked-up-body-modding/ http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/25/torens-picked-up-body-modding/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:00:35 +0000 ryan http://www.ryananddebi.com/?p=4866 So I mentioned that we’re well on our way to getting our money’s worth out of the annual zoo pass we bought.  During one of those visits, the staff at the zoo was handing out rub on tattoos.  Here’s Toren showing off his tat’: Hardcore, huh?]]> http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/25/torens-picked-up-body-modding/feed/ 1 http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/24/the-zoo/ http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/24/the-zoo/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:00:48 +0000 ryan http://www.ryananddebi.com/?p=4858 Because we’re workaholics yet want to spend time with Toren, we’ve worked out our weekends so Debi has Toren in the morning until 1:00 while I work and then I have him from 1:00 until he’s ready to go to bed around 8:00.  That’s usually when I take him hiking or biking.  To add a [...]]]> http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/24/the-zoo/feed/ 0 http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/23/torens-a-little-advanced-for-his-age/ http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/23/torens-a-little-advanced-for-his-age/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:00:40 +0000 ryan http://www.ryananddebi.com/?p=4855 I let Toren play in the passenger seat of the rental car while we were in Oregon to keep him busy while I got the backpack ready.  He loved it and remembered it, so I let him play in the passenger seat in my car one day.  Debi went a step further and let him [...]]]> http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/23/torens-a-little-advanced-for-his-age/feed/ 0 http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/23/re-joys-of-muslim-women-more-debunking/ http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/23/re-joys-of-muslim-women-more-debunking/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:25:27 +0000 ryan http://www.ryananddebi.com/?p=4883 Another relative (not my uncle this time), sent me the email below, but (I think smartly) asked me if it was accurate.  My response follows the email: This was written by a woman born in Egypt as a Muslim. This is not heresay, and it will scare the life out of you. Make sure you read [...]]]> http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/23/re-joys-of-muslim-women-more-debunking/feed/ 2 http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/22/wow/ http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/22/wow/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:04:17 +0000 ryan http://www.ryananddebi.com/?p=4879 I had no idea…]]> http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/22/wow/feed/ 0 http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/22/one-more-positive-from-the-world-cup/ http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/22/one-more-positive-from-the-world-cup/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:00:20 +0000 ryan http://www.ryananddebi.com/?p=4844 Toren, whether he wanted to or not, got to watch a lot of World Cup soccer (as that’s pretty much all I did in my free time during June and July). You can see him sitting on his improvised soccer watching seat in this photo: Turns out those hours and hours of exposure to soccer [...]]]> http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/22/one-more-positive-from-the-world-cup/feed/ 0 http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/21/toren-helping-with-laundry/ http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/21/toren-helping-with-laundry/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:36:37 +0000 ryan http://www.ryananddebi.com/?p=4841 While he doesn’t really show it that well in this video, Toren’s typical way of “helping” with the laundry is to pull everything off the couch or chair as quickly as possible and throw it on the floor:]]> http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/21/toren-helping-with-laundry/feed/ 0 http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/20/pushing-the-trash/ http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/20/pushing-the-trash/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:38:26 +0000 ryan http://www.ryananddebi.com/?p=4840 As soon as he learned how to walk, Toren started finding new toys, namely, our trash cans.  We’re not sure why he likes doing this, but he pushes our trash cans all over the place now: Luckily we keep them fairly clean and empty them regularly.  So far we haven’t had any major messes as [...]]]> http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/20/pushing-the-trash/feed/ 0 http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/19/new-email-from-my-uncle-jose-legal-vs-jose-illegal/ http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/19/new-email-from-my-uncle-jose-legal-vs-jose-illegal/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:59 +0000 ryan http://www.ryananddebi.com/?p=4875 So, I got another email from my uncle (well, Debi got it and forwarded it to me). Here it is: JOSE LEGAL VS. JOSE ILLEGAL You have two families: Jose Legal and Jose Illegal. Both families have two parents, two children and live in California. Jose Legal works in construction, has a social security number [...]]]> http://www.ryananddebi.com/2010/07/19/new-email-from-my-uncle-jose-legal-vs-jose-illegal/feed/ 16