Author: rcragun
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Toren the Tiger
Debi took Toren to a fair at the hospital where his daycare is one Saturday. They had free face painting, so Toren got his face painted as a tiger. Later that evening we went to McDonald’s for ice cream and he made some of his “funny faces” for the camera:
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when life crushes your gingerbread house, eat it!
I’ve been a bit busy lately. Our home was burgled in early December. Taking care of everything we’ve needed to do since then has been overwhelming. The thieves mostly took electronics, but also my bike. And, in the process, they smashed the gingerbread house Toren and Debi had just made. I decided to film Toren’s…
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Toren wants (and apparently sort of knows how) to make a baby
Toren wanted to make a baby this morning. Debi was thinking they’d make one using various craft items. But Toren knew better. He walked into our room, opened the drawer in our nightstand, pulled out a condom, and said, “You use one of these.” Not quite, but he’s on the right track.
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I’m not Toren’s favorite dad
On the way home from daycare today, I was asking Toren questions. He then volunteered that he liked one of the other kids’ fathers better than he likes me. When I asked him why, he said, “Because he’s stronger than you are.” Of course I had to pursue that, so I asked him, “How do…
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payback
Remember that video of me scaring Toren? The one that now has over 8 million views on youtube? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLla0Q3egIc Yeah, well, Toren finally got me back:
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Toren on the nets at Busch Gardens
There’s something about my little boy climbing on these nets that makes me want to film him: Maybe it’s just that he looks so small compared to the nets, but he’s so much bigger than he used to be.
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still working on throwing
Since Toren is too young to feed the kangaroos, the zoo gives him free fish food to throw to the koi and ducks in a nearby pond. Here he is doing his best to throw it to the ducks and fish: He won’t be headed to the major leagues any time soon…
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jumping skills
Toren has jumping skills: We’re still working on the nunchuk skills!
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Busch Gardens creatures
I mostly film Toren when we visit Busch Gardens, but I ended up filming a couple of other creatures while we were there one day. Here’s an ant eater giving it’s baby a ride on its back: Toren insisted I film the mother giving the baby a ride. Toren found this snail crawling across a…
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Toren’s on email…
Okay, Toren isn’t really able to send email yet (though we still have his email account we set up when he was born). But he also has no conception of writing a letter. He thinks any time you write something down that could be construed as words, it’s actually an email. So, here he is…