Author: rcragun

  • You know you’ve spent too much time in hotels when…

    You’re two year-old knows where to put his suitcase:

  • future movie title: Toren Cragun, Dragon Rider

    Our zoo has a komodo dragon.  We let Toren ride it:

  • cute photo from Jacksonville photoshoot

    Just a gratuitous photo of Toren, ’cause he’s so handsome:

  • Jobbrz

    Debi and I came up with an idea a few years ago about two kids, Mari and Darwin, who interview people with different jobs to learn about different occupations.  The original idea was a book series, but given all of our other projects and interests, the idea got shelved.  Then I found xtranormal.com and realized…

  • Cragun male in training

    If you know Cragun males, you know we love to read while on the throne.  In fact, I’d dare say that the average Cragun male reads more on the toilet every year than the average American reads in total. Toren must have received the “read while you do your business gene”:

  • don’t feed the animals at the zoo… except this one

    Debi took Toren to the zoo with some friends who have a daughter that’s about 8 months older than Toren.  She decided to feed the animals at the zoo:

  • 4th of July at beach

    Debi came down with pinkeye on the 3rd of July, so we opted to stay away from people as much as possible.  We opted for the beach on the 4th, which Toren always enjoys.  We went to Fort de Soto, which is always beautiful and rarely busy, but it filled up pretty quick on the…

  • faceplants for fun

    This is footage from our Jacksonville trip.  Toren started falling onto his face on the bed, for fun: Readers out there with kids, do your kids do this?

  • Toren as future mad scientist

    Mad scientists wear rubber gloves, right?  We had some on the counter one day while Toren was watching me make cookies.  He insisted we put them on.  The end result: Mad Scientist Toren:

  • batting practice

    Toren is a very physically active little kid.  If he’s not diving off couches, he’s running around with a baseball bat.  To make things a little easier, I rigged up a way to suspend a tennis ball in our ultra-small lanai so Toren can swing to his heart’s content: