Ryan and Debi & Toren

Category: Toren

  • Toren’s growing – everywhere

    Debi was out of town for a few days and just got back home.  Being away from Toren for even a few days right now means he’s learned new words by the time you see him again, so it does seem like he changes quickly. Once home, Debi asked Toren, “Have you grown since I…

  • what not to say about your mom

    Toren was drawing on some scrap paper the other day and was making very large circles.  When he finished, he turned around to Debi and I who were nearby but busy with other things and said in a very loud voice, “This is mom, with her big, huge tummy.” I laughed out loud for several…

  • Toren is Spiderman

    Toren’s grandmother gave him a gift he really liked: a Spiderman web-shooter.  It shoots both a sticky web from one canister and water from another.  Here he is testing out the sticky web shooter:

  • Toren not exercising

    Toren’s grandparents have a hobby horse that Toren likes to ride when we visit.  During this visit he called it “exercising” when he rode the horse.  I tried to film him “exercising” but as soon as I started filming, he stopped exercising:

  • the cake incident

    We asked Toren what he would want if he learned to use the toilet and stopped using diapers.  His response, “To jump in a cake.”  While we’re not fans of wasting food, we were perfectly willing to waste a cake if it meant no more diapers.  During our trip to Utah, Toren’s grandmother made a…

  • conversations from the bath tub

    I was doing the dishes in the kitchen after dinner while Debi took a bath with Toren.  Here’s the conversation I overheard: Toren: My penis is big. Debi: That happens when you play with it. Toren: No. That happens because it turns into a trampoline. (He then began bouncing one of his toy people on…

  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    Toren fell in love with The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle for a while and watched it enough to pseudo-memorize it.  Here he is performing it at Grandmary’s house in Utah: And here is Debi performing it with puppets to show Toren how he could use the puppets a little more effectively (which he…

  • first test ride

    Here’s Toren trying out his new bike:

  • Toren has a new bike

    We found a two-wheel bike for Toren on Craig’s List for $10 (plus helmet).  It has training wheels.  Toren took to it like it was old news.  I have some video of him riding the bike the first time that I’ll post soon. I had to get a new bike rack for my car since…

  • anthropomorphizing at 3

    In our ongoing battle against ants, we found a few in the bathroom today.  Toren saw them all together and asked Debi what they were doing.  Debi said she didn’t know.  Then Toren suggested a possibility, “Maybe they’re talking.” Or, in comic form: