Travel, Tech, Thoughts…
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Manners? We’re still working on those…
Toren’s still not very neat when he eats. Here he is pretending to be a pig while he eats spaghetti: He doesn’t do much better with pears:
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birthday party
Toren was invited to the birthday party of the son of one of my colleague’s. Toren loved it. They got to pop bubbles, which Toren loves: They also got to blow bubbles with a gun, which combines two of Toren’s favorite activities – bubbles and shooting stuff (he doesn’t have a gun, but he pretends…
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What do you get when you combine kung fu with soccer?
You get Toren soccer: I’m increasingly amazed at how athletic Toren is. With parents who were better dancers than they were athletes, we’re not quite sure where he gets it, but he loves soccer and baseball.
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Oklahoma City Memorial
In March I traveled with a group of students to Oklahoma to volunteer during spring break. On the last day the volunteer trips typically include an excursion. While we were volunteering with the Cherokee Nation, which is closer to Tulsa, we decided to use our excursion day to travel to Oklahoma City to see the…
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How does Toren eat a brownie?
It goes something like this:
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wazzup, armadillo?
Toren and I went on a hike one day near Sarasota. Toren’s imagination is getting better and he was pretending we were surrounded by monsters as I carried him through the backwoods. I, on the other hand, was afraid of actual animals that might attack us, since not many people hike here in Florida and…
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Baby Quinn
We had some good friends who, for a while, lived right across the street from us. They had a baby they named Quinn and recently moved to Michigan. Before they moved the mother used to come over on Saturdays and she and Debi would take Quinn and Toren to the park. Toren still talks about…
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first cancelled class… in 5 years
I will have taught at the University of Tampa for five years at the end of this semester. During that time I’ve cancelled classes for conferences, which I usually know about well in advance. I also cancelled classes once when my brother Mark died. But I’ve never cancelled a class because I was sick or…
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the true meaning of Easter
Blue bunny ears and chocolate rabbits: Toren is finally starting to get what holidays are, which is making them much more fun.
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What’s better than Busch Gardens?
The splash pads at Busch Gardens: