Travel, Tech, Thoughts…

Toren got a new car from some friend’s of ours (for a kid who isn’t supposed to have toys other than blocks, he now has quite a collection of toys).  He also likes wearing hats now and borrowed one of Debi’s, which is too big for him.  Combine the two and you get our version…

Toren has shown almost no interest in the toilet.  But, in good Cragun fashion, we asked him if he’d sit on the training potty if we gave him a book.  He said yes.  Ergo: It’s so well-known that Cragun’s like reading on the throne that one of my good friends gave me a book holder…

Toren’s new daycare brings in a professional photographer every so often to take candid photos of the kids.  They then print the best photos and put them on display so you can purchase them.  We didn’t think we’d be interested, but we decided to look at the photos anyway just to see.  When I stopped…

Another of Toren’s new favorite activities: pulling all the wipes out of the holder and throwing them everywhere:

Toren really hasn’t been that interested in stuffed animals or dolls of any sort.  At least, he wasn’t until about a month ago when he, unprompted, picked up his bear, Carol (named after the person who gave it to him) and decided to play with her.  He started out wrestling her, then going for a…

While I’m not sure Toren understands the idea of “presents” yet, he does now understand how to open them.  Some friends sent him some gifts and we took a couple pictures of him opening them to illustrate: Toren also has a test he puts most of his new toys through.  It’s kind of like the…

Toren is deeply in love… with his stroller.  He loves to ride in his stroller.  And now he has something new to do with it: climb into the storage compartment, which is a perfect fit for him.  He figured this one out on his own the other day and we find him just hanging out…

While Toren still doesn’t say much, he understands more and more.  One thing he started doing recently is making his “cute” face.  I’m not sure where he got this, but when you ask him if he’s cute, he scrunches up his face into a cute little smile.  I finally caught it on tape while he…

I was headed out the door this past Saturday to go shopping and was taking Toren with me.  I had him in my arms.  As I opened the door and was ready to leave, I told Toren to blow Debi a kiss.  He did.  Then I asked him for a kiss.  He took the one…