This is not an otoscope. This is a tweezer. He seems to enjoy the feeling of it in his ear...much like the otoscope. This is not baby approved. I have since confiscated it.

Sometimes the best thing at the park is the dirt

Sometimes they get along...sort of...mostly they just act like bickering siblings

Toren drinks his 'wawis' (water) like this...

One of the first things he does when he wakes up is look for the cats. His usually ends in him smothering them and the cats running away. Tor finds it hilarious.

Stroller got a flat tire. Nothing a bike pump and a brilliant one year old can't fix. Just give him a moment to figure this dang thing out...

We took him to meet some of our friends at a new restaurant called Ironside. Not exact a kid's place. He ran around grabbing the calves of every woman wearing a dress. He ate octopus and lobster. He ran circles around the waitstaff. He was a maniac.

He would walk right in, all the way, if we'd let him. The kid has no fear of the ocean. It's terrifying.

The beach exhausts me, but I'm too cool for naps

In his fort with his buds

Blocks

This happened for 30 minutes yesterday. This hasn't happened in months...

If you cover the 'keep off', then it is really sort of unclear what these signs really mean. And you can really walk on the flowers if you really want.

This morning's walk included lots of trucks. Toren was beyond ecstatic. There were many squeals and attempts to climb up the dirty machinery.

An ENT's son

We took Toren to the doctors yesterday to get his leg looked at and x-rayed. He has a gangsta limp every now and then that we wanted to get looked at. Things came back ok. But. But! But!! This kid is the weirdest. While we were waiting for the doc to come in, which took quite a while, Anton decided to look in Toren's ears. Toren loved it, which is weird for kids. Anton said they usually hate having their ears checked out. He loved it. Every. Moment. Of. It. So much that he kept leaning his head in towards Anton when Anton took the otoscope out. He would just lean in, stare off in space and wait until the scope went in his ear. Then he'd just sit there in silence, totally relaxed. Totally loving it. It was so strange. Then he grabbed Anton's head to keep him right there. When Anton let him hold the scope, well, it was all over. Weirdest thing ever.

Anton claims Tor still fits in the baby carrier. I'm not too sure.

Bed buds

Anton took Tor to the zoo. Tor loved every goat there. The kid in the background is definitely not down with the goat love. Not at all.

This is a service dog. Toren fell in love with it at the library. He picked up it's leash and started walking away with the dog, who happily followed. I'm pretty sure you aren't supposed to mess with service dogs. Dad was on supervision duty.

A couple of happy dudes

Story time at the library with pops: books, shenanigans and trucks

The cat catcher caught a cat

Toren and Ryder, just a couple of fish

Naps!

Nature's choking hazard

Squirrel chasing. Maybe next time bud.

See the squirrel?