Tor puts on a great puppet show!

Cuddling with his buds...then freaking out and throwing them all off the couch...then demanding they return for another cuddle. Madness.

A lesson on shadows

Oh great, this again.

A morning full of mourning

We went to Suzie's farm last weekend and picked an insane amount of tomatoes. They filled up this box. This box sat on our counter all week full of tomatoes. Tor loved them...not so much eating them...but squishing them, running around with them, putting the dangerous choking sized ones in his mouth and freaking us out. The box is now empty. Toren is sad. He still points to it and says "tot tot" (tomato in T talk). It was a morning spent mourning the tot tots.

Oh my you are getting huge!

He's all about pushing his bisal. We move very slowly.

This was 100% his idea. All of it.

Baseball game with Mom's company. He couldn't have cared less about the game but enjoyed his introduction to french fries.

Morning stroll, eating mud

Elmo Elmo Toren Tent

A thing we do

Suzie's Farm tomato pick

He got a 'bisal' (bicycle). There was never a happier boy. Ever.

Serious business: you can't tell, but they are listening to the accompanying CD. Thanks Gramma J!

Early morning beach trips wear him out

Sunrise surfing

Oh no!

Oh hey. Want some?

Just enjoying some pasta, oranges, olives, pickles and frozen smoothie bites with Elmo.

What's that? You want some?

Sure thing. Here's a delicious handful of olives and frozen smoothie bites with a bit of pasta sauce around the edges. And quite possibly some sand from my sandbox. That often sneaks in.

Scared? Oh, don't be. It's good stuff. See?

Really. Get over here and eat some. Look, this is a pretty disgusting mixture I've created and I'm not quite sure how to eat my way out. I could use some help. Here's an olive and orange slice combo with a bit of pickle. Have a go.

Toren spent the afternoon with me at work. I had an unexpected interview. He sang a made-up song about Elmo, ripped up a copy if forbes while screaming and then stabbed her in the foot with a tack. She got the job. I just couldn't turn her down after that abuse.

Toren won 'cutest kid in the tub' award tonight. Competition was stiff.

The 'I can stand on a pot...or not' series

Sliver in my foot. Toren had to help. Later he walked up to me, stabbed my foot with the tweezers and made me bleed. Then told me 'ouch'. Thanks bud.

Happy to be back in Balboa!

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