Ren says Cheese

Our friend Ron taught Ren to say "cheese" when she sees a camera. This video is just Ren being cute on the couch.

Ren vs. Chopsticks

These noodles, by the way, are delicious.

Ren in winter

These next two videos will give you an idea of how far behind I am in posting videos. These two are from Ren playing outdoors in winter time. Thank goodness this snow is gone now.

This first one is just Ren at play. She's awfully excited about snow. More than me.


This one demonstrates that Ren knows what to say when one sees Santa:

I got a package with lots of big strips of bubble wrap. Here's the result:

Recent Photos of Ren

Today is photo day. I'm sharing all the pictures we've taken with Ren since around Christmas. Here is the set of pictures. Here are some of my favorites:

This is Ren licking a spoon as I make cookies:


Ren puts herself in a box:


Family self-photo:


Ren grabs a blanket and decides to take a nap:


Ren and a good friend:

Baby Ren vs. Hammer Heads

I've got about ten new videos and numerous new pictures to post over the next couple weeks. These are going back to the start of the year.

First off, you may recall that Ren loves the popcap game "Chuzzle". We also found she liked "Hammer Heads". These videos show the great value of having a tablet PC...because it's great for babies to manipulate. She obviously really loves playing the game and enjoys the music.


Lots of popcap games play ideally on a tablet. I don't think a two year old could do this with a mouse, but I know she'll do it for hours with a pen. Tragically the tablet has died. But these games are great for kids.

It's not in the video, but this game always says "Ready? Go!" at the start of a new level. Even months later Ren is still saying this every time she's about to try something.




I'm going to send this blog entry to the manufacturer, actually. I'm sure they'll like seeing their consumer enjoy their product...even if it's not the typical target demographic. :)

Winter Ren '08

Here is a new set of pictures of Ren. This covers a day I took her to the Chicago Toy and Game Fair (the giant chess set and the Oscar Meyer Wiener mobile) and a day Hiroko took Ren for a walk outside. Ren really likes snow, particularly stomping in it.

This is the last set until I download the camera again. Enjoy.