Adventures of Anthon

At a giant corn maze nearby--strangely, these chickens seemed to be Anthon's favorite thing.


Anthon learning to ride his two-wheeler bike! It seriously took him about 2 minutes. He's a pro.



Anthon and Daddy getting ready to pick apples for family night. We had so much fun! And the kids ate TONS of apples for dinner that night!



Anthon's choice of activity for family night. We had a blast--good choice, Anthon!

I was going through some stuff on our desk the other day and found a post-it note with a list of stories to blog about Anthon. Better late than never, right! So here are a couple of funny stories compliments of Anthon.

When we were visiting Grandma and Grandpa Schramm over the summer, we got a chance to go to the Barnwell Days parade. It was a very hot day, but the kids were troopers...the LOADS of candy they collected helped, I'm sure! The days following, I had a hard time monitoring the kids' sugar intake, so I enlisted Mom and Dad to help me and report if they saw the kids eating candy when they weren't supposed to be. Anthon kept finding where we'd hide the loot, the little stinker. And he would immediately find something to do outside after he located and raided the stash. I guess he figured we'd be less likely to catch him if he were outside.

Anywho, so one day, after just having plundered the cupboard, he was walking around outside eating his lollipop and happened to wander into the garage. After sauntering in a few steps, quite proud of himself and his most recent accomplishment, he saw Grandpa and stopped short, lollipop halfway to his mouth. In a clear show of understanding his predicament, he carefully hid the lollipop behind his back and, at a measured and deliberate pace, backed out of the garage.

After just a few moments, he strolled back into the garage nonchalantly, and gave Grandpa a cheerful "Hi Grandpa!"

We both had a good chuckle when Dad told me the story.

It might have been that same day, but I think it was a day or two later, Anthon recruited Grandma to give he and Erilyn a sucker. They went outside to enjoy the treat. A few minutes later, Anthon came back and told Grandma he needed another sucker for Erilyn because she lost hers in the grass. Grandma said, "Really? She lost her YELLOW sucker in the grass?" "Yes, and now she's sad and wants my sucker. Can she have another?"

So Mom, being the sweet woman she is, gave him another sucker for Erilyn.

Shortly after, she saw Anthon and Erilyn on the deck. Erilyn had her yellow sucker, and Anthon had two suckers. Grandma laughed and said, "Anthon! I see you found Erilyn's sucker!" Anthon's response?! "Yup! And I figured out how to get two suckers!"

Stinker.