Anthony Strikes Back

A rare post by Dan Ripley:

Today I got to stay with the boys while Lacy went to a women's function at church. During the boys' playtime, I noticed Anthony, our youngest, has developed a movement-to-contact strategy. The boys were playing with their large train set and Vince built a tower out of blocks and proudly turned to me to show it off. Anthony, who had been lying in wait, began walking over to the tower and was immediately fixated on destroying it. Vince noticed this immediately and became very protective of the tower. It's my opinion that Anthony had already devised this plan in his mind: to distract Vincent, have him chase Anthony and then destroy the tower. It went like this: Anthony approached the tower in an aggressive manner. Vince began yelling, "No, Annunie, no Annunie!" Then Anthony grabbed one of the trains on the table, and the chase began around the train table. Poor Vince fell right into Anthony's trap. By grabbing the train, Anthony lured Vince away from the tower, and as they came full circle back to the tower, which was now unprotected, Anthony leveled the tower with one strike and threw the train in the opposite direction, and Vince fell to the ground, screaming, "Annunie! NOOOOO!!!" I could only sit back and shake my head as I saw these events unraveling before my eyes.