I was pulling weeds outside yesterday when my wife, who was inside with a project requiring more focus than mine, asked if she could send Anthony out to keep him from disrupting her work. She cautioned me to keep an eye on him occasionally so that he would not pull the registration number stickers off our car's license plate. That didn't sound like too much to ask.

Of course, Anthony managed to remove a sticker without me seeing it. After some worried searching, we located the sticker on the ground, put it back on the license plate, and went back to our activities.

During my next stretch of weeding, I saw Anthony twice approaching another car parked on the street near us, and warned him away. Then I began to suspect I might have again missed seeing him near our own car, and went to look once more at the license plate. No sticker. I called in to the house to my wife, who wasn't immediately nearby, then frantically scoured the surrounding ground and even the garbage can, to no avail. When my wife came out after a few minutes, I asked if perhaps she had taken the sticker inside to ensure it stayed out of Anthony's hands. Thankfully, she had. Now we are hoping that the glue she used to re-attach it will hold.

Anthony is unable to communicate with spoken language, and for the most part does not show an ability or interest in otherwise actively expressing what he requires. So, we are left to interpret other cues. It is an ongoing education for us.

Perhaps because I usually accompany Anthony to ensure he uses the toilet, he frequently chooses to enter the bathroom when I am using it myself. He was rather agitated in one instance recently, but I did not discern the reason until it was too late, and he urinated on the floor.

I was a bit more fortunate yesterday. He came in and soon began to hold his fingers over his ears, which I have seen him do when he is using the toilet. He was also touching the front of his pants, and generally acting in an unusual manner. I quickly had him sit on the toilet, and he had a bowel movement within seconds.