Update: 08/25
Well, it was bound to happen, whether I was ready for it or not - my baby is now a middle schooler!
That means he started a new school, with a new teacher, as well as new classroom aides, though I am very happy to report that his one on one aide (the aide who is specifically assigned to care for him) remained the same! He seems to be happy to be back in school and is doing well in his new setting 
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The common phrase that I heard throughout the summer this year was “downstairs downstairs downstairs.” Which pretty much has the same meaning as last year’s phrase of “go for a walk.” We have an apartment that is on the 19th floor, so downstairs is his way of saying I want to head down and go out. Which is interesting because I don’t know that I’ve used the term downstairs since we always take the elevator down 
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Update: 08/24
It’s that time of year again - Back to School time! Are you all sitting down for this news? LittleBookLover is now in sixth, that’s right SIXTH grade 
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Once again, I spent waaay more time than I care to admit on filling out this chalkboard. All summer long, LittleBookLover has been pushing the “go for a walk” button on his communication device (his communication device is an iPad with a communication program that allows him to ‘say’ a variety of words and phrases. He pushes the word/phrase icon and the iPad will say the words for him). He likes to push certain buttons repeatedly. So, all summer long I’ve heard ‘go for a walk go for a walk go for a walk go for a walk…’ on repeat. Hence the square I want to “go for a walk” - complete with a picture of the icon from his communication device.
Original Post: 08/23
I picked up this Back to School chalkboard from Target back when LittleBookLover first started attending preschool and have used it for every back to school photo since then. I wasn’t going to give this it’s own post, but heaven knows I spent an exorbitant amount of time on this project (I don’t even remember how many times I redid the word ‘communication’ alone 
) and I need 3 Art projects to get my chameleon badge. So, why pass up the chance to make my first art post when I have an art project just waiting to be shared? 
I often get stumped on what style of writing to use for all the different categories, so I turn to Google. I’ve gotten ideas by searching things like chalkboard numbers, chalkboard lettering, chalkboard flourishes, etc. This year, I used a few computer fonts for guidelines (special thanks to Clarendon Wide Regular for giving me the inspiration for the fancy ‘g’ I wanted 
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Action shot:
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