Almost Famous.

Woodbine House publishes a number of books dealing with various types of special needs, including Down syndrome.  Soon, their third edition of Early Communication Skills for Children with Down Syndrome will be out.  You can preorder it here, but you can't see the new cover.

But when the book arrives at your house in June or July, you'll see a familiar smiling face on the cover... Miss Ellie.  Her friend Lily will be on the cover, too.  Lily's mom has suggested a book signing tour.  Since we don't make any money from book sales, please contact Patti or me if you want to sponsor our book tour.  Right now, we're booked for... nowhere.

Until you can buy the book (and I've even seen the older edition in Barnes and Noble, so get excited), here's some Ellie love via the Friday Phone Dump.

Ellie eating, some artwork, signing "more" for froyo, sleepy swing, happy baby, donkey, asleep next to the crib, buddies.  Friday Phone Dump shamelessly copied from Kelle.  If you want a sneak peek, follow "meganlando" on Instagram.

And as part of your Ellie fix, this is how Ellie deals with difficult shape sorting situations.


If the orange star is simply too difficult, give up and go get a circle.  Circles are easy.