Everywhere a Sign

Elijah loves traffic signs. I mean really, really loves them. His obsession with them is almost enough to qualify as one of the "perseveration" symptoms of autism spectrum disorders, but since he loves basketball goals even more, I always default to them when asked what it is that he obsesses over (ALL kids on the spectrum obsess over something, so it's actually a very common question.)

He also likes to write -- I plan to upload some photos of his books at some point -- and often makes up odd sayings that he scrawls on any loose sheet of paper he can find. And he can find a lot, given that we now stock the house with reams of paper to satisfy his drawing and writing urges. He comes up with some interesting combinations of phrases, traffic directions and logos, most of which he insists be taped to various walls throughout the house. My all-time favorite, prominently displayed in the den as a reminder of how to approach each day, is the following:



I couldn't have said it better myself.