Chalking It Up

A long, long, time ago I bought a can of chalk board paint. Seemed like a miraculous product...turn a surface into a chalk board? Super! Trouble was, I didn't own any surfaces I could chalk up, and we moved lots, and the can of miraculousness just kept getting packed and stored.

Geoff brought home a fresh, new can of miraculous chalk board paint. These days there are recipes for making your own... anyone who has combed the depths of Pinterest knows this! But I love the can Geoff gave me, and the ease of just popping it open, then voila! It's had more than three days to cure, and today I decided to follow the last step, by conditioning the board.

I loaded the surface with chalk. The board is kind of bumpy. No matter.

When I bring Maria home, and she asks, "Is there anything special today? Are we doing anything fun?" I can say, Yes!

I'll tell her, I counted the number of days 'til we are out of school, and then I will tell her I wrote the number on a special board. She may guess where.

She may guess that the barn doors are ready to be drawn on. I know she'll think that is pretty special.

Hmmmm... those two panels on the bottom look a bit plain...

I think I can fix that.