Stanley was one of the presents that C got at his grad party. The Stanley books are actually a series of books, telling the adventures of this "flat" little boy. What's even cuter is that a Flat Stanley is included in one of the books. You can send your Stanley on adventures by sending him to friends and family. Whomever Stanley is staying with at the time is to take Stanley places (daily activities, landmarks, special places) and take a picture of Stanley and/or the host/hostess. Stanley (host/hostess) is to then write a journal recording what you did on each adventure. Eventually Stanley will return home and then C will have pictures and a journal to show where Stanley has been and what he has done.
The first adventure that Stanley had with us was to take pictures with everyone that attended C's party. The next day we took Stanley to Squealer's (the best BBQ place). Stanley is right now in NY state with Grandma and hopefully will get to visit Hoffman's House (the best hot dog place) as well as other places there. Stanley is also going to get to go to Mexico with M & Green Socks on their honeymoon.
I would really like Stanley to be able to visit other places and to meet new people. Is there anyone out there that would like a very flat house guest for a few days? He doesn't eat much. :) I would just ask that you take his picture and make a small journal entry to go with each picture. If you know anyone else that would like to meet Stanley, please feel free to send him on a journey--just make sure he gets home once in a while.
To learn more about Flat Stanley and to see who he has met and where he has been, log on to http://www.flatstanleyproject.com/. Momma, wouldn't this be a fun thing for your class to do? :) You can print a "blank" Flat Stanley off the web site and have the kids color it in. If anyone is interested and gets a Flat Stanley, he is more than welcome to visit us.
I do have to give kudos to my sister: she had mentioned Flat Stanley A LONG TIME AGO and I never did it (to be honest I was just lazy and then forgot). But now Stanley will get to visit her and maybe even meet the new baby before we do!
And now I would like to introduce to you, Flat Stanley. (applause, applause)
This is Mr. and Mrs. D. They bought C the Stanley books and thus introduced us to Stanley.
This is Miss S. She was C's AWANA leader last year. Now she works in his SS class. She LOVES C and vice versa. For those of you who don't know, Miss S is a blind lady who lives on her own, holds a job, sings in the choir, listens to AWANA verses. She is an amazing lady. Very sweet too.
This is Miss P. She was C's other AWANA leader. 
This is Miss M.K. She is our piano player at church. And her mom is our organ player. She also works in C's SS class now.
C, Stanley and Grandpa.
Grandma, C, and Stanley. Grandma was very taken with Stanley. She actually was reading the first book before she left. She didn't get to finish, so she doesn't know what happened. Oh the suspense!
This is Green Socks (the groom) and the Father of the Bride.
And here is the Mother of the Bride.
And here is M, the Bride-to-be (not sure how she ended up last in the sequence)
This is the Maid of Honor (cousin of the bride).
C, K, and Stanley at Squealers.
K and Stanley at Squealers.
1 comment:
we will take stanley for a few days :)
also, i'll be looking into that for our class. thanks!!
i have read some of the books, but did NOT know about the "traveling" part!!!
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