Flat Stanley

Jillian and I have spent a lot of the time in the public library this school year (Blessing #280), reading books while we're there, and checking out a stack of books to bring home.  One of the books we found last fall was "Flat Stanley."  I read it to Jillian, and she loved it!  But, then, who wouldn't love Flat Stanley and the story of how he got so flat?  (#281)

Jillian received a letter from her friend Meigan last month, and also in the envelope was Flat Stanley!  Flat Stanley came to visit us!  (#282) 

Meigan is actually a friend we met while we were in China (#283).  Her family adopted Meigan the same day we adopted Jillian.  Another cool tidbit is that Jillian and Meigan lived in the same orphanage together.  She's a year older than Jillian, and her 2nd grade class is sending Flat Stanley all over the country to learn what life is like in other areas of the US. 

On the first night with us, Jenica read a book to Jillian and Flat Stanley. 

The next day, Flat Stanley went to school with Jillian and she introduced him to her class.  Mrs. Peterson welcomed Flat Stanley into their classroom, and she read a book to the class about Flat Stanley. 

Here's a picture of them when I picked them up after school.

  That night, we had another beautiful Nebraska sunset across the sky (#284), so we stopped at the park for a great photo opportunity. 

Flat Stanley and Jillian played with our dog Rollie on our deck.

We took Flat Stanley to the North Park to show him around. 

Jillian took Flat Stanley to her school playground to play.

We took him downtown to see a new bronze sculpture by our courthouse.

And we took him to Runza for supper.  Flat Stanley and Jillian both preferred the mini-corndogs over the Runza. 

  

Flat Stanley also made an appearance in church.  And then he got to experience our big snow storm.

Flat Stanley's time in Nebraska is coming to a close, and we'll be sending him back to Meigan in Ohio on Monday.  Jillian has enjoyed showing Flat Stanley around and will be sad to see him go.  The nice thing about getting squished by a bulletin board while you're asleep, is that you can fit into an envelope easily, and travel the United States with just the cost of a stamp.