Juana's Flat Stanley Has Lots of Adventures

Hello Juana,

This is Flat Stanley coming to you from Stantonsburg, NC where I am visiting for a couple of days.  Today is Thursday, March 21, 2013 and I want to bring you up to date on my travels.

My friend Evelyn Harrell has been taking me on some adventures.  I arrived in Winston-Salem and was removed from my envelope on Thursday, March 14^th.  Early Friday morning, we began our first adventure.  We started on our way to Holden Beach.  

Below is a picture of me riding on Evelyn’s phone holder.  I had a great view of our drive down Highway 220.  We passed several other interesting places

• The exit to the North Carolina Zoo
• The exit to Victory Junction Gang Camp (it’s a special camp for kids with health care issues). 
• The exit to Seagrove where they make all kinds of pottery. 

Lot’s of neat places to visit some day.

 Once we reached Holden Beach, we had a lot of fun with Evelyn’s cousins.  We ate a lot, played games, looked at old pictures, and just rested and relaxed.  We played two fun games; Rummikub and Triominos.

  

In this picture, I am sitting on Evelyn’s tiles for the Rummikub game.  As you can see by her tiles, she didn’t win that game.  However, it sure was fun to play.

 We also watched the basketball playoffs, here’s a picture of me watching the Carolina game.  Sorry about the window glare, the sun was shining so pretty but the wind was very cold.

 Wow, after all of that I was pretty tired. I was so happy that there was a nice comfy bed to take a nap on. 

On Sunday we woke up to a beautiful day.  It was time to make breakfast, go to church, and head for home.  Cousin Toni walked on the beach and found these cool shells.  The smaller one is called a baby’s ear and the larger one is called a sea biscuit.

After we cleaned the house and before we left for home, we gathered to take a group picture.  Here I am with all these beautiful ladies, well at least beautiful personalities.  And of course, the weather was beautiful on the day we had to head back to Winston-Salem.

One last picture before we leave to travel back to Winston-Salem.  I am tired.  I think I will take a nap on the way back.

It’s Monday already!  Off to work we go.  Evelyn works at BB&T University.  See learning does not stop once you are out of school.  The University teaches BB&T associates how to be prepared for their jobs.  In this picture, I am helping her look at a floor plan of a training lab that they may build.  What is a floor plan?  It’s a way to put your thoughts on paper as well.  You can design how a room will look before you build the room.

In the next picture, I am just hanging out and watching the team.  

She even has a car that is just right for me, check this out.  Well, maybe it is a little small.

We worked in Winston-Salem on Monday and Tuesday and then headed to Stantonsburg to visit Evelyn’s daughter Lisa.  She’s a school teacher at Margaret Hearne Elementary School in Wilson.  We are helping her out for the rest of the week.  She is taking a class in Durham (see even teachers continue to learn and take classes).  Evelyn’s here to help get her kids to school each day because she has to leave really early each day to be there in time for class.  So we wait in the car at the end of the driveway with Benjamin so that he can catch the bus and then take William to Wee School. He starts to Kindergarten next year.  After both boys get off to school, we sit at Lisa’s kitchen table and work all day. 

I’ll send a picture of Benjamin, William and me in my next note. 

See you later!

Flat Stanley

Abigail's Flat Stanley is in Texas

Abigail's Flat Stanley is visiting Aunt Melody's elementary school 

Her brother, Dylan, has one there too! 

Caylab's Flat Stanley visits Winston Salem

Chandler enjoying the Flat Stanley book!

Hello Caylab!  Stanley arrived on Friday afternoon. We were prepared for Stanley's arrival as we just finished the book. He is visiting Winston-Salem, NC and will be staying with the Stroud family.  My name is Heather and my husband's name is Cory. We have an active 9 month old, Chandler, who is excited to show Stanley the town. We also have a baby on the way. Stay tuned for updates ...

Taking Stanley for a walk! 

DaNyah's Flat Stanley visits Brendan's grandmama in Illinois

Heard from our first Flat Stanley host on  March 14, 2013 by email....

Flat Stanley just came to visit me today.  I am Brendan Smith's grandma and he calls me "Granny".
I live in a little village in NW Illinois.  Only 200 people live here.  There are no businesses in town unless you would call our volunteer fire department a business. We still have snow on the ground and it is cold here. Brendan's Granddad lives here with me when he's not driving his coach bus.  We will send Stanley on a bus trip and see where he goes.
I help with an after school group on Thursdays and Stanley went with me today. Brendan's cousin, Joseph, is part of our group. So I let each child hold Stanley.
I hope you enjoy the pictures!

From,

Brendan's Granny Smith

PS...The Stanley that came to visit me was sent by Da'Nyah.

The children are Joey, Joseph, Ashlyn, Taiya and Autumn.

Heard from Flat Stanley on March 15th ....

Hi Kids!  I am still in Illinois with Brendan's Granny.  Today she took me out in the snow.  Brrr! it's a lot colder here than it is in NC!  Then I went to the hospital with Granny.  No, she isn't sick.  She volunteers there on Friday mornings. One of the pictures is taken with her friend Mary.  

Heard from Stanley again on March 18th! 




It was very cold and windy here today and I got to see snow.  It was very pretty but the people here didn't seem to be happy it was snowing.

We went to Rockford, about 60 miles from here.  Brendan's Granny had a doctor appointment with her Rheumatologist, Dr Dietz.  He is concerned about her hands because she has a lot of pain in them. Granny got two shots in her tummy!

His office was neat!  He had all kinds of furry friends that dance and sing silly songs. I got to sit with them and see a picture of his 3 yr old granddaughter.

We came home and Granny and Granddad were tired so we warmed up leftovers and we are going to bed early.  Granny has a bad cold.  Granddad has to get up early and drive his big coach bus to Chicago.

Flat Stanley from Coleta, IL  signing off.

2013 Adventures

We are excited to be sending our 2013 Flat Stanleys off for their adventures!!  Please stay tuned for information on their travels!!