Serenity's Flat Stanley is visiting Edison, New Jersey!

News from Stanley's host....Vanessa Torres


Here is a picture of Flat Stanley reading a letter from my niece, Serenity Roman, who attends Eastern Wayne Elementary School.

I work at Lowe's Home Improvement at the paint department and indoor seasonal department. I help customers who are working on projects on their houses, businesses etc. Flat Stanley came to visit the store and meet some of my coworkers. This is Lowe's in Woodbridge, New Jersey . Flat Stanley has been to two towns in New Jersey--  Edison and Woodbridge.

Flat Stanley has been very busy. Here he is with his tickets to see two movies!!

Juana's Flat Stanley Has More Adventures...this time in Kentucky

Juana,

Here it is another week, this week we traveled to Louisville, KY.  Did you know that the Ohio River runs through Louisville, KY?  It is also used to ferry coal and other goods through the area.  Flat Stanley and I were having dinner at the Galt House’s Magnolia Café and this is what we saw.

The coal flats are just beyond the trees lining the river.  

In this picture (to the right) they are going under the bridge and the barge is pushing them to the shore on the other side, which happens to be the state of Indiana.

We discovered something new as we parked to go to the Louisville Slugger Museum.  Did you know that the Happy Birthday song started out being a “Good Morning to All” song?  We parked in what is called the “Birthday Song Parking Lot” to celebrate the song.  

I wanted the last picture to stay very large so that you could read about the song.  Here’s another one that shows the ladies credited for the “Happy Birthday” song.

We are never too old to learn and it’s great to learn new things.  This was something new for me.

Our next stop was the Louisville Slugger Museum and boy was that fun.  Did you know that they make wooden baseball bats?  It’s not only a museum but an actually factory still today.    We have a picture of the outside of the Factory and Museum.  Isn’t that the largest bat that you have ever seen?  The factory tour is a must if you ever visit Louisville.

It’s quite the experience to see them cutting the wood and all of the work that goes into the process.

The next picture shows another aspect of Louisville, probably one of the most know facts.  It is the location of the Kentucky Derby that is held in May.  At the airport there is a statue of a Jockey riding a race horse.  So we had to have a picture of Flat Stanley and the Jockey on the horse.

The Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs and Flat Stanley is just tagging along.

I hope you have enjoyed our Kentucky trip as much as we did.  This weekend we will spend time with Evelyn’s other daughter Amy and her two sons.  We hope to have more pictures and fun times.

Thanks,

Flat Stanley and Evelyn

More News from Juana's Flat Stanley

Stanley's letter from March 31st:

More News from Caylab's Flat Stanley

Caylab,

 

Today I went to the Durham museum of Life and Science.  

I took a picture with a huge beatle!  I saw all kinds of insects. 

 I also visited the space exhibits and took a picture as if I was walking on the moon.  I am attaching the website for the museum so you can see all the fun things that are there. http://lifeandscience.org/

Be home soon!

Brendan's Flat Stanley Visits Illinois

Stanley's News:

This week I spent time with Brendan Smith’s Aunt Heather.  She lives in Sterling, IL.  We started out watching Brendan’s 3 year old cousin Dani last Saturday.  She built me this awesome castle to play in!  We had fun together.  



During the week Aunt Heather works for a company called Halo Branded Solutions.  They help people order stuff that has their company’s name on it.  She does all her work on the computer.  She did several orders for a Children’s hospital while I was with her.  They ordered chapstick with the hospital’s name on it.  The most popular flavor was cherry!  Aunt Heather said that was her favorite too when she was a kid.  They even ordered some teddy bears with the hospital’s name on the t-shirt for the kids to have.  The teddy bears were really cute!! 

Aunt Heather eats her lunch in a lunch room every day.  The lunch room has lots of tables and even has a place where you can buy special treats.  I found Brendan’s favorite candy bar- the Snickers! 




She wanted to take pictures of me with all her friends at work but they were all camera shy and didn’t want to have their picture taken. L 





On Friday night, Aunt Heather had to decorate a cake for Brendan’s Great-Grandma’s 85^th birthday.  It was lots of fun to help her with it.  She even let me do a little bit.  On Saturday we went out to Brendan’s Granddad and Granny’s house in Coleta, IL to celebrate Great Grandma’s 85^th birthday. 

 Great Grandma loved her cake.  I have had a lot of fun with Aunt Heather; this week I am going to see where Brendan’s Granddad is driving his big bus.

More Adventures from Da'Nyah's Flat Stanley

Mar 23

Hello from northern Illinois and Wisconsin:  This is D'Nyah's Stanley visiting with Brendan's grandparents.

 On Thursday we traveled from Illinois up into Wisconsin where Granny had to see a doctor in LaCrosse to be checked for allergies.  There's a lot more snow up in Wisconsin.  We drove along the Mississippi River. It is a very long river that runs 2,530 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. It is the largest river in the United States and when there is no ice on it, big barges carry coal and farm grains north and south on the river.   There are many locks and dams along the northern part of the river to help boats navigate the differing levels of water.  But right now there is still a lot of ice on the river up here.  

Ice Fishing

Some places the ice was so thick they drove trucks out on the river as you can see in the pictures. Where the river ices over men and women like to fish.  They go out on the ice, sometimes taking a little tent, drill a hole in the ice to put their fishing lines down below into the water. We talked to some people who told us they catch Blue Gill, Croppie and Great Northern fish, some as long as 18" or more. The ice was 12-15" thick where we saw them fishing.  Other places it was clear water. It was really neat. 

We also saw some Eagles which live along the river high in the trees.  They swoop down to open water and catch fish to eat.  We were able to get a picture of one eagle. They are huge!

In LaCrosse we saw a statue of an Indian, Hiawatha. It was carved out of wood and very tall.  You can see me with Granddad standing near it. 

Granny getting her allergy tests

Then we went to see Dr Mary.  Granny has breathing problems so the doctor was testing her to see what she is allergic to.  They put lots of needles up and down her arm.  I didn't want to look.  Granny is allergic to ragweed, dust mites and mold.  The doctor gave her some drops.  Dr Mary was very nice and liked hearing my story of how I became flat and why I am visiting Granny and Granddad.  We stayed overnight in a motel because it is a long drive up there.

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