Riley's first grade class read a story about Flat Stanley, which is about a fictitious boy who gets flattened by a blackboard while at school. The upside is that now his parents can mail him all over the world to visit family and friends.
When Riley first received information about Flat Stanley, she knew immediately who to send it to: Uncle D and Casey. (and Casey updated her blog recently, if you haven't checked it out). After contacting Riley's teacher to make sure we'd have enough time to send Flat Stanley to Lebanon, we got the go-ahead and away Flat Stanley went.
A few weeks passed, and Riley came home one day from school just beaming that her Flat Stanley arrived. And what she loved even more was that out of all the kids in her class, her Flat Stanley went the furthest--about 6,100 miles! Other kids in her class sent their Flat Stanleys across the United States, to Mexico and to Germany. But I'm guessing that Riley is about the only kid who had a Flat Stanley go to Beirut.
Apparently Flat Stanley had a great time visiting D and C. He watched Uncle D play hockey, enjoyed the view from their balcony, visited Pigeon Rock and almost fell out the window! We're so glad he didn't have a tragic end to his visit. Here are some pictures of his adventures.
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| Overlooking a soccer field near the Mediterranean. |
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| Visiting Pigeon Rock. |
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| Visiting a mosque. |
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| Relaxing in C + D's flowers. |
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| Checking out their garden. |
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| No, Flat Stanley! Don't jump!! |
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