"So we finally got some time to work on Flat Stanley yesterday. Here he is:
If you can't tell, Felix chose the stickers, and where to put them and helped with the colouring. Isn't he lovely?
There are more here of us decorating him. I don't know if those are the sort of pics you're after though. We'll get him out and about with us soon. We're going to London for a pub lunch with some friends on Saturday, but I doubt pubs are the sort of thing you're interested in though are they? Hee hee."
Here is a picture of her little one "dressing" Flat Stanley (And I told her I'd love to see pictures of a London pub lol).
Another friend from the same parenting forum, Gretchen, is also hosting a Flat Stanley. This one is in Overland Park, Kansas. She was the one who created a "Flat Stella" - Flat Stanley's "cousin" - so both of her children could participate :) Here is what she wrote:
"Sorry, haven't gotten many pics with Flat Stanley and Flat Stella yet. They have not been forgotten, though. They accompanied us to the Lawrence Art Center and hid among the clay creations."
And she included this very cool picture:
We got another email update from our Flat Stanley in Calgary, Alberta Canada- he finally made it to the Calgary Stampede! :) He wrote:
"Alexa,
Today we made it to the Stampede, and here are some pictures of what goes on there. In the afternoon is the rodeo with all kinds of rodeo action from barrel riding to calf roping to steer wrestling to all kinds of riding competitions. I have included a couple of pictures of a cowboy riding a bare back bronco. As you can see, the horse doesn’t make it easy.
Remember on Wednesday when I said that we like to celebrate the “wild west”, even though it wasn’t a great part of our history? Here you see some of the “gunslingers” who take part in a fast draw competition in Weadickville. Weadickville is a small corner of the Stampede grounds made up to look like Calgary in the late 1800’s and is named for Guy Weadick who, almost 100 years ago in 1912, convinced the people of Calgary that a rodeo would be a great thing to have alongside the agricultural exhibition. Ninety seven years later it is still going strong.
As well as the wild west, the Stampede gives us a chance to explore the heritage of Canada’s aboriginal peoples. Many of them come to the Stampede where they set up a teepee village, and invite us in to see how they lived in the old days.
The highlight of the evening show are the chuckwagon races. I have included three pictures of the chuckwagon races. The first is the start where the fellows have to throw a stove and tent into the wagon before mounting their horses and racing around the track. The wagons and everyone have to circle the barrels you can see there before they start out. The second picture shows the 4 wagons and 16 outriders racing around the final corner before coming in for the finish.
The evening show winds up with a great stage show and fireworks. The last picture from the Stampede shows the midway as we leave.
Tim was a little concerned that you might think that Calgary was nothing but old stuff and cowboys, so he has included a few pictures of modern Calgary. The first shows a little of downtown Calgary and is viewed looking up the Elbow river. As you look down the right side of the tall building in the centre, the white and brown building you see is where Tim works. The next picture shows the old City Hall, made, as were all public buildings of the time, from sandstone. In front of it is the Olympic Plaza, built as a place to hand out medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The next couple of pictures are of the downtown area of Calgary, looking down Stephan Avenue Mall. Finally, a picture of the Calgary Tower, built in 1967 to celebrate Canada’s centennial.
Well, that’s all for now. I can’t wait to see where we travel next,
F. Stanley"
And here are the pictures they sent:
We also received another email update from Flat Stanley who is visiting Alexa's Aunt Robin in Morristown, New Jersey. He wrote:
"Dear Alexa,
To celebrate the Fourth of July we visited Washington's Headquarters in Morristown. That's about 4 miles away from Aunt Robin's house. In 1779, General George Washington and his army were staying in Morristown. The soldiers built log huts to live in, but General Washington stayed in a big mansion that belonged to a woman named Mrs. Theodosia Ford. Here's a picture of me by the front door of the Ford Mansion.
In the backyard of the Ford Mansion, we met some people dressed just like American soldiers did in 1779. One of them let me pose for a picture with him.
Do you know about the Declaration of Independence? You probably haven't studied it yet. The Declaration was written in 1776. It was like a letter to the whole world, saying that the people of the United States wanted to be independent (that means free) and have their own government.
Today, we heard a man in costume read the Declaration of Independence out loud. Aunt Robin took a video of it -- just a short part near the end. The video is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsSiTjGDP90
All the people who were listening yelled "huzzah"! That's the same thing as "hurray".
After that, the men dressed like soldiers showed how they shoot their guns. They have special guns with no bullets in them, but to be extra safe, they made everybody stand behind them. The guns were very loud, and smoke came out of them.
I hope you had a good Fourth of July, too.
Your friend,
Flat Stanley"
Here are the pictures Aunt Robin sent:
Aunt Robin wrote a separate email that said:
"When I was at the Ford Mansion today, one of the Park Rangers told me that they have a Flat Stanley "package". I asked her to email one to Alexa. She cc'd me, so let me know if it doesn't come through, or if you have trouble with the attachment.
Robin"
I did, in fact, get an email from Anne DeGraaf, the Chief of Interpretation at Morristown National Historical Park. She wrote:
"Dear Alexa,
I met your aunt today, July 4th, at Morristown National Historical Park.
She asked me if the staff here could give Flat Stanley an adventure at
Morristown National Historical Park in Morristown, New Jersey.
The attachment is Flat Stanley's adventure. I hope you can open it.
Good luck with your Flat Stanley project!
Sincerely,
Anne DeGraaf
Chief of Interpretation
Morristown National Historical Park"
Unfortunately I was NOT able to open her attachment in the format it was in, but my sister is going to send it to herself at work to see if she can convert it there and resend it to me. When she does, I will come back and add it here. *UPDATE* My sister was not able to convert it and says she is just going to print it and send it to me snail mail. So when I get it, I'll just update as to what kinds of things it consisted of.
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