Flat Stanley

Right before we left for the Mexico! we received a letter from my nephew's school in Montana, and in that letter was Flat Stanley. I was so super excited to see him! For those not in the know, first graders will draw and color their own Flat Stanleys - based on the character from the Flat Stanley book about a boy who is smooshed by a blackboard (or something like that) - and then ship Flat Stanley to someone else they know, preferably in another state. When Stan shows up on your door, he usually arrives with a letter explaining that he'd like to stay for a bit, get his picture taken with the family, and see the sights before heading back to the classroom from whence he came. Since I had some extra time off from my SAHMama gig after our return, I put together a photo album with a little over a dozen pictures of Stanley in the Mexico! and around Portland, and shipped it back with a map of Portland, one of the zoo catalogs, and one of the shark vertebrae we brought back from the sea of Cortes. (Who doesn't like a good shark vertebra, right?) Here's a glimpse of how that project turned out...