Chamelian's Flat Stanley (High School Adventure)

Flat Stanley wanted to see what high school was like. So he got up early packed his books and supplies and headed out the door.
When Flat Stanley got there he was so excited! The school was huge, with over 1200 students.
Flat Stanley first put his stuff away in his locker.
Then he headed off to English class where he met his new friend Erin.
After that Stanley learned some math with his partner Andrew.
Flat Stanley had a very busy day at high school.

 

Chamelian's Flat Stanley (Winter Adventure)

Flat Stanley couldn't wait to go outside and play in the snow!
He did all sorts of things like builiding a snowman, making a snow angel, and having a snow ball fight. He had "snow" much fun!

Chamelian’s Flat Stanley arrives in North Platte, NE

Chamelian's Flat Stanley has arrived in North Platte, NE!

North Platte is located in southwestern Nebraska and home of the world's largest railroad switching yard. North Platte is also home to historic "Buffal Bill Cody" and his Wild West Show.

Flat Stanley visits Lisbon, Portugal

This weekend, Flat Stanley joined me and my friends, Devon and Tawny, for a trip to Lisbon, Portugal.  Here he is at the Edinburgh airport waiting to board our flight.

Over the weekend, we did a lot of walking around the city and Flat Stanley really enjoyed hiking up to the Carmo Convent and Church.  The buildings were built in 1389 and 1423, making them about 600 years old!  Much of the church was destroyed in an earthquake about 250 years ago, but the ruins that are left are beautiful.

Flat Stanley also really enjoyed the view of Lisbon from the church.

On our second day in Lisbon, we visited the Museu Nacional do Azulejo, which is the national tile museum.  Azulejos are ceramic tiles that are made in Portugal and that decorate many of the buildings there.  Here's a picture of Stanley with some of the tiles.

Sardines are a very popular food in Portugal.  Stanley tried them at a restaurant and decided he's a fan!

On our last day in Lisbon, we rode a cable car around the city.  

The cable car was fun but the ride was a little bumpy.  Here's a picture of Flat Stanley hanging on to the railing.

We flew back to Edinburgh on Sunday and Flat Stanley's been resting up.  This Friday, we're heading out of town again!  This time we're going to Barcelona, Spain.  I'll report back next week!

Tricia

Jaguar - Flat Stanley has arrived to Finland

Greetings from Finland! Flat Stanley arrived to his host family before Christmas already. He was very tired of the long, long trip so it took some time before he could move his legs and arms again after spending a lot of time in the envelope. Now he can move around normally. He was surprised of how much snow there is outside. He can't walk by himself there at all, because he would get lost in the deep snow and his family couldn't find him anymore. Some day his family will take him to try the cross-country skiing, because that is what everybody likes to do now in the wintertime.

Flat Stanley has also started to learn a new language, Finnish. It's very different from English and sounds odd, but luckily his host family can speak some English, too. He's learned a couple of Finnish words while his stay. Hello is "Moi" and thank you is "kiitos". Today he played "Skip-bo" with the kids and learned the numbers in Finnish language: Yksi, kaksi, kolme...

Flat Stanley saw a real Santa this Christmas. The real Santa lives in Finland, in Korvatunturi, which is a big hill in Lapland, the Northern part of Finland. Santa moves around with his sleigh and reindeer. In Finland Santa comes on Christmas Eve and brings the presents. First Flat Stanley was a little bit afraid when Santa came inside, but soon he noticed that there's nothing to be afraid of.

There are 2 boys in the host family. They play floorball quite often, and one day Flat Stanley wanted to try to play with them. He was the goalkeeper but there were some problems. Every time the ball rolled towards the goal Flat Stanley fell down and he hurt himself. That's why he prefers to sit on the top of the goal at the moment and only watch.

Now it's time to get prepared for a new school day. The children have packed their rucksacks and it's time to go to bed. Bye for now Jaguar, I'll talk to you later.
PS. Sorry, the dates in the pictures are wrong, we'll try to fix the camera later...

Bear-Flat Stanley's GREENS

Hey everybody!
Flat Stanley has absolutely LOVED staying here in Dallas.  So far he hasn't got to see much because he has been so tired from traveling everywhere.  Since I'm studying to be a Chiropractor, I thought I'd do a little work-up on Stanley.  I knew he had been sluggish and tired from traveling and eating fast-food on the run, so I knew his digestive system would probably be a little uneasy.  Then I had an idea!  Cody and I are retraining our diets so that we eat more vegetables everyday (we do this every year), and we call this our "cleanse."  We are essentially 'washing' our bodies from the inside out to get all the gunk out of there.  And Flat Stanley arrived just in time to join us in our journey to better health.  He has really enjoyed getting to eat all these important foods like carrots, broccoli, spinach, onions, tomatoes, and even.....BRUSSEL SPROUTS! He never even knew those tasted GOOD!
Stanley really wanted me to tell Bear and the rest of the crew that he had no idea vegetables, fruits, and other nutritious foods could taste sooooo gooood!!! He's so glad to be part of mine and Cody's cleanse and has even agreed to allow me to 'adjust' his spine.  But we'll save that adventure for another time.

In the mean time, Stanley will be looking for some more places to visit on his stay here in Dallas.

Here are some pictures of Stanley:  He loves sleeping with my dog, Harley.  They get along great. He also wanted to show Bear and all the class his vegetables that he thought was so amazing. 

Flat Stanley arrives in Scotland!

Hi!  I'm Tricia (Mrs. Halling's daughter) and Flat Stanley arrived at my apartment in Edinburgh, Scotland on Saturday.

This morning, Flat Stanley braved the wind and rain to walk with me to the Stockbridge Farmer's Market.  We bought some groceries for the week and headed back home.

When the weather's better, I'll make sure Flat Stanley visits some of the more exciting places in town.  So far, the thing that's been most surprising to him is how dark Scotland is this time of year.  Just like in South Dakota, the days get shorter in the winter.  Since Scotland is so far north, the sun doesn't come up until 8:30 in the morning and it sets at 3:30 in the afternoon.  Flat Stanley was excited to find out that we'll be flying to Portugal on Thursday.  Hopefully we'll have a few days of sunshine there!

Bear-Flat Stanley finally arrives in Texas!

Hello everyone! I, Jordana, will be posting most of the blogs in this profile even though it is my husband's (Cody).  
Well, Cody and I were so happy when Flat Stanley finally arrived in Dallas, Texas.  We came home from vacation in Arkansas to find Stanley in our mailbox waiting to go on an adventure.
Stanley's friend, Bear, is actually my cousin and told us that he wanted Stanley to come visit with us for a while to see what kind of adventures Stanley could find.  I met Stanley once before when he visited Arkansas with Aunt Jan last summer; he was such a jolly fellow and couldn't wait to meet him again.

There is so much to do in Dallas, TX and I'm very excited to bring Flat Stanley along for the ride!!

Rabbit - Arrival on the east coast

 

Hi Rabbit! I arrived in Virginia Beach, Virginia on Christmas Eve and these are the people I'm staying with. They just bough a new home this past year and I'm their first guest! It is really nice here on the east coast and Santa knew where I was too! (I was really worried about that since I arrived so close to Christmas)

 

I found my gift from Santa under the tree - it's a stethoscope!  I know doctors and nurses use it to take blood pressures and listen to someone breath but I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to do with it yet. I'm sure I'll find out soon though. I sure hope you had a great Christmas Rabbit! What did Santa bring you?