Honolulu, Hawaii

Aloha!!  Adrian's and Angelica's Flat Stanleys arrived a couple of weeks ago and have been especially excited to be here because we are your teacher's family -- her mom Judy, her dad Glen, and her brother Aaron. We live right in the city of Honolulu in a tall apartment building. The Flat Stanleys enjoy going up and down the elevator to get to our home.  

As soon as the two Flat Stanleys arrived it rained every day so they couldn't go outside. Instead, they spent their time getting to know our two cats. Angelica's Stanley became good friends with Dusty, and Adrian's became friends with Smokey. The Stanleys have been learning new things about your teacher.  For example, Jessica chose Dusty and Smokey when they were babies and gave them those names.

Finally, we got some "normal" Hawaiian weather - sunshine, warm breezes, and blue sky. We took our two Flat Stanleys for some sight-seeing.  Jessica will know exactly where these places are and can tell you all about them.

Here we are at the Makapuu Lookout.  Behind us you can see Rabbit Island.

Then we went to the Blowhole. We didn't have to wait long before we saw a large spray of water blowing out of a hole in the lava rock. Adrian's Stanley was really surprised to see a whale jumping up out of the ocean.   Unfortunately, Angelica's Stanley (and the camera) missed it.

Next, we went on to Sandy Beach.  The waves were pretty big there and we could see people surfing.  We played in the sand and also became friends with some artists that were painting on the beach.

Well, those are some of our adventures so far.  The Stanleys really want to go swimming.... hmmm...I wonder how that will work....