Curacao!

Name: Amanda (Rose) Henderlong

Student: Fidel's Flat Stanley 

Where I am: Curacao 

Things to do here: 

Curacao is a little island north of Venezuela and to the west of Aruba and Bonaire.  There are MANY beautiful beaches here and a lot of snorkeling! (I wanted to take flat stanley under water but I think he would have gotten too wet!) There are many different beaches to visit and lots of water activities to do : boating, scuba diving, snorkeling, etc! 

There is also a very cute down town here with different colored buildings that has many shops and restaurants to visit!! Fidel's Flat Stanley very much enjoyed his visit here! 

Flat Stanleys in Maryland...Part II!

Hello again!! It's Miss Tier and I'm BACK with some more adventures with Jesus Daniel and Nathalia's Flat Stanleys! But it gets better...these Flat Stanleys had an adventure with me AND Miss Neal!!! Miss Neal flew from her home in Texas to see me in Maryland! You might not know that Maryland is right next to Washington, D.C., which is the capital of the United States. Miss Neal and I took a train down to Washington D.C. for a day. There is a special festival going on called the Cherry Blossom Festival. Each year, thousands of people come to Washington D.C. to see many trees and their pretty pink flowers! These trees were a gift to the United States from the country of Japan many years ago. Miss Neal and I had a fun time!

Me, Flat Stanleys, and Miss Neal in front of the Washington Monument! This is a VERY tall  and famous statue!

Below, you'll see the Flat Stanleys in front of the Jefferson Memorial, an important building dedicated to one of our presidents! All around us are the cherry blossom trees!

Here's a fun surprise...does anyone remember when my friend Mr. Ryan came to visit us in school for a few days in first grade? Well, he works in Washington D.C., and we got to meet up with him for lunch! The Flat Stanleys enjoyed meeting him!

Troutdale, Oregon

Hello Ms. Ensing's 3rd grade class. Our names are Doss and McKenzieWhite. We received Angel's Flat Stanley. We live in Troutdale, Oregon, a small city that neighbors Multnomah Falls, a waterfall taller than a 60 story building. There are all kinds of fun things for Flat Stanley to do in Oregon like hiking, fishing, hunting, skiing, rafting and many other fun outdoor activities that are available year round. Oregon is known for Mt. Hood where there is a glacier that never fully melts, even in the summer! The U.S. Olympic ski team has been known to practice there because they can ski year round. Flat Stanley is looking forward to going camping this summer at the United States' deepest and clearest lake in North America, Crater Lake. Flat Stanley also can't wait to pick out his very own Christmas tree this winter because Oregon is also the largest provider of Christmas trees in the entire United States. Flat Stanley already loves Oregon and can't wait to do more exploring when it gets a bid warmer! Thank you so much for sending him to us!!

Flat Stanley has his own snow cave on Mt. Hood 

McKenzie, Doss and Flat Stanley
 at Timberline Lodge (it's buried under the snow)! 

Crater Lake's Wizard Island where Flat Stanley will visit this
summer when the snow melts off the roads.

New York City, New York

Flat Stanley (by Dariel) made it to West Michigan safe and sound on 3.6.12. He then met Paul Schab who was traveling to NYC for his 

cousins wedding. Paul, Henryk (Paul's father) and Stanley took a 830 mile trip from Grand Rapids MI to New York City. We drove through state of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey into state of New York via interstate 80.





Stanley saw George Washington bridge which leads right into upper
Manhattan in New York City. Flat Stanley took the New York City subway
around the city to see all of the famous sights.


Flast Stanley did a lot of sight seeing while he was in NYC and
received his nickname Flat "Foot" Stanley due to his traveling
endeavors. He saw the "ground zero" memorial and had a picture in
front of the new building being constructed where the towers once
stood.







Then he walked by Boradway Theater, Wallstreet (Stock Exchange) and
saw the famous Bull statue. At this point he was near Battery Park in
lower Manhattan and decided to visit a memorial "world" statue which
once stood in front of twin towers. When they collapsed the "world"
statue was damaged but survived with some damage.

Insert picture: Ground zero

Stanley, Henryk and Paul took a ferry boat to Liberty Island where
Statue of Liberty is located. He then went on the boat further to
Ellis Island where the Immigration Museum is located.
By the end of the day he saw most of the famous landmarks in NYC!

He had a great trip and returned to Grand Rapids, MI on 3.11.12 He has
been spending time with Paul Schab traveling around West Michigan -
today he is in Holland MI where Paul is meeting his customers.
Tomorrow he will be meeting up with Emily and who knows where the
world will take him next! (TBC)

Grand Rapids, Michigan

     Hi, my name is Elise Dowling! I was so excited when i found out i would be getting a Flat Stanley in the mail because I am in 9th grade and I remember doing this in 2nd or 3rd grade too. Flat Stanley made by Yugeirys made it safe and sound to Grand Rapids, Michigan a week or so ago. He has settled in well with my family that lives here including my mom, 17 year old brother and my 11 year old dog. We have been having alot of fun together but i keep forgetting my camera when we go out so i'm very sorry i dont have many pictures to show. This is us together in my pink bedroom and Flat Stanley outside of our house:

I took Flat Stanley downtown GR when i went out to dinner with my family one day. Downtown Grand Rapids is not a huge city but a decent size. There are a lot of cool buildings and art pieces you can see like this one shown below. Every fall there is a big art festival called Art Prize and people from all over the United States enter and bring there art pieces like paintings, statues, etc. and many families and people of all ages go downtown and walk around and vote on what art piece they think should win. 

During different seasons in the year there are different things to do in Michigan. In the winter is gets very cold and snowy. We got lucky this winter and only had a few big snow falls. The kids here get very happy when sometimes we get snow days. That means there is to much snow on the roads and its to dangerous to go to school in so we get to stay home for the day.  It is really bizarre having 70- 75 degree weather the past week and a half in mid March. Usually it is cold and doesnt start warming up till mid April. During the winter alot of people drive up north Michigan and go skiing or snowboarding. During the summer there are a lot of beaches you can go to and a lot of sports that are played. My family plays golf a lot during the summer and other people play soccer, tennis, run, swim, etc. Many people go pick pumpkins and go apple picking during the fall.

Flat Stanley and my dog, Hogan, have enjoyed spending time together, too. 

Thank you for sending Flat Stanley to me and my family in Michigan. We are having a great time!

ADIOS

Flat Stanley comes to Baltimore, MD! (Ms. Tier)

Hello 3rd grader!! Wow, I miss you so much! It's Miss Tier here and I got Jesus Daniel and Nathalia's Stanleys!! Both Stanleys came with me to something called the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland. A harbor is water that has a lot of land around it. You can see the harbor in the picture and the video! Baltimore is very well known for the harbor. You see the dragons in the picture behind me? Those are boats that people can take out and paddle around the harbor!

The water in the harbor is very cold right now because it's been winter. I can't wait until it warms up! In other places I can go swimming, but not in the harbor.

Right now the Stanleys are playing hide and go seek with me..hopefully when I find them I can take them more places!!

Love you guys!

Love, Miss Tier

P.S. - Miss Neal is coming to visit me TOMORROW from Texas! She is going to get on an airplane and fly to see me!

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....