Flat Stanley

Do you know who Flat Stanley is?  Stanley Lambchop is a fictional boy who is flattened by a bulletin board falling on him.  You can read more about him here.  Mommy is embarrassed to admit, she hasn't actually read the book herself (she teaches middle school, not elementary school after all)!  Elementary schools all over the country read about Flat Stanley and then create their own Stanley to mail to friends and family in the hopes of learning about different parts of the country.

Mommy has had the great pleasure of meeting FIVE Flat Stanleys over the past twenty years!  We've hosted Stanleys in several different states, and if our two youngest cousins follow in their older siblings' footsteps, we will host two more Stanleys in the future!  Mommy enjoys traveling around our area and taking pictures with Stanley.  It must be the scrapbooker in her trying to find a new way to be creative.  With email, the process has become easier and quicker.  The most recent Stanley to visit us (and the largest) was only in town for four days!

We thought we'd share some of Flat Stanley's adventures with you before he headed back to Georgia. Jenna didn't get to meet Stanley.  She's such a paper lover, we were afraid she'd eat Stanley!

Stanley enjoyed Daddy's Jeep and went for a muddy ride with him!

Stanley got to ride a horse with a cowboy and a long horn bull at the Ranch History Museum. 

Cotton is a HUGE crop where we live, so Mommy took Stanley to check out a cotton field.  The cotton hasn't started popping yet, but Stanley was definitely walking in high cotton!

Stanley was fascinated by the prairie dogs.  They can be found all over town.  Our parents are surprised they haven't dug their way into our backyard yet!

 

Anyone ever use Stubbs BBQ sauce?  We think we may have converted Stanley to this brand after he got to pose with the creator of the sauce!

Stanley enjoyed seeing how the oil pumpjacks work although he may not have enjoyed the smell of oil.  Daddy says it's the smell of money!

And last but not least, Stanley fell in a prickly pear cactus while he was visiting us!  These cacti can be used for making fries and margaritas!  Unfortunately, Stanley didn't get a chance to try either of those delicacies and neither did we!

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We hope you've enjoyed Flat Stanley's tour of our current hometown.  If you ever get the chance to host your own Stanley, be sure to give him the red carpet treatment!

Dixie and Ruger