Jadia Westbrook 3-2008

Vacation to

Jadia Westbrookand

Ms. Hayes’1st grade class

Grandview, TX

This book was made with love

By: Gammy For:

My life started before your mommiesand daddies were born in 1964…when aman named Jeff Brown wrote a bookcalled Flat Stanley.

He tells in the book how a bigblackboard fell on me and squashed me!That’s how I got to be so flat.

This is me, Flat Stanley

I was sad at first, but soondiscovered that I could easilytravel the world. All I had todo…is fold up inside anenvelope, just like a letter, andfly in the mail to any place Iwanted to visit.

I’ve traveled all over the world

Alaska, USA

Me on a Yak in Tibet

Yosemite Mts., California, USAAmsterdam

In Antarctica with PenguinsEngland

PortugalRadda, Italy

Oahu, Hawaii, USA

Alberta, Canada

Paris, FranceChile

Chicago, Illinois, USA

India

Holland

Munich, Germany

China

Egypt

Fiji

Australia

Here are some of the places I’ve been…

I love meeting all kinds of peopleon my travels.

Amish Children

Clint Eastwood

Hawaiian Ladies

Baseball Players

Russian Dolls

Regis

Australian Fighter Pilot

Buzz Aldrin ,Astronaut

Mohammed Ali

StuntPilotClay AikenBlue Men

Here are some special people I’ve met along the way…

My favorite person to meet was…

This is me with President Bush.

President George W Bush!

(yep, we’re buds)

In March, 2008, Jadia Westbrook folded me up and sent me on a “mini” vacation to her Gammy’s house in Dallas, Texas, USA.

Anyway…. back to my vacation in Dallas, TX

The name Texas comes from an Indian name that means friends.

Where in the world is Texas?

Ms. Hayes’ 1st grade Class

Did you know…

that Texas is called the Lone Star State?

our state flower is the bluebonnet?

our state mammal is the longhorn?

Yep, I’m smart

Journal Entry

Gammy had lunch waiting for me when I arrived. Boy, that was the best sandwich in the world. I was hungry. I even got a cookie for dessert…well sort of.

Dear journal, FINALLY, I arrived at Jade’s Gammy’s house. As soon as she opened the envelope, I jumped out and gave her a big hug. ( I think I scared her) I didn’t mean to. I was just happy to get out of that stuffy envelope!

I met Jenny. That’s Gammy’s dog. She’s a Dalmatian. She’s 11 years old.

Journal Entry

Tuesday, March 18th

Love, Stanley

This is Gammy with Jenny. Gammy is nice and pretty.(she’s mostly pretty)

Jenny stealing my cookie!

Yep, she’s a cookie thief…

Pictures

My cookie

Cookie thief

Ms. Hayes’ 1st grade Class

Did you know…

Dalmatian puppies are born pure white, and don’t start getting their spots until they are a few weeks old? How many is a few?

Dalmatians are very smart and will become very sad if they are not allowed to be around their family on a regular basis.

Journal Entry

Friday, March 21st

Dear journal,

I’m so excited !!! Today we’re going to see the big space ship in the sky! Well, it’s not really a spaceship, but it looks like one! I even get to go up inside of it!

I GOTTA GO!

Love, Stanley

Pictures

Dallas Reunion Tower

I asked Gammy only 5 times if we were there yet.

Gammy took me to Wal-Mart so I could buy some film for my camera.

Yep, I know…I’m lucky!

Pictures

Dallas Reunion Tower

I did it! You can see allof downtown Dallas from up here! COOL!!

ohhhh, can I change my mind?

See me?

To make a great day even better, we went to McDonalds for dinner!

Yeah!!!

Ms. Hayes’ 1st grade Class

Did you know…

•The reunion tower in Dallas spins around in the air, while you’re inside of it!

•The top of the tower is 55 stories high!

Journal Entry

Sunday, March 23th

Dear journal,

Today is Easter and we went for a special picnic at the Dallas Arboretum with all of Gammy’s friends.

We played games and Gammy even read me a story in the flower garden.

The tulip garden reminds me of the tulip fields in Holland.

Gammy made all kinds of yummy food. My favorite was the chocolate strawberries!

This was a perfect Easter!

Love, Stanley

Pictures

These are tulips in Holland.

Easter at the Dallas Arboretum

Ms. Hayes’ 1st grade Class

Did you know…

That flowers boom all year round at the Dallas, TX arboretum?

You can go to “mini” camp at the arboretum in the summer?

…and that’s how I spent my “mini” vacation at Gammy’s house in

Dallas, Texas USA

The End