It's pretty exciting when a new friend shows up at your house in an envelope!
Evan and Chloe were thrilled to show Stanley a few of their favorite things while he was here in Pennsylvania. Whenever we needed to go somewhere, he was able to ride in the car with us and share a seat with Evan. Since he's flat he didn't need his own booster seat.
The day Stanley came, we had just gotten our Jeep Wrangler running again, and since Stanley is the adventurous type, Evan figured he ought to love riding in this.
We had to figure out where Stanley could sit if he joined us for a Jeep ride, and this hood loop looked like the perfect spot, but only if you are flat!
During an afternoon rain shower he went out to play in the puddles with the kids. He was a bit worried that jumping in puddles with them might stain his clothes so he just watched while they got soaked.
Evan and Chloe both really love to climb things, so one thing they could all climb together was the tree in our front yard. Stanley could do a few tricks that regular kids can't do! See him there?
We wondered what Stanley could climb that regular kids couldn't, so we took a walk around the neighborhood. On our city block there aren't a whole lot of trees, but there are a lot of stop signs and telephone poles. Stanley was really brave climbing up so high.
On the curb, someone had left this great box which Stanley thought was a house, so he jumped in. Hi Stanley!
After all the excitement of hanging out together, Stanley had a few things he wanted to know before he left to go visit Caroline and Kevin.
Stanley: Chloe, could you tell me what your favorite tree is and how many leaves you think are on it?
Chloe: Oak! but, I don't know how many leaves.
Evan: Chloe, it's about five hundred.
Chloe: Five Hundred!!
Stanley: Evan, how about you?
Evan: Sumac's are my favorite. They probably have about six thousand leaves on them.
Stanley: You both really like being outside and catching bugs, so if you caught a grasshopper and made it your pet, what would you name it?
Evan: I'd name mine Lark.
Chloe: I'd name mine ................................ HOP!
Stanley: Those are great names. I have one more question I was thinking about. If you had to pick one vegetable to eat every day for ever and ever, just one, what would it be?
Evan: Definitely a red pepper.
Stanley: And you Chloe?
Chloe: A lettuce leaf!
Stanley: Really? Your mom told me you liked something else even more than that. Something you already do eat every single day, dipped in hummus or something..... can you think of what that might be?
Chloe: Carrots!! But I do like lettuce leafs too.
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I told Evan this morning that today was our last day to play with Stanley before we mailed him off again, and he said,
"Don't send Stanley away!! I love that guy!!!"
He will be missed. Until next time....
