Meet Stanley !

let me introduce you to STANLEY.....

officially his name would probably be,  Flat Stanley Gipson.....or is it Flat Stanley Hilbrant?  not really sure but we are so happy to have him be a guest in our home.

stanley arrived at our house on friday last week.  He must have been very cold because he was quite naked!  aubrey spent sunday afternoon coloring on his clothing......she has since made a few other outfits for him to wear.....and.....today he is going to go to work with daddy and become laminated!!  so, in this winter weather that just doesn't want to get any warmer, stanley should be nice and cozy in his new clothing.

aubrey fixed up stanley all by herself!  i had told her she could use fabric, buttons, etc. but she decided he needed to be done with colored pencils so he would be flat enough to laminate.

stanley is a project aubrey is doing for for her cousin jilly.  she was SSSSOOOOOO excited to receive the package in the mail on friday and have it be addressed to only her! 

we have many things planned to do with stanley......

first order of business was to take him to see the bald eagles down along the mississippi river.......

see....there is one in the tree in the backround........

and here are a few that we zoomed in on.....

all perfectly content to sit in the trees and rest or look for fish in the river........

there were hundreds of birds in the trees...many of them where quite close so we could get some really good pictures with the zoom lense....

jilly, we will try to take lots of pictures of stanley's many adventures while he is here visiting us....he will probably go to school with aubs one day.....visit the john deere center in moline, il. and maybe go to work with uncle chuck.....maybe even go to work with me!  (but honesstly he would probably be bored at my office!)  so stay tuned for more flat stanley post coming soon!