Flat Stanley in Washington, DC

April 20, 2006



Dear Lucy:

Thank you for sending Flat Stanley.  We had a blast.  He arrived on Thursday, April 13 the same day as Aunt Una and Uncle John.  We had a relaxing evening since it was going to be a fun filled weekend.

Friday was very nice.  It was sunny and about 75 degrees.  Brett, Aunt Una, and Uncle John went golfing at Quantico Marine Base.  They forgot Flat Stanley so he had to sit with me while I worked in the morning.  We made pizza from scratch for everyone to eat when they go back.  After lunch we all piled into the car and headed out to see some sites on our way to pick Robert up from the airport.

Our first stop was Fort Belvoir where Brett works.  Brett is a nurse in the US Army.  You need to have a special ID to get on a military base so we decided to take Flat Stanley, Aunt Una, and Uncle John there so they could see what the base is like.  We took Flat Stanley over to the Officers’ Club which is located right on the Potomac River.  We took some pictures for you to see.

From there we drove along the George Washington Parkway pass Mt. Vernon where George Washington used to live.  We made a stop at Lady Bird Johnson Park to take some pictures of the monuments with the Potomac River.  We actually got a helicopter in one of the pictures!!

To waste some time before we picked Robert up, we went to Tysons Corner which is a huge mall.  We found a store called Lucy and took a picture of Flat Stanley in front of it.  He was really excited about that.  He was also excited about the picture we took in Bloomingdales with him on the motorcycle.  Hope he doesn’t get in trouble for that.

We picked Robert up from Dulles Airport and stopped for dinner.  After dinner we went back to my house.  It had been a long day.

Saturday was about 80 degrees and sunny.  Brett, Uncle John, and Robert all went golfing.  Flat Stanley went with Aunt Una and me to finish getting some items I needed for the wedding.  Then we went to another mall and wasted a bunch of time.  We had a hard time getting Flat Stanley out of the Lego store and he wanted to get his picture taken with the Easter Bunny but it was really expensive.  I forgot my camera so I told him next time we would definitely do it.

Saturday night we stayed at the house and had dinner.  Aunt Una, Brett, Robert and I all went in the hot tub.  Flat Stanley stayed in the house with Uncle John.  They were a little tired from all the shopping and golfing.  We had a big day planned for Sunday so everyone went to bed early.
On Sunday we went to Washington, DC – the capitol of the United States!  Uncle John had never been there so we thought it would be something fun to do.  The weather was a little cooler (about 72) because it had rained over night.  

We saw a lot of things while we were in DC.  We saw the White House where the President lives.  We think he might have either come home or left shortly after we walked by because there was a lot of police cars around there and a big limo.  It would have been cool to see the President.  Flat Stanley would have never forgotten his trip.

We also saw the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the World War I Memorial, the World War II Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the Smithsonian.  The Smithsonian is actually a bunch of museums.  We went into the American History Museum.  We were there for a couple hours and only got to see about ¼ of it.  It is huge.  There is a lot to look at.

When we were done down there, we headed back to Dulles Airport to drop Robert off.  He flew back to Cleveland on Sunday evening.  Brett, Aunt Una, Uncle John. Flat Stanley and I went back to our house and had dinner.  We relaxed the rest of the night since Aunt Una and Uncle John were leaving the next day.

Since Sunday, Flat Stanley has been a little bored.  Since it is the week, Brett and I have been working so he has had to sit in the house and plan with Pepper.  The weather has been nice in the high 60s to low 80s all week.  It is supposed to rain this weekend so I thought I would send him back to Cleveland so he doesn’t have to be bored any longer.

I hope Flat Stanley had a good time.  I will see him next week when I come back to Cleveland to prepare for the wedding.  See you soon.

Love,Kelly



PS – Hope you had a fun birthday!!!