Our Family: A visit to Smith Rock

 

Our Family: A visit to Smith Rock

Okay, this one is kind of family life, kind of homeschooling.  Family life because it's hiking and homeschooling because we wouldn't have gone if it hadn't been for this book!  This month, we took part in The Homeschool Lounge's fall Flat Stanley project. The project is based on the book "Flat Stanley", by Jeff Brown, about a little boy who is flattened by a billboard and goes on to have great adventures! We made our own little "Stanley's" as well as a journal, and sent them across the country to other homeschooling families for a visit.  Megan's Stanley is visiting Florida, and Jordan's is in Pennsylvania. The girls are both very excited to see what their Stanley's did while they were away. 

We have had a lot of fun thinking up places to take our little visitors.  We're new to the High Desert, so finding places that are unique to the area has been a bit of a challenge.  Yesterday we took them to Smith Rock for a little hiking. There were only a few rock climbers to watch, but it was a fun trip all the same. Here are a few pictures of the kids with their Stanley's.  

One more sign that my Megan is growing up:  Today while we were working on our journals, she said, "I can't write that Stanley had a great time yesterday, because he's just a piece of paper--it would be lying to say that!"  I asked her what she would like to write, and she said, "I can write that we took their piece of paper to Smith Rock."  Ha!  Suddenly, I've become the silly mommy who is making her spend time with a character from a book!  It seems like just yesterday that she was telling me that she was going to Alaska to live with wolves.  Oh wait...