Flat Stanley visits DC

Have you heard about Flat Stanley, the boy who was accidentally squished by a bulletin board? Stanley is very, very flat; but otherwise fine. The children’s book goes on to tell how Stanley discovers some real advantages to being flat. He can slide under doors, and even fold himself up small enough to fit into an envelope and be mailed to California for vacation.

This year my 2nd grade cousin read about Flat Stanley and her class made paper dolls to send to cities all over America. A flat version of my cousin visited me in DC and like any first-time visitor, we had to do a Monument tour. We also had dinner and margaritas at Lauriol Plaza, but thought it best to keep those photos to ourselves.

We started with the Washington Monument.

On the way to the Lincoln Memorial, Flat "Stanley" lost an eye. She's covering it up with one of her braids. She was a good sport though and kept smiling the whole time.

We drew on an eye and kept going. Here's Flat "Stanley" across the Tidal Basin from the Jefferson Memorial.

And to wrap up our tour, we visited the newest memorial on the National Mall, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.

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