For The Sake of Education

We have had a couple of very important visitors these past two weeks.  S and I have doted on them and given them the VIP treatment.  E has played with them, laughed with them, and even given them sweet hugs and kisses.  They have had the privilege of traveling all over Adana, which has been great fun for us all.  But sadly, our guests will go home this week and we will miss them.  However,  we will always remember the wonderful times we had. 

 

Who are our very important and distinguished guests you ask?  Well, Flat A and Flat B, of course. 

 

Allow me to explain.  My twin nieces, A & B, are learning about Flat Stanley this year, which means their 2nd grade class is participating in their very own Flat Stanley adventure. 

 

For those of you unfamiliar with the Flat Stanley story, it is about a boy who becomes flattened by a bulletin board and then gets mailed all over the world while taking photographs of his travels.  For the school  project, each kid in my neices' class made their own Flat Stanleys and mailed them to friends and relatives all over the world.  Those friends and family members in turn took pictures of the "Flat Kids" in their exotic locations and then sent the photographs back to the class.  Some kids went to California, others went to Alaska.  My neices' Flat Kids, Flat A and Flat B, came here to Adana.  They were the only Flat Kids sent overseas, so their adventures will be extra special and informative, we hope. 

 

First Flat A took a little time to read the Turkish newspapers...

 

 

 

Then Flat B took a stroll over to the park (Merkez Camii) and Sabanci mosque to look around...

 

 

 

Then they both headed over to the Consulate to see what work needed to be done.  They had important meetings with the Prez and Vice Prez...

 

 

 



Then they sat in on meetings to discuss Turkish and American relations...

 

 



 

 

The next day, I took them to the market for a bit of shopping.  They bought some yumurta (eggs)...

 

 

 

Negotiated the price of some marul (lettuce)...

 

 

And then took a snack break to enjoy some Aryan and simit.  Yum!

 

 



We had other adventures, but I'll save those photos for their class.  In the meantime, check out that view!  I think they had fun and I know they can't wait to tell the class about their trip!