First Grader, Flat Nathaniel and his flat cousins:

Every first-grade class at Mt. Loafer Elementary listens to their teacher read "Flat Stanley", then trace body outlines to be sent all over the world to family and friends. Flat Nathaniel first went to visit Russell and Natalie in Michigan. He must have liked it there because during a game of hide-and-seek, he decided to stay hidden. What could be done? Who would the real Nathaniel hold up when he gave his report? Flat Russell and Flat Natalie to the rescue! (Thanks Summer and we hope our R & N cousins enjoyed their afternoon activity.) (Hey there Noelle, Jonah, Maron, Jenson, Jordon, and Gavon! Mrs. Bradley said we have made history. In all of the 12 years of our school's history, this is the first time we've had flat cousins. She's OK with another class photo with any other classroom cousins if each child takes only a few minutes of class time. That pretty much makes it an open mailing invitation for butcher paper tracings of any of you. Let us know who is planning to send a Flat cousin so we can wait for all of them before asking for class time. Thanks!) Nathaniel actually gave his report yesterday and I just slipped into class today to quickly take a photo before they did rotations. I'm sorry Russell that I didn't get a good shot of Flat Russell. I just had the children stand up where they were on the carpet. I didn't even have Nathaniel stand in the middle holding both with his class mates on either side. that would have been a cute photo. BTW, Flat Russell and Flat Natalie will be hung in the hallway for the rest of the month before I can mail them back. I will post the flat cousins with Nathaniel's first grade class photo in a future blog. Ken is going to make a video of Connor and his triathlon in St. George this past weekend and then post it here. We love you all and look forward to any flat cousins that may be mailed.
-Heather Shea Meads