Flat Matthew

Yesterday Flat Matthew arrived at our house to begin a stay of a few weeks.

Flat Matthew is part of a school project that our friend Matt is doing. Matt, about whom I have posted before, is the son of John and Judi out at the R&GN. His class just read a book about a character named Flat Stanley, a little boy who was smashed flat by a bulletin board and then went on to have adventures before getting back to normal. All the students had to create a flat version of themselves and mail it to someone out-of-state who would take it on adventures, take pictures and so on and then return it in a month. I assume they students will all then share what adventures the Flat Me's had.

Yesterday Flat Matthew arrived in the mail, and his main adventure was having his eyes glued back on. They had come loose in the mail. As it turns out, Round Matthew's father, John, was up here to do some work at the Riverside & Great Northern Railway. Tom had gone over to help out, and John came home and had dinner with us. After dinner, Tom glued Flat Matthew's eyes back while we all visited. We discussed what places we might take Flat Matthew and what he could do while he is with us.

Here is Flat Matthew sitting on the sofa with Cassidy and watching television. As you can see, Matthew may be flat, but Cassidy is fat!

This morning Flat Matthew got to meet all the dragons in my room and I think Tom is going to take him over to the railrod this afternoon. Part of the deal is that we have to keep a journal of all the places Flat Matthew goes and what he does. So we created a Flat Matthew blog for that purpose. If you want to keep track of what he is up to for the next few weeks, feel free to visit him at Flat Matthew.

I do remind you that we are doing this for a thrid grader, so take that into account if you do read about Flat Matthew's adventures. If you have any suggestions for things he can do, let me know!