The Chiu Family was happy to have Flat Andrew visit us in Somerville, Massachusetts, a town just a few miles north of Boston. Owen knew that Flat Stanley was once made un-flat with a bicycle pump. Owen tried it with Flat Andrew, but it didn’t work!
Instead, Nora and Addie made flat-selves so Flat Andrew would have some Flat Friends to play with.
Flat Andrew also had fun playing with un-flat Addie while Owen and Nora were at school.
Flat Andrew got to see Owen and Nora at the Benjamin G. Brown Elementary School, which has been a school for over 100 years. Nora is in 1st grade, and Owen is in 3rd.
It was a warm day, so we thought Flat Andrew would enjoy seeing the Atlantic Ocean. We went to Revere Beach and hunted for seashells, but it was so windy, we couldn’t stay to build a sandcastle.
Instead, we went back home and made one in the sandbox.
Our town Somerville has a historic sight, the “Powderhouse”, which is just a block away from our house. It was built as a windmill in 1703, and was used to store gunpowder during the American Revolution. Addie showed Flat Andrew some of the historic markings around the park. We think it is very funny that the building was used as a pickle factory in the 1870’s.
Flat Andrew’s last adventure was joining Owen, Nora and Addie at marching band practice for the “Underage Marching Menace”…
It is really fun. Owen even made his own instrument, a “Kazoomaphone”. Nora plays the tambourine, and Addie plays a drum made from a coffee can. We will probably perform at a big music festival called HONK! That happens in Somerville in October.
Here is the band website http://kids-street-band.tumblr.com/
and here is a video of Flat Andrew marching (there are usually a few more kids in the band!):
We hope Flat Andrew enjoyed his visit to Somerville, MA, and we hope un-flat Andrew and his family will visit us some day!
