The Honey Monster

There is a particular literary character that has been an adopted member of our family from time to time. He tends to show up in the mail from America and asks us to take him to places where we can capture photos to send back with him to the states. He goes by the name of Flat Stanley and thanks to Lilly and Cousin Hannah, we have had some good times with Flat Stanley. John arrived home this week with the a UK version known as Honey Monster. He comes home with a journal and our job is to take him on an adventure, snap photos, and then John is tasked with a creative writing exercise to document the whole escapade.

We figured it was time to hop down to London to see if we could drum up some trouble so here is John

and Mr. Monster on the Tube heading into

London.

We decided to get a little political

exposure on this trip so we stopped into Hollywood to see Gov. Schwarzenegger. Of course, based on California politics, he had to change into Terminator mode just to survive. We also nipped into a matinee to catch Grease. Probably also worth pointing out Maggie's hair that is left

over from the Friday night birthday makeover at the salon in Newmarket. Lily turned 12 and everyone got fancy locks.

SoHo seemed to be hopping so we added a picture of Monster with the Chinese lanterns that were hanging. We added shots of him with Big Ben and the London

Eye but the crown jewel was when we got

to Covent Garden. It tends to be loaded with street performers and this time was not different. As we were heading home, we came across a juggler with a unicycle. Of course we were drawn in and before you know it, Dad and John were both in the show. The kicker was that John made five pounds for helping out. We'll try to get the video up on facebook.