tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89860414902689354732024-03-05T19:19:44.716-08:00Flat Jordan's AdventuresFlat Jordan came to visit us all the way from Longmont, CO, USA. He stayed in Dryden, Ontario, Canada for 10 days and then he went off to China!Tarasviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04750633944607986537noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986041490268935473.post-4874177267106511882011-01-27T04:42:00.000-08:002011-01-27T04:42:28.493-08:00Another cold day for Flat Jordan.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-oge0xrnURouX3enYD6vwUa7m41s5GvjKhEPifkvqGGszqmKICvI9j7upJHCMK9-nSvWaEmfq2wYIZ8hVBStHc6YXLWdweguYDsBPrSupMk2I6Ri8hbXgO-A_OLUlaLGH5aG4m-Duaod/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-oge0xrnURouX3enYD6vwUa7m41s5GvjKhEPifkvqGGszqmKICvI9j7upJHCMK9-nSvWaEmfq2wYIZ8hVBStHc6YXLWdweguYDsBPrSupMk2I6Ri8hbXgO-A_OLUlaLGH5aG4m-Duaod/s320/003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Here are a few pictures of the city where Flat Jordan is visiting. The temperature today in Shenyang was -13 to 13! It was very cold. You can see an office building with the Chinese flag flying outside. There are lots of Chinese flags everywhere. People in China really love their country.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fireworks. It is almost Chinese New Year and people are stocking up on fireworks. On Chinese New Years Eve, the fireworks will go off for many hours!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even though it almost February, there are still many Christmas decorations up. Very few people in China celebrate Christmas but they like the decorations. On Christmas day, everything is open, even schools for children! It's not a holiday here.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a restaurant. It is called "Hao Kou Wei Xiao Chi Cai" Hao means good. "Kou wei" means taste. "Xiao chi cai" means small dishes. You look at the second character that looks like a square. Doesn't it look kind of like a mouth? That's because it is a mouth! 口 is pronounce "kou" and it means mouth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This snow has been sitting there since about November! It snows early and doesn't melt. It just piles up and gets dirty.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since Chinese New Year is coming, there are pretty red lanterns up all over the place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Flat Jordan went out for a walk at night to see the lanterns all lit up. This is the same one as in the day time picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968771661846546449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986041490268935473.post-61339329544504845162011-01-24T22:42:00.000-08:002011-01-24T22:42:58.537-08:00Some more adventures in ChinaWell, Flat Jordan is now back in ShenYang where there is snow on the ground and the temperature is well below freezing. He's been hanging out in the apartment of the family where he is visiting. Most people in China live in apartments, unless they live in the countryside. In the countryside there are many houses.<br />
In China, there are many buildings that are six stories tall. That is because if a building is seven stories, the builder must put in an elevator. Many builders don't want to do that. So many people (including the family that Flat Jordan is visiting) climb stairs a lot.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This morning, Flat Stanley had to go to the grocery store. Many people in China ride bikes and buy small amounts of food each day.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the way back from the store, the basket was pretty crowded!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Most food in China is about the same as in America.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some food is similar but different. Here is some dish soap, multi-grain cheerios, oatmeal and Skittles. The oatmeal actually is sent in from Australia.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Milk comes in boxes or small bags. It does not taste like American milk. Before you open it, it doesn't even need to go in the refrigerator!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other thing in the picture is ginger root. That is used a lot in Chinese cooking. Americans usually use ginger powder.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Flat Jordan also tried to read some Chinese. Chinese is written in "characters" not letters. After a while, he gave up! Chinese is hard!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He tried reading a Chinese children's book. Even that was hard!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Flat Jordan's China family had to go to Beijing for a quick trip. So they took Flat Jordan with them.<br />
Early in the morning, he got in a taxi and went to the north side of the city to get on the train. He went on the fast train to Beijing, which takes about 4 hours. It is very, very fast.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After his day in Beijing, Flat Jordan had to go back to cold Shenyang. We'll see what happens next to him!</div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968771661846546449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986041490268935473.post-18083373104992006892010-12-31T13:01:00.000-08:002011-01-02T13:04:44.730-08:00Bye Flat Jordan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzM2dey0x67MEoAoSUwc5-b7iSGn6HoXHB85B4Wkju2KArH9yWFset2_1mCUIqfilxjAWaQEvC9JQzqgwgSg4y7t_VYJQGV2n0083sAMcY2GOUXuHme6qwCN3SyeOz236Kk1zMJcOCQYsW/s1600/DSC_5163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzM2dey0x67MEoAoSUwc5-b7iSGn6HoXHB85B4Wkju2KArH9yWFset2_1mCUIqfilxjAWaQEvC9JQzqgwgSg4y7t_VYJQGV2n0083sAMcY2GOUXuHme6qwCN3SyeOz236Kk1zMJcOCQYsW/s640/DSC_5163.JPG" width="424" /></a></div> We took these pictures before mom put Flat Jordan in the envelope to send away. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1u6590T6eSV9cODup98Vtkzh-mUy90eOBqFK-ZOy1yYyosbiMec_dMpbO2z81aazIBA-0ZSPqc54mfDH9IakVqvzv7fl39EzyuEsohyrIejZlBXnGoNPgRrIsO0VXT8aM2S8PEDMa8dl/s1600/DSC_5166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-1u6590T6eSV9cODup98Vtkzh-mUy90eOBqFK-ZOy1yYyosbiMec_dMpbO2z81aazIBA-0ZSPqc54mfDH9IakVqvzv7fl39EzyuEsohyrIejZlBXnGoNPgRrIsO0VXT8aM2S8PEDMa8dl/s400/DSC_5166.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Bye flat Jordan. We are sending you to China now. Have fun!Tarasviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04750633944607986537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986041490268935473.post-29142884997790636582010-12-30T13:34:00.000-08:002011-01-02T13:36:08.233-08:00Us<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCWg_8dutkbHNG4SGMd73QrzOLDRLZjoMZ86-olMr2FdC3BysuPNvC245Somud0_Z84v9DwCw7ql6estqxAOoCUdn2Kw0ttHP4MbNmwAALcY1jR3bW_0DA-RVIbeYEJ8WlgGE9AjHuU7V/s1600/DSC_5117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCWg_8dutkbHNG4SGMd73QrzOLDRLZjoMZ86-olMr2FdC3BysuPNvC245Somud0_Z84v9DwCw7ql6estqxAOoCUdn2Kw0ttHP4MbNmwAALcY1jR3bW_0DA-RVIbeYEJ8WlgGE9AjHuU7V/s400/DSC_5117.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>This is us today. Aiden, Olivia and then Owen.Tarasviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04750633944607986537noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986041490268935473.post-27483644078026182702010-12-29T10:57:00.000-08:002011-01-02T13:01:29.978-08:00Flat Jordan plays with Olivia's toys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3kDifhwhNpTRl_thV7lu29AsOUOqZWxuHu7B_rZbyK84vChQIdOinYbf6GmVDb2-ERAaE82u1cIzwCnikP_mLfgHXIvbK22zxU9YS9fILKatEkmZAB4Cmbf9OfvZIMWqGkDfB6N9AMGn/s1600/DSC_5100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3kDifhwhNpTRl_thV7lu29AsOUOqZWxuHu7B_rZbyK84vChQIdOinYbf6GmVDb2-ERAaE82u1cIzwCnikP_mLfgHXIvbK22zxU9YS9fILKatEkmZAB4Cmbf9OfvZIMWqGkDfB6N9AMGn/s400/DSC_5100.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> Olivia got a Barbie camper for Christmas and we found Flat Jordan playing in it. <br />
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<blockquote>The City of Dryden is centrally located in Northwestern Ontario, along the Trans Canada Highway (17). Dryden is near the centre of Canada, half-way between Thunder Bay, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba.</blockquote>It takes us 4.5 hours to drive to Winnipeg, Manitoba and 4.5 hours to drive in the other direction to Thunder Bay. It is a very long drive. When mom flew on an airplane to Toronto for her business trip we had to drive all the way to Thunder Bay to get to the closest airport. <br />
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There is a place called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakabeka_Falls">Kakabeka Falls</a> on the way to Thunder Bay. We stopped there for a break and mom took these pictures. It was fall then so there was no snow and the leaves were all turning colours. <br />
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This is what our street looks like today...<br />
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This is what hoar frost looks like up close. Mom took these pictures in our yard.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Tarasviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04750633944607986537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986041490268935473.post-62122935197688690532010-12-27T12:21:00.000-08:002011-01-02T12:31:56.986-08:00Flat Jordan Goes Sledding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcpodbIDNDRBV7f30nUHcpPWps9JhIdbafwxY8IOT6EPVZU_NuCkUJ2gpCfkuFfKAr0-s5-9JyJSXFGacs6qKfzDapmgoV5IFA3KYVubmjUILCNU7R42CzLeG-GnmeHGZM0F76m0B1lIt/s1600/DSC_5175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcpodbIDNDRBV7f30nUHcpPWps9JhIdbafwxY8IOT6EPVZU_NuCkUJ2gpCfkuFfKAr0-s5-9JyJSXFGacs6qKfzDapmgoV5IFA3KYVubmjUILCNU7R42CzLeG-GnmeHGZM0F76m0B1lIt/s640/DSC_5175.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><br />
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This is Owen... <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Tarasviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04750633944607986537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986041490268935473.post-79853357450529165292010-12-26T21:53:00.000-08:002011-01-02T12:57:25.038-08:00McDonalds and ChurchThis is Aiden with Flat Jordan...<br />
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This is Owen showing Flat Jordan the frost covered trees. It was cold outside. <br />
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Olivia took Flat Jordan to warm up with the other kids by the fire. But not too close.<br />
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My mom is typing this but us kids are telling her what to say. None of us can type as fast as her yet. We wanted to send you these pictures for real but the store that prints pictures in our town is closed for the holidays and won't open until after we have to send you to the next place. So we are putting them on the computer. We hope you can see them. My mom says she will email a link to this page to your teacher and also will put it in a letter that we will write. <br />
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There are 5 people in our family.<br />
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Aiden is 8 and is the oldest kid. He is smart and funny and has Autism and ADHD. He is in grade 3 at New Prospect Elementary School. His teacher is named Mrs. Giberson and his helper is named Mrs. Storrey. His best friend is named Ben and he has the exact same birthday as Aiden- April 30. His most favourite thing is Lego and playing Nintendo DS. The computer underlined the word favourite in red and mom says that is because we spell that word differently in Canada than you do in the USA. That is weird. It isn't a spelling mistake though. <br />
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Owen is 7 and doesn't like being the middle kid. He wishes he was the oldest. He loves to play outside all year round. He is funny and some people think he might have ADHD too. He is in grade 2 at New Prospect Elementary School. His teacher is named Mrs. Douglas. His very best friend is named Hunter. He loves to play pretend being Star Wars guys and he loves to play Wii.<br />
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Olivia is 4. She is in junior kindergarten at New Prospect Elementary School which means she only goes to school for 2 days a week. Next year in kindergarten she will go all the same days as her brothers do. Her teacher is named Mrs. Markowski and her very best friend is named Sarah. She loves pink and Barbie and Princesses. <br />
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Mom is named Tara and she works at home as a virtual assistant on her computer. Dad is named Doug and his is a minister at Timbers Community Church.<br />
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My mom found your school on the internet and showed us a picture of Mrs. Nix. She looks nice. Is she? We didn't find any pictures of your class though. It says that you are a grade 2 class. Owen is in grade 2 and his class hosted Flat Reese from another school in October. It was fun. That is why we are excited that you came to our house. <br />
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This is what our school looked like during the snowstorm last week...<br />
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We live in a town called <a href="http://www.dryden.ca/">Dryden</a>. It is a very small town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Dryden has about 8000 people living in it. This is our town website : <a href="http://www.dryden.ca/">http://www.dryden.ca/</a><br />
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This is what Wikipedia says about Dryden: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryden,_Ontario">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryden,_Ontario</a><br />
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We looked up Longmont on the internet and read that you have 86 000 people in your town. That is a lot of people. Our town only has 3 stoplights... how many does yours have? Is there too many to count?<br />
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You can find an Ontario map here that actually has Dryden on it : <b><a href="http://www.canada-maps.org/ontario-map.htm">http://www.canada-maps.org/ontario-map.htm</a> </b>. Most Ontario maps don't have Dryden because it is too small. Ontario is a very big province. <b><br />
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Here are some facts about Ontario that we found on the internet ( <a href="http://in.ontariotravel.net/traveltips/factsAboutOntario.aspx">http://in.ontariotravel.net/traveltips/factsAboutOntario.aspx</a> )...<br />
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<blockquote><strong>Population: </strong><br />
With a population of more than 12 million, Ontario is home to one in three Canadians.<strong> </strong><br />
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<strong>Size: </strong><br />
Ontario is Canada’s second-largest province, covering more than one million square kilometres (415,000 square miles)<br />
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<blockquote><strong><i>*We wanted to find out how big your State is so we looked it up on the internet. It said that Colorado is 104 100 Sq. miles. That means that you can fit about 4 Colorado's into 1 Ontario. It takes about 28 hours to drive from one side of Ontario to the other side. That is a very long time.</i> </strong></blockquote><br />
<strong>Land: </strong><br />
894,639 square kilometres (344,092 square miles)<br />
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<strong>Water: </strong><br />
177,398 square kilometres (68,490 square miles), including 250,000 lakes and about one-third of the world's fresh water.<br />
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<strong>Capital: </strong><br />
Toronto (pop; 4,000,000 app.), located on Lake Ontario, is Canada’s largest city. It is also the commercial, industrial and financial centre of Canada.<br />
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<strong>Time Zones: </strong><br />
Most of Ontario is in the Eastern Standard Time Zone. Some of Western/Northern Ontario is in the Central Time Zone.<br />
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Right now it is winter time here. It is very cold. On the day Flat Jordan arrived at our house it was -32 degrees Celsius... which is -27 degrees Fahrenheit. There is also a LOT of snow. We love the snow. We took a picture of Flat Jordan in the snow in our yard and on our swing set.<br />
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At our school we are not allowed to play on the play structures when there is snow and we hate that. In our province rules like that are decided in the biggest city- Toronto. But it is 21 hours South of us and they don't have snow for 6 months straight like we do. It is much warmer there.<br />
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Since we can't play on the play structures all winter long we are allowed to bring our sleds to school. We love to go sledding. We have to dress really warm though. We always wear our snow pants and warm coats and hats and mittens and big winter boots when we go outside.<br />
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This is what our yard looked like on the day Flat Jordan arrived.<br />
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We live in a duplex... that means that we share a wall with our neighbours. They have a Canadian flag in their part of the yard. They have 5 kids and they are homeschooled. We like them and play with them a lot. <br />
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This is our van before our dad brushed all the snow off...<br />
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