8 Years!

 For Nathan's b-day, I was very ambitious and made him a treasure hunt.  I also let him have two guests (brothers) instead of our now usual one guest.  Last year his party got cancelled last minute-so he got two parties worth of my effort this year!

I made 7 clues, which took them over an hour to solve!

 They found the treasure in the garden-although Nathan was hesitant to dig it out.  He looked at me first to be sure that it was really okay.

 I had found a mini wooden chest and chocolate money at the local dollar store.  I didn't dare take off the plastic (which would have made it look more real) and good thing I didn't 'cause we had a thunderstorm and pouring rain on his birthday morning.  It was a great relief to see it dry up for the party! :)

 I had swords hidden for one of the clues-to keep the ones who found the clues too boring occupied.

 The other activity I set up was a plank-they had to walk blindfolded along it-and they decided to chop the person if they fell off-and if they made it to the end safely they would still get attacked, but then they could take the blindfold off first.

 Evelyn didn't get to play any of the games.

 It's always fun to watch the response when presents are being opened.  Especially when they open something that doesn't make sense. ;)

Here are all the clues (plus a cheat sheet in case one got lost) I made for the treasure hunt.  Evelyn helped me. ;)  But by the end she was very mad because I was ignoring her and just trying to get it done!   One of the clues almost got attacked by a weed-eater!