Treasure Hunt

This past weekend our family went down to my parents house. Daddy planned a great treasure hunt for the kids. They had no idea what was about to happen. In order to place all the clues, Grandma and Nonna took the kids to a neighbors house where there just happened to be a pirate ship. After about an hour they came back. The first clue was left in the water under the pier. It was in an empty wine bottle that had "washed up on shore." The girl saw it first and flipped out. She was sure it was left there by a pirate. I tried to convince her it was just a washed up bottle but she was more than excited! She pulled the bottle out, got Daddy to open the cork and pulled out a letter from the pirates and the first clue. The boy was excited about the idea but he was much more excited about the wine bottle that he could submerge in the pool on the porch.

The girl took the clue to the grown-ups on the porch and began reading it aloud. They were a bit tricky but she jumped from one clue to the next. Often she set off in the wrong direction to be set straight by having everyone help out. The boy became much more interested when she began to find gold deblumes with the clues.

Both kids were so excited they ran from spot to spot until they came to the final map. The map, also created by Daddy, had an 'X' to mark the spot of the treasure. After about 10 mins. they found the X in the ground. They were very nervous but continued to dig until they found the treasure box. They about jumped out of their skin when they opened and found gold and jewels.

After declaring that they were rich for the rest of their lives and sharing some jewels with their grandparents the kids began to hide the treasure box from anyone. They began to voice their concerns about the pirates returning and coming after them for digging up the box. The girl even went for a nap and swore she heard footsteps outside her window (second floor).

I think they've realized that the gold isn't real but....they still aren't sure how all the clues got to where they were and how the treasure got there. They still kinda want to believe it was pirates so, pirates it was!