HUNTING FOR CHRISTMAS TREASURE
What's great about being an adult for Christmas is that you are in the drivers seat. One year Gary and I had the thought that Christmas was getting a bit boring for our teenagers so we wanted to do something different for them. We chose a treasure hunt. The kids woke up to a big message giving them instructions for their morning. Garrett was designated as the driver and the girls read the clues and navigated. The clues were distributed all over the neighborhood. Here were four teenagers drivng all over the place, jumping in and out of the car wearing matching sweats all trying to decypher the clues. It took them about an hour to play this game, but they had a blast. Gary and I would hide in the dark and watch them at each location where they would go to find a clue. Of course their gifts were at home all along, hanging in great big santa sacks off the clothesline in the back yard. But it was great morning. So much fun! To this day they will each tell you that Christmas was one they will never forget. We won't either. We look forward to doing the same activity for our grandchildren when they are teenagers.
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