Daddy's Haunted Birthday Treasure Hunt

We like to scare Daddy on his birthday...since its in October! This year we decided to spook up the house a bit and do a haunted treasure hunt. It was so so so fun! These pictures just don't do it justice. Not that it was really scary but we had so much fun doing it. First we decorated the house and got a new fog machine to make it a little scarier.

Then we hid clues all around the house....one was at the bottom of a spider filled bowl of spaghetti, one was in a bowl of Jello, one was in the dead witch's hands (Ella) and one was in the mummy that roamed around the house (Luke).

Here are some of the clues:

 This was on the front door when he got home:

The absolute best part of the night was Annabeth though. She was so excited about all the events going on! We made Daddy wait at the bottom of the stairs and Annabeth's job was to walk down the stairs and give him the first clue. We didn't practice it with her at all but when she walked down she stopped about five stairs from him, leaned over and said as loud as she could "Happy Halloween Daddy" and then handed him the clue and walked quietly back up the stairs! It was hilarious!! Luke walked around the house with his arms straight out and a clue laying in his hands, when Lyle tried to get the clue Luke slapped his hand. We had to cover his mouth with 'mummy wrap' to keep him from laughing...same thing with Ella who laid on the couch "her coffin" with a clue under her hands. The last clue lead Lyle to the back deck where we had candles lit, a chocolate cake and his presents. It was such a great night!

Later that week, Lyle and I went out to really celebrate his 41st birthday! Love you, Lyle. We really couldn't have gotten luckier! Can't wait to SCARE you again next year!