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Indoor Day | Digging for Treasure

Posted by: on Jan 17, 2013 | 5 Comments

I had a morning with my three year old where I could do nothing right and I was being hit by wave after wave of tantrums. Thank God for nap time because it brings the potential of a fresh start to the day. Before he woke up I filled a baking dish with dried beans and buried a handful of marshmallows, fake money and monkeys. Once he was up I told him he was going to go on a treasure hunt. Instant joy!


Little Jethro wanted in on the action and to calm the brewing storm I gave him his own container filled with dried rice. That was stupid. He used the rice as confetti and our kitchen became a rice bowl. We were having a bunch of friends over for a potluck that night, so again, poor planning on my part.

Despite the mess it was such a relief to have happy boys.

Because I wish to be as transparent as possible on Elasticpantcity I wanted to state the obvious:

1. I stage all the photos where my house looks clean.

2. Sometimes Levi dresses himself and I pretend I don’t notice his shirt is inside out (Choose your battles, right?).

3. Craft time never goes as perfectly as planned (or not planned).

5 Comments

  1. heather @ grillfusion
    January 17, 2013

    I love it! Somedays just are that way aren’t they? but thank you for being honest, and for the idea. I will just have to pull that one out one of these days!

  2. Michelle
    January 17, 2013

    It kept them pretty entertained!

  3. Jen
    January 26, 2013

    So funny, Michelle – we did almost the exact SAME thing the other day! :)

  4. Michelle
    January 27, 2013

    It’s definitely fun for the kiddos, just be prepared to clean up!

    • Jen
      January 27, 2013

      Yes, definitely. We actually kept ours out on the floor of the living room in front of the window for 4 or 5 days, and clean up wasn’t as bad as I expected it to be. Thank goodness for big bath towels! :)

      Here’s our version: http://mamapapabubba.com/2013/01/21/mini-treasure-hunt/ :)