Valentine's Day Treasure Hunt

I have to work tomorrow ( I know....shocking :)) so we decided to celebrate Valentine's Day today.  Inspired by a friend and fellow blogger (she's amazing) I thought this Valentine's Day should be made up of things we love.  Brandon loves to hide and find things, look for clues, and help his cartoon characters take the right path.  I decided we would make a Valentine's Day Treasure Hunt for the kids to find their "treasure".  We took a picture of each room of the house, cut out paper hearts and put them together for our "clues". Then we placed them in various places around the house.  Each one leading to the next clue and finally to the "treasure".

It was a huge hit.  He loved  it!  He would look at the picture on the clue, tell us what room it was (the potty room, the kitchen room, me crib) and run to find the clue. 

  The "treasure" was in the upstairs playroom.  We put each child's gift in a red gift bag with his/her picture on the front.  Unfortunately, when we got to the playroom he wanted to find another clue.  He went right past the "treasure" and searched the room for a clue.  Too cute.  Good thing he liked his gift.  He soon was too distracted to worry about finding another clue.  Brandon loves to dump and pour.  He does this with anything he can find.  Dirt outside, water and cups inside, decorative rocks etc.  We bought him a sand art set so he could dump and pour to his heart's content.

It came with 5 different colors which lasted about 2 minutes.  Now all the colors are mixed into one but he didn't seem to mind.  He had a blast!

Brandon also got a Hot Wheels ramp and loop because he loves his Matchbox cars as much as he loves to dump and pour.  He really loved  racing the car down the ramp and watching it fly off.  I think Dan enjoyed it as well.

Don't worry, Miss Madelyn was not left out.  I carried her around while Brandon found all the clues and she loves to watch him.  She gets so excited when he is around.  Her "treasure" was a Taggie ball.  She loves to play with tags.  She is really becoming a great player.

After the treasure hunt we had supper.  We had waffles because Brandon loves waffles.  Who doesn't?  Madelyn had apples and she loved  them!  Madelyn also loves  to "spit" at us. 


We love this face!  Don't you?  Happy Valentine's Day!!!