Happy 16th Wolfie!

On the way home from the Hayhouse seminar, Roy and I were talking about Wolfie's 16th birthday. Wolf is such a good kid and he really took care of everything on the homefront while we were gone. I'm well aware that he wants the new Playstation and it's so expensive that he's not expecting it.  I came into a little extra money, compliments of my mom (maybe it was her way of saying, "get the boy a Playstation!"). So, Roy and I decide to surprise Wolfie with this PS4 thingy. Additionally, I'm spicing things up a little by organizing a scavenger hunt for his gift! He'll probably think he's too old for this game and I'm expecting him to resist, but I'm doing it! 

On the day, the kids wake and we dive right into the hunt! It begins with him opening his card and reading the first clue which I had to explain was a game. Drew, just as surprised, began bouncing off the walls with excitement as she helped him with the clues leading them from room to room. 

CARD	WHERE TO PUT THIS CARD
1. Don't you worry don't you fear this is not your gift this year. Clues will lead to something good. Now go look for a clue where we store the food. (pantry)	Inside birthday card
2. Sometimes you'll find me hard and cold, other times I'm hard to hold, always present in the air, if I'm ever gone, beware. What am I? (water jug)	Inside pantry
3. Are you hungry yet? Some food I'll nuke but don't eat so much that it makes you puke. (Microwave)	On the water jug
4. What has a ring but no finger? (telephone)	Inside the microwave
5. You're getting hot if you retire beside a nice and cozy fire. (fireplace)	By the telephone
6. I have a face that doesn't frown, I have hands that do not wave, I have no mouth, just a familiar sound, I don't walk but I move around, what am I? (clock)	On the fireplace
7. The more I dry the wetter I become. What am I? (towel)	On the clock
8. Some take me in the morning, others take me in the evening, but one thing you should know - that when I'm 'taken', I don't really go anywhere. (shower)	In the towel pantry
9. I'll store your clothes and so much more but instead you prefer to use the floor. What am I? (closet)	In the shower
10. You've never used me for a good scrub-a-dub-dub but for new babies home you might look in mom's _ _ _ !	In Wolf’s closet
11. If you ever find yourself drifting swim for this island.	In mom’s tub
We love you spy boy. Hip hip hooray! You found all the presents for your birthday!	On the gift Placed on the kitchen island

(Let me explain number 10.  We have a new litter of puppies and we're keeping them in my bathtub because no one ever uses it.)

In the end, Wolfie said that he totally enjoyed hunt! (As did Drew, of course.) And they both want to continue the game as a birthday tradition. They said it made the gift giving not so awkward and boring. Success!

Wolfie sporting the awesome tattoo he found inside his birthday card.