Caleb's 5th Birthday

We celebrated Caleb's 5th birthday party on January 10, the weekend before Barrett deployed. We did a pirate theme that included a treasure hunt in the field and beach behind our house. I think just about everyone we invited came, so we had around 20 kids running around (thank goodness it didn't rain until the party was over). We let everyone play around the house and backyard first, and then we rounded everyone up for the treasure hunt. We gave them each a map of the treasure hunt area and they had to find the clues along the way. One clue led them to

the beach where they had to dig up the next clue. They finally found the treasure- we used the fun, big treasure box that Barrett's mom used for her school room- which was filled with their party goodie bags and lots of play money coins. They all had a blast and got some exercise in the process. Then we had cake and icecream and let Caleb open his presents. The rain that was predicted that morning held off until everyone was leaving, so we were thankful for that.

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