Last Sunday, we celebrated Tessa's birthday with the whole family. Tessa went back and forth on several ideas of what she wanted to do for her birthday party this year. She finally settled on an Expedition Unknown theme, after her favorite show on Netflix. Mommy had a hard time coming up with ideas for that theme, but I think we nailed it and everything turned out perfectly!!
Tessa specifically wanted to focus on the Nazca lines and the Amber Chamber, so some of our decorations incorporated those things.
Ready for some adventures!
We made a dig site cake
We had lots of treasure and artifacts around the house.
We even had a snake for dinner.
Tessa said it was better than she had imagined.
Our cute little Explorer!
We were glad to have a few of our cousins come to the party. Mommy and Daddy planned a special treasure hunt for the party.
The clues to the puzzle were hidden in the sandbox. They had to dig the pieces out, figure out the puzzle, and participate in the activities on the back of the puzzle pieces to get the treasure clues.
To get their first clue, they had to do a Mummy wrap. The girls were more efficient than the boys, so they won and got the first clue to the treasure.
The next activity was dart guns. The kids had to blow q-tips through straws and hit the target.
Next was Target shooting
Our last activity was supposed to be a booby trap and we were going to play pie face, but we were missing some pieces to the game. Instead, the kids all went digging for the final puzzle pieces so they could get the final clues for the treasure.
After they got all the puzzle pieces and figured out the puzzle, Mommy gave them the final clues and they tried to figure out where the treasure was hidden. It was in a place that was dark, cold, you can't see it from the outside, and it has no carpet. The kids thought the basement might be a good place to start looking, so they headed down there.
And they were right! They found a treasure box full of goodies for them hiding in the basement.
Opening some of her presents! She got some good stuff!!
She was excited about her ice skating lessons!
Kathleen brought some head scarves from Morocco and taught us how to wrap them. We look so mysterious!
Before she headed off to bed, she said it was the best birthday ever. It was a pretty great party!!
Happy Birthday, Tessa!!
Happy Birthday, Tessa!!
Documenting some of her loot. She has a few more presents to open on her actual birthday.
She especially loves her fossil necklace from Michael and Kathleen.
On Monday, Mommy and Daddy took Tessa out for a special birthday dinner. This year, she chose Chick-fil-A. She's pretty easy to please!
