My sister-in-law planned a huge thing for all the children while we were at Topsail Island. She made a treasure map, stuffed it into a bottle, and planted it in the sand for Colter to find. (He was SO geeked out by it. LOL)

It directed them to different clues:

It was a long walk to the pier and the next clue (at least that’s what I was told, I stayed on the beach with the girls):

And then they had to walk all the way back to where they started. LOL (that was pretty cruel IMO).  But that gave the time needed to bury the treasure, which the kids found and dug up:

And like any good, respectable buried treasure, it contained lots of fake guns and swords:

And a pretty cool chest to hold it all:

There was even a pirate flag:

It was really fun for the children and I’m so glad that Heather put it together. 

So… my mom got bubble wands and my sister-in-law did the buried treasure/pirate thing.  What did I do??

Ummmm….

Nothing.

Except buy lots of ice cream.