World's #1 Dad

for the past few days mike has been telling andrew that he was making a surprise for him. mike hadn't told me what it was, but yesterday the surprise was delivered. mike drew a detailed map of the inside of our house and turned it into a treasure map then cut it into pieces for andrew to construct the puzzle. i helped him tape the puzzle pieces together then andrew had to orient the map to the house and find the start location. he then followed the arrows throughout the house to find the "X marks the spot" - which was a winter hat with 3 pieces of candy in it. andrew loved his treasure hunt puzzle and, of course, eating his treasure. he had a lot of fun putting the puzzle together and following the arrows; he also did very well by himself with only a few pointers from mom. he wants to play the game again and we will probably make a digital copy of the "map" to make it faster to create next time.

mike watched from the sidelines and enjoyed seeing andrew understand and use the map. after andrew got his candy, mike said, "well, now that i've secured my position of world's #1 dad, i need to get back to work." andrew has a great daddy!