Shortly before Christmas, Matt and Dallin went home teaching to a famiy in the ward and during the visit, the kids in the family told Matt and Dallin about the time their mom hid their Christmas stockings. When they got up before dawn, all they found were some 500 piece puzzles and a note that said there was a clue on the back of each puzzle to tell the child where his stocking was hidden. This trick bought the parents several more hours of sleep while the furious children worked on their puzzles. Our children were enchanted with the idea and asked if we would do that for them. It was too late for me to go buy puzzles, but Matt and I did devise a difficult treasure hunt. Matt hid the stockings under the bed, so there would be no way the kids could just go hunting and find them w/o working through the clues. In order to get under the bed, the mattress has to be lifted up. This activity did not buy us more sleeping time, as I was too interested in seeing how they solved the clues. It was fun to see them enjoying the game. I hope they thought it was worth it, because we actually lost an additional hour of sleep as we stayed up late setting everything up.
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