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Monday, August 10, 2020

Mia's map

We were at the end of a sunny Sunday afternoon.
We'd eaten dinner. The parents were chatting with the grandparents .
The kids were playing in the sandbox when Mia came up with an idea.
"I want to make an inside-outside treasure hunt," she whispered. "Ok," I whispered back. "Do you have a treasure?"
She nodded and went off into the house, full of purpose.
I wondered what she'd do. We have treats in various places in the house but would she feel like she could "borrow" what she needed?
Mia is 9 and this is grandma's house so I figured she'd be fine.
She came back a little later with a tiny treasure map and a plastic bag filled with cookies left over from dinner.
She looked around and quickly buried the sack in the sand with nobody noticing.
Then she announced to her siblings that there was treasure somewhere. She handed them the map.
Off they went.
Not much later, they came back and unearthed the treasure.
They were thrilled with the cookies and proud of their success.
I think her treasure map is worth sharing...


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