Scarlett's Surprise Birthday Trip

It took us a few months to set up with many pieces to put into place, but Brother Bear's vision of a surprise for Scarlett was pulled off a day before her birthday.

He showed up early that morning, before she was awake, so that we could plant all the clues for the scavenger hunt around our house. Once, she slept though a hurricane, so I wasn't worried about her spoiling her own surprise. After all the pieces were hidden, Brother Bear hid himself in the basement stairwell.

A bit groggy and wondering why were were waking her up so early on May 26th, Scarlett humored us by reading the clues from a cypher that her Uncle Brother Bear "sent" for her. As she found each clue to the puzzle, her eyes became more awake and she was giddy putting the puzzle together on the page with small holes cut out of it. The message? She was going to Disney World...right now. Mom and Dad had already packed her bags the night before and what 's that? Here comes Uncle Brother Bear from the stair well!

A few hours later, Scarlett, brother Bear and I were exiting off our plane and finding our resort in Disney World.


More about the trip itself, why I was there and who we met there tomorrow...