The girls had so much fun last year at Lucy's mystery party they wanted to do the very same thing again this year. Luckily, I was able to find another Nancy Drew-esque, non-murder mystery, this one about a diamond heist. But Lucy insisted that we had to start this year's party exactly as we did last year's, with a few rounds of Cheeto-head.
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| Shower caps on . . . |
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| Plenty of shaving cream . . . |
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| Throwing Cheetos to see how many will stick. |
After the Cheetos were gone and the girls had worked out all their energy on the trampoline, they came inside to work out the mystery.
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| Sleuth kits. |
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| Diamond rings, as part of jewelry store decorations. |
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| Working out the clues. |
Aaaaaand, this is the point where I had to put down my camera and supervise the clues and the scavenger hunt and dinner and cake and the after-dark flashlight search through the field for the missing diamond.
We had a "late night" party (I'm not yet ready for a sleepover, especially since Lucy has so many best friends) and ended with popcorn and treats and The Pink Panther movie. I now have a year to recover before we do this again.
