Scooby scavenger party

For awhile now Hunter has loved Scooby Doo. I think we have rented every Scooby Doo movie at the video store. Hunter loves mysteries and they are wonderful because they are not scary but you still have to figure out the mystery. Deke and I wanted to do something really fun for Hunter's birthday so we decided to plan a scooby doo scavenger hunt party for Hunter. We decided to call it the "Mystery of the Missing Birthday Cake" Deke and I came up with seven different clues and using a cute icon from the internet I made some clues for the boys to find. Then we picked six different businesses in a shopping center that the boys would go in and out of to find their clues. We contacted the managers and told them what we were doing and asked if we could hide clues in their stores. We started at Grandma Burch's house with all his boy cousins and they were given the first clue which led them to Sports Authority where they had to search the store and then find the next clue which led them to Burger King where they had to run through the playground on all fours barking like dogs two times to receive their next clue. They then headed to Peter Piper where they each got four tokens and played games to recieve tickets. You get the idea. One of my favorite parts of the whole thing was when they arrived at PetsMart. They had to each put together a Scooby mask to wear and then had to go to the front of the store and sing "Who let the dogs" out for the cashier's. Then they finally arrived with the last clue to the Fry's bakery where they picked up Hunter's hamburger shaped birthday cake. Aren't the little cake french fries cute? It all came together but it took a lot more planning and time then I thought it was going to. In the middle of the hunt as we were running up to one of the stops one of the boys said, "Hunter this is the best birthday ever," Hunter excitedly replied, "Yeah it's exactly what I was wanting it to be..."Deke and I overhearing this looked at each other and just grinned. Watching his joy as usual made it all worth it. Between Hunter and Avery both having birthday's a week a part it is always fun but by the end of it we are always partied out. Happy Birthday Bug, we love you!!!!