A treasure hunting we will go....

Do you see anything in there Ella?

At the Arboretum I came prepared to take the girls on a "treasure hunt". I knew there was a letterbox located there, so I printed out the clues and brought our stamps. When we got near the area where I knew the box was located, I asked Ella, "Do you want to go on a treasure hunt with me?" She got very excited. (Lily was sleeping in the stroller at the time so I participated for her.) We followed the clues and had to go off the paved path a bit, but Ella was game and followed right along. And there in a tree, we found our first letterbox! Ella was very excited!

Oh, there it is!

We opened the box and looked through what other people had stamped and written. And then I got out our stamps and ink pad and Ella put a dolphin stamp in for her and a frog stamp for Lily. Then we put the letterbox's palm frond (or maybe it was a fern) stamp in Ella and Lily's books.

Here's our entry into the letterbox's notebook.

Ella had so much fun, she wanted to keep "treasure hunting". She wanted to find "More!". I told her there were a lot more "treasures" we could find, but they were in different places and we would have to find them on a different day. She seemed satisfied with that answer and resigned herself to treasure hunting on a another day. :-)

PS. If you haven't noticed from the pictures....Ella's little pig, Wilbur, travels with us EVERYWHERE! See if you can spot him!