Thread by @VafeR, Alright kids, gather round.A few of you may remember that my 3yo [...]

Alright kids, gather round.

A few of you may remember that my 3yo discovered a door in our ceiling, and has been asking about what’s inside.

Her eyes were wide: “Papaí... there’s a DOOR... on our ROOF!!”

I’ve been stalling for a few weeks, but I told Emma we’d get a ladder and climb up there to see what’s behind the door.

I happen to know there is... an OLD RUG up there. Meh.

Secret doors need TREASURE though. So, I went to Claire’s at the mall, and bought the SPARKLIEST little treasure box I could find.

The photo doesn’t do it justice, it’s not “rose gold”... it’s both PINK and GOLD, in the most un-subtle of ways.

So, that’s going to be sitting up there, locked.

It will also have a TREASURE MAP taped to it.

I mapped the little park-y area in front of our apartment, with landmarks she’s familiar with.

Let me go find it for you. BRB.

Found it!

(Also, I should have clarified previously: my trip to the mall was BEFORE all the social distancing. We are well, and properly sequestered.)

The map (drawn by my mother in-law!

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...leading to a fifth! A pile of rocks and a pinecone, which I set up this morning atop a tiny irrigation tunnel.

Pardon me while I go hide THIS ENVELOPE (which contains the key to the box) in the tunnel.

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Alright. Quest is set to begin. I’ll update you all later...

We’re gonna go get a ladder.

So, the adventure was NOT disappointing.

This GIF about sums it up though — the moment Emma placed the envelope on the map and realized it HAD THE SAME X!

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On a related note, anyone out there have a) video editing experience and b) some free time?

I have about 25 minutes of footage of this and I’d love to have it edited down, but won’t realistically get to it.

DM me with a quote, or @ your smart video-editing friends!

Here is the moment she discovers the key

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Since I know you’re all wondering...

I mean: it’s plastic! But it’s SOOOOO SPARKLY.

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“What is ‘mysterious places’”?

“I’m a great finder!”

Thanks for following us on this little adventure!

Emma is feeling very princessy tonight.

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Stay safe, friends.

@threadreaderapp unroll so I can send to my mom who’s not on Twitter

Hi!

Thank you for sharing this, usually with words like:

- wholesome
- pure
- good
- light
- wonder
- joy

I’m glad the world has even a tiny bit more of those things as a result of this. :)

I have broken Twitter apparently and can not LIKE any more tweets - but thank you! 1/

Thanks for all the kind offers to edit the video! I’ll look through the requests in the coming days.

Also, If you like wonder & story, I have a podcast about such things:

Maybe start with Ep 10, about our human need for Story, especially in hard times: https://overcast.fm/+M7wquz0qY ">https://overcast.fm/+M7wquz0q...

I woke up this morning to find 15k likes and over a million views on the tweet at the top of this thread.

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When I saw Emma this morning, she was wearing her necklace and asked me to address her a “Princess”.

I asked her more about who put the box in the roof…

She tells me it was *probably* “an invisible monkey.”

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Anyhow, here’s a good-morning hello from Princess:

Well, friends... all of your likes retweets and heartfelt comments have caught the attention of @GMA Good Morning America! https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/dad-organized-epic-scavenger-hunt-daughter-parents-copy-69915447">https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/st...

This dad organized an epic scavenger hunt for his daughter

The internet played along as Emma put her thinking cap on.

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/dad-organized-epic-scavenger-hunt-daughter-parents-copy-69915447

If you’d like to hear about this story in Emma’s OWN words...

She’ll be live on Fox 10 Phoenix tomorrow morning!

We’re slated for around 7:40AM MST.

You can watch online here: https://www.fox10phoenix.com/live ">https://www.fox10phoenix.com/live"...

https://www.fox10phoenitwitter.com/live

Livestream | FOX 10 Phoenix

FOX 10 Phoenix live

https://www.fox10phoenitwitter.com/live

(Emma is VERY excited to be on tv, but a little confused about what that means)

Sweet child… she seemed disappointed after the broadcast. I asked her what was up, and she said, “Tia Celeste’s hair was very pretty, but I thought we going to go IN the tv!”

We just watched Honey I Shrunk the Kids. She literally thought I was going to shrink her.

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It’s okay. I’m taking her for a donut. Everything will be okay.

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