42//Steve’s birthday fun!

[spritechan]

So, the last few birthdays for Steve have been pretty lame. His birthday comes right at the end of the school year, and I’ve either been too busy, or too tired, or out of town every single year since I’ve been a teacher. Last year I was in Madison, the year before that I was in AVID training and getting ready for Ohio, and the 2 years before that I was ALSO either in Ohio or getting ready for Ohio. I owed Steve a good birthday, and I was going to make it AMAZING.

After a lot of consideration, I decided to do a Hearthstone themed scavenger hunt. He’d done one for me in the past, but this was going to be specific to the newest expansion. I spent a lot of time setting up, printing and placing the materials, and getting his presents ready. I was sooooooooooooo excited and couldn’t wait to surprise him. I had chores to do but I was so afraid I’d miss him coming home, so I spent the last hour or so before he got home just sitting outside reading. During that time, his parents dropped by after having lunch with Steve’s grandpa. They just said hi, commented disapprovingly on the tree growing out of the shrub by our house, said to tell Steve happy birthday, and left. Lol.

Soon after, Steve got home, and dopey that he is, didn’t notice right away that there was a scavenger hunt afoot. Gooood, he was surprised. He started the scavenger hunt, commenting on my dialogue (which I wrote in the style of the characters, including phrases they say and including stuff from their lore, like hero powers or cards specific to them.

Among other things:

He had to complete some puzzles


Had to hold down dog pose for 15 seconds


Locate something specific in these envelopes


Find items outside

It was all very fun and challenging, and I threw in red herrings and other silly things. The hunt culminated in playing Snipperclips with me. We played a bit, Steve got his presents (some really neat games - ryakugaki showtime and a dance game for the wonderswan, a funny meme shirt, an Eolian mug, tickets to a Final Fantasy orchestra show in the fall, and some puzzles). Then we decided to get dinner, but instead of Acapulco, we went to Los Ocampos, which was all right. The best part was when I was grumpy that a lady came out to smoke, and my back was to her, and Steve was like, “well, at least she’s HAPPY about it” and I turned to look and she had the frowniest face. It was hilarious.

The rest of the night was spent playing games and having some fun :) I’m so happy to make Steve so happy!

Comments

[meringues.livejournal.com]

Aww this looks like a ton of fun!

So much so that I might actually have to steal this idea from you hah hah!