Grace Birthday Date

Grace challenged us again this year to find "something she's never done before" for her birthday "date."  I remembered my family went to DeSoto Caverns several times when I was younger and we liked it- so we decided to give it a try.  It was so much fun- even better than when I was young.  We started with a birthday muffin and headed out!

We first panned for gems :)



Pretty loot- Grace was most excited to check the chart to see what type she had found


Looking for diamonds in the sand.  I sat this one out... :)

Waiting to see the caverns

The caverns were very cool!








After a great picnic lunch we played a little more at the park


The maze!

Completed!






More gems!

This was the craziest thing I have ever seen.  It's an indoor maze and I can't believe she did it.  We thought it was just what you see here but there were extra rooms and tunnels she disappeared into also.  We talked her through from the outside and she did it in about 20 minutes.  Crazy.





It was a great day!  Happy Birthday Grace!