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How to Escape

How do you spend quality time with your family? Do you like to go on a day long outing or going for a drive? Maybe it’s a full out trip to Disney World? One of the things we really like to do as a family is going to escape rooms. We have found a really awesome one that we go to in Colorado called Locked In Escapes and have completed ALL of their current rooms. We are awaiting…somewhat patiently…for the next two rooms to become available! This being said, for Lily’s 14th birthday we surprised her with an escape room. All of my kids are problem solvers and love puzzles and thinking outside of the box. This type of game meets their strengths in the way that it challenges them to think a bit creatively.

We ended up doing not one, but TWO escape rooms for Lily’s birthday. The second one we did, I think Sadie will be writing about, as she got to sit in the “control room” and see the inner workings. They have a “Darkness Falls” room that we were not sure how our younger two kids would handle the “creepiness” factor. Overall, I think they would have been ok, but hindsight is 20/20 AND Sadie got to see the other side of the escape room including setting it up. The first room….we died in an explosion….the second room…we escaped with just minutes to spare.

I am sure escape rooms are not for everyone, but it is most definitely a fun way to spend some family time in a unique way. If you have not been to an escape room and you are either really competitive or you like to challenge your mind with problem solving….let me tell you… escape rooms are an amazing date night or family adventure! Just do not be like me and get OVERLY competitive and snap at the kids. Not quite sure how my kids put up with my competitive nature as none of them are overly competitive, but the challenge for them must supersede the off-putting nature of my need to solve the puzzle in the time allotted

While we wait for the next rooms to open up, we did get an interactive book game called Journal29 from Locked In Escapes that we will be starting tonight! There are 63 puzzles to solve in the book. How many days will it take for us to get through them? Will we pile it on and do them all in a matter of days or will we be able to limit ourselves to just one a day? What would you do? Also, have you been to an escape room that you would recommend in your area? If so, we would love to know where as we are planning on some future road trips and would love to know of some amazing stops along the way!

Hi I’m Sadie. I did one of the most incredible things, I made ice cream! It was super awesome. But to get to the point l want to tell you about how much fun it is and how to make it . So first things first, I am going to tell you the instructions and the ingredients. You should get your measuring cups and spoons because you’ll need 4-6 cups of ice, then you will need 6 tablespoons kosher or rock salt (plus an extra half pinch for the ice cream, I tried a pinch it was a little too salty). AND THEN you’ll need 1 tablespoon of sugar, and 1 1/2 cups of half and half. You will need 1/2 teaspoon of Vanilla extract. (Feel free to smell it. It smells delicious, but when he was a kid, my dad learned the hard way not to drink it! 😂). You can add other goodies like fruit or other flavors and food coloring. Last thing you will need are 3 ziplock bags: 1 pint-size and 2 gallon-size bags. Put one of the big bags into the second big bag to make a double-liner to prevent leaks. Fill the big gallon-size bag with ice till it’s half full of the ice and then pour your 6 tablespoons of salt in there. Shake it up and set it aside. Put the half and half, sugar, vanilla extract, and half pinch of salt into the small bag and close it tight and make sure there are no air gaps! Then, put the small bag with the ice cream mix into the big bag with the ice, tucking the small bag into the ice (make sure it’s surrounded by the ice). Shake it up for 5 minutes and you will have ice cream 🍦

The most important thing is to get some quality time with friends and family who can help you. But the fun part is that you can flavor it up with some yummy food😋 (says me who has made this once). You can make as many as you want for your friends and family and have fun. And you can make a yummy dish 🍨 after dinner 🥗🥖. I love ice cream, yum yum! I hope you have fun doing this fun activity.

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