Our family has been hiding a small toy monkey for each other to find for ages.

The game originally started with a yellow matchbox car Katie found on the playground at school.

Thinking it would be funny she hid the car in something of Matt’s and then waited on him to find it. Once he found it, he hid it in something of her’s and the game was born. It didn’t take long for Corie to start playing along too.

Somewhere along the way the car was swapped out for a small toy monkey.

It’s an interesting game but you have to be in it for the long haul because sometimes it takes weeks or even months for the monkey, or previously the car, to be found.

They’ve been hidden in all sorts of places like drawers, socks, vitamin bottles, bags of coffee, hunting paraphernalia, vehicles, instrument cases, and yes even cheeseburgers.

I never played the game with them until about three years ago.

I came up with the idea of putting the monkey in one of the tater rows we were digging recently. I knew I’d forget about it so I told Katie to remind me. Well we both forgot about it!

After we got back to the house I put the monkey under the keys on the 4-wheeler where I knew Matt would see it. He was surprised, but told me I better be prepared because he would surprise me with the monkey in an epic way 🙂

Last night’s video: Her Feeling Was Right – From My Highest Hill 7.

Tipper

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