{"id":9530,"date":"2019-05-23T13:14:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=9530"},"modified":"2019-05-23T13:14:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:14:40","slug":"nathanaels-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2019\/nathanaels-15th.html","title":{"rendered":"Nathanael’s 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This past weekend was Nathanael’s 15th birthday party. <\/strong>No, no fancy clothes and massive parties for the boys, as there are for the girls<\/a>. However, we did want to do something special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So – the detective theme was born. As the invitation said, “A criminal genius and an absent master detective . . . Can you solve the mystery and celebrate a birthday at the same time?”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, after some hot dogs and burgers, Nathanael and his friends went into the “mystery room” – a kind of home-made escape room (though no one was actually locked in), where the group had to figure out the name of the criminal, where he had hid the bomb, and how to diffuse it. In 60 minutes<\/code><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They did quite well, unlocking and unscrewing, reading invisible ink, solving puzzles and even working something called a “cassette player”, to discover the truth. Hannah even got to help with a clue via telephone! Here you can see the first few minutes (in a few seconds!) of their search for clues…<\/p>\n\n\n\n