Smiley's 11th Birthday

Yesterday we held Smiley's birthday party - the 46th of our parenting career - at Escape MKE. We were all handcuffed and locked in a room and had one hour to uncover clues to a) get out of the handcuffs b) open various safes and c) defuse a bomb before it went off. Alas, we failed. The staff said we were seconds away from the solution when the blast went off. We expected meltdowns, tantrums, and arguments, but none lasted more than a few seconds, and the entire party answered a resounding "Yes!" when I asked if they had fun.

note: no video or photographs were allowed in the actual puzzle room to protect the "sanctity" of the clues. These are from a conference room we gathered in for cake.