“In a society where everyman is fox-minded, you need to be foxier than the fox!”

Its been a while since our last Gifts from the Pirates Fox hunt update,  Considering it started over two years ago now, the family game is still going strong.  I didn't think we had spotted that many over the last month or so but as i emptied my phone i realised there were quite a few foxy shots there, hence the update. Anyway i wont waffle on here's what we've found.

I love that this game all came from Opeie before his second birthday and that it became a 'thing'. It seems that our love of Foxes and crazy hunting game is going nowhere, so stay tuned for our next foxy update.

"Where are you meeting him?" "Here, by these rocks, And his favourite food is roasted fox".

It's been a fairly quiet few days on the blog as there has been so much other stuff going on at Gifts from the Pirates HQ, not to mention a huge new box on mixed LEGO that i acquired from eBay (oops) keeping me quite occupied. As my nights have been taken up by other things I thought this would be the perfect chance to bombard you with fox pictures. Yes, it's about that time for the next installment of the GFTP Fox hunt. A little game that Opeie started about a year and a half ago after reading Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss. 

Opeie has really upped his game over the last few months and his fox sightings have been crazy. Because he is at a lower level than me he picks up on so much that i miss. So here they are for your enjoyment.

 A couple of weeks back we had a surprise package from a PR company that we work with and it was exciting to see that they had joined in too and sent us Fennekin the Pokemon fox, Opeie has been taking it everywhere with him, very cute.

During our last trip to the Library Opeie went in to full on Fox mode and spotted lots of different variations of our sly woodland friend...

I know what you're thinking is this post over yet? I've had my fill of foxes! Sorry Opeie has been on a Foxy rampage so there's still more...

And there you have it, apart from one other image which is amazing and I'm really jealous of. A few weeks back our good friend Chris who is a photographer and blogs over at Gingerjamphoto hired a fox for a shoot and the pictures were beautiful. After all our posts about our foxy finds it would be great to have an actual photo of us with a real fox... one day!

Anyway until next time fox lovers, i can't see this game coming to a halt any time soon. If there's a fox to be found, us Gifts from the Pirates lot will track them down!!!

"Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom."

This week i heard the postman walking up the path and the sound of a Graze box hitting the floor, We have a few delivered throughout the month as the boys love them and they are something a little more interesting for them to munch on. This weeks box though did more than fill a void between meals. I opened the box and instantly, all the inspiration i needed for our next Fox hunting blog post.

As with all the other Foxy posts weve been collecting pictures of the foxes we find for the last month or so and they seem to pop up all over the place.

At a recent trip to our friend Chris', the word 'Fox' was even used in a game of Scrabble...

Charity shops have been a great resource on this fox hunt with Fox related books and cuddly toys popping up regulary. We brought a great book from a charity shop a few weeks back and inside was a fox on a skateboard, very fitting i thought.

On another trip to our friend Chris' house we popped into a cute little fabric shop, Mrs M being the textile enthusiast did a little shopping for ric rak and other fun bits and i investigated with the boys and we found this lovely fox fabric.

And as we rounded the corner after leaving we spotted a window display with Fox hooks and fox book ends. I wonder what our house would look like if i brought all these fox items we find.

On the day that me and Opeie went out adventuring and wrote our Gruffalo post, Opeie spotted these foxes in the gardening section and shouted 'Fox' really loud when he saw them.

Ive walked past this building loads of times but it wasn't till a week or so ago that i realised that our local services company had a fox for their logo, there's no escaping our sly friend.

While making a bee line for the Lego at the toy shop, Seth spotted Mr Todd staring back at us and shouted 'Fox'. Every time i hear the shout it makes me chuckle that our family fox hunt has become such a big thing, but i love that we have these little personal games that keep us entertained.

Mrs M is a stationary geek so while we were in Paperchase buying some fun bits for Mrs M's mothers day gifts i again heard that load shout from up on my shoulders 'Fox', I'm sure people think were mad but i love it, maybe we are a touch crazy.

And last but not least a wheelie bin, It was actually the first fox we found after our last fox post but as its so glamorous i thought i would leave it till last for you all to enjoy.

Well that was the last until we just had a busy foxy two weeks, so here's the update:

Our recent trip to London secured us four fox sightings at the Museum of childhood...

...and a very cute fox card off Mrs M.

I hate being stuck in traffic but last week it worked out to our advantage when a Fox pulled up along side us. Its these chance sightings that really make this game fun.

I imagine Opeie to end up like that little boy from You've got mail "can you spell cat?" "F..O..X!". While Seth was at one of his medical appointments a couple of weeks back, me and Opeie went adventuring and found our biggest Fox to date...

Fox on a beer bottle a second helping from those fox lovers at graze box and that definitely brings us to the end of what i think is our 5th fox hunt, were getting quite good at this. Until next time you sly lot.