puzzles.

We have recently discovered the neighbor kids’ interest in puzzles, and I’m pretty excited about it.

For one, I am all about activities that are exercising their brain capacities, and this definitely teaches them a skill they haven’t grown up with. It is obviously taxing for them: the big picture, the concept of edges and a smooth square, the idea of them actually matching and fitting together.

But also, I really, really love puzzles. I grew up in the Blunier household, so I’m not sure it could go another way. We didn’t just do puzzles–we did puzzle races. You didn’t just go for it–you separated the edge pieces out and did it the “right” way with edges first. Stephen still doesn’t like this {obviously better} plan.

Either way, I’m all about the kiddos embracing puzzle entertainment.

It’s a little frustrating at times.

This one was really difficult and a multi-day event. And in the midst of it being on the floor, we misplaced one piece. She was highly disappointed! It actually took some convincing to get her to take a photo, since it was “unfinished”–but I was so proud of how hard a couple of them and worked for days! Especially this little one just kept trying at it.