Puzzling

The one that started it all......

For the "gift exchange" in Alex's class, they were asked to bring a 500 piece puzzle. Alex got this one of a castle in Germany. The fact that his buddy Micah is in Germany helped to build interest in putting together this puzzle. That, and the fact that Brent enjoys doing puzzles, so they did it together. Everyone had such fun watching the puzzle come together. As you know from a previous post, that Brent got a plane for Christmas. I couldn't very well put it under the tree, so I printed up a picture of the plane and wrapped boxes, etc. with puzzle pieces in them.
Over the Christmas Break, this puzzle was what we worked on in our spare time. It was fun to watch everyone from Grandpa all the way down to Katie, stop by the puzzle from time to time and put in a few pieces. After much work, the Hockey puzzle that Brent got for Christmas a few years ago, was put together.
Katie is quite the puzzler.... she really enjoys looking for the right piece. She recently rediscovered a puzzle that Grandma gave her and it must be done daily. She is quite good at it, (it's a big Dora floor puzzle of Canada) I like to sit with her and tell her about Canada as she puts it together. Any squeezing in of Canadian stuffs is good. :-)
Brent's mom and the kids used to put puzzles together, I never really understood why until now. What a sense of team accomplishment when it is completed! I think we'll be on the look out for another good one for the summer. :-)