Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Puzzling

Finley loves puzzles.  When I first brought out the puzzles (nicely stored in this rack, a fantastic birthday gift from Max), Finley was clueless.  We first worked together on getting the pieces somewhere near to where they belonged.  After lots of playing, Finley was able to manage to match nearly every piece of her puzzles. 
Sometimes there is confusion, but most of the time she figures it out.  It is so fun to watch her intently stare at the pieces to determine where they fit.  She is now working on getting the pieces to actually fit into the space where they belong.  She is better at it with the chunkier puzzles and the one that she has mastered is her dinosaur puzzle.  I always tell her the dinosaur names as she picks up the pieces, but I think we are a long way off from "Diplodocus"  and "Anklyosaurus" coming from her mouth.  I have always loved puzzles, so I am happy to see that Finley enjoys them as much as I do.  I can't wait for the day when we can complete our first jigsaw puzzle together.