Puzzles...

My big boy has really taken to puzzles in the last couple days. I had gotten a couple puzzles at the Dollar Tree several weeks ago, but just this week he's decided he really likes playing with them. I got one 25 piece puzzle and one 63 piece puzzle. The 63 is a little hard for him, but he just figured out how to do the 25 piece on his own. In fact, he's been spending so much time putting them together, that I went and got him another one - to have a little variety. My big boy, who has never really been one to spend much time on any one thing, has sat at the kitchen table for a couple hours at a time putting together the puzzle over and over. It is so sweet to watch!

On another note, my big girl continues to amaze us! She's only 28 months, and has already proved her ability to talk as well as a normal four year old. But now, she has taken to filling in the missing letters on the learning "Leap Top" computer. I don't think it is a case of knowing words or how to spell, but rather an ability to identify her letters. The game she goes to on the computer is one that leaves a letter out of a word (for example it will show D_G and then ask her to find the letter "O"). She can find them all! I have the materials to make her some words and I need to do it soon. I think she is ready and if I took the time with her, I think she'd be able to read relatively soon!