Puzzles!

Holly and I have a fistful of things in common but a whole lot of things not in common.  One of them is that I love to do jugsaw puzzles while Holly thinks its a waste of time.  I see her point, I mean, it's just putting a piece of cardboard together.  But I have always really enjoyed it.

I bought this puzzle way back in 2009.  It's a simple 300 piece one, but it has an autumn theme and I really like autumn themed puzzles for some reason.  After putting the boys up to bed last night, I brought it down from the attic and dumped it out on the table.  56 minutes later, it was all together!

What was great about it was Parker and Carter kept coming down to observe the construction.  Each time they saw the progress I had made, they had wonderful comments to say like, "WOW DAD!  You are so fast!"  I asked Carter if he could do it and he said, "No, because I am small."  I asked if he thought if I could finish the puzzle and he said, "Yeah, because you are big!"  It made me feel like a champ.

Each time I do this puzzle I flip it over and write a note on the back.  So the log for this puzzle is...

First  9.19.09 Brian

Second 2.11.11. Brian and Holly New Window Day
Third 9.24.11 Brian and Parker
Fourth 3.4.13 Brian 56 min

Doing this puzzle of course set off my puzzle kick again.  So I dug out a 2,000 piece puzzle my brother Matt gave me for Christmas a few years back.  I set up a table in the basement inside my soda can collecting room and set to work.  I had picked at the puzzle before and sorted a lot of pieces, but now I was able to spread it all out and get working.  Hopefully, I will finish it before I get sidetracked from puzzles again.

The 2,000 Piece Project