Family Time

Nate and I have been talking about different activities we can do with our family - both now, and in the future.  Talking about now, we/I have been thinking of things we can do around home.  Not only do we spend alot of time at home with Aidan still usually taking a 3 hour nap, but we will also have alot of home time coming up this Fall. 

When Aidan is awake, we tend to do activities that are toddler friendly.  But I was feeling like I needed to find an activity that would be something just for Grace, given she is awake all day, and stays up quite late (she has pushed her bedtime out til 8 pm, but sometimes we can still hear her chattering away at 9:30/10 pm!).

Being the savings gal I am, I got an e-mail earlier this week that puzzles were on sale at a small shop just down the street from us.  I ho hummed about the idea, but was out this morning near the store, and decided to pop in.  I came home with a new puzzle, and a puzzle mat.

Grace adores puzzles, so this is right up her alley.  I think it's good for me too to put down the knitting needles from time to time (ha!).  Nate loves to see a job completed, so he happily works away at activities like these.

Once Aidan was down for his nap today, the three of us got to work.  Now, yes, I did pick up a 1000 piece puzzle.  I realize that this is over a 4 year olds head.  But we have ALOT of puzzles here geared for her age.  I wanted something we could do as a family and have our kids grow into.  What this means, was as we were building the puzzle edge, we passed Grace pieces she could work on.  Building a rainbow, a snowsuit.  (I bought this Ravensburger puzzle from the Canadian Artist Collection).  Small images that are manageable for her.  She was happy as a clam.

Today we finished up the edge (we let Grace put in the last piece).  I think next we will tackle the school bus.  I'm thinking I might have a puzzle post from time to time to show you all our progress :)