A week of puzzles

Ruth amazed me on Sunday when she started on the 221 piece I found in our library. Eventually she had to move to the glass door so that she could actually see the slight differences in the colours.











But up till then she just flew through it. She would spot a piece that had the tiniest bit of an animal on it and say "oh - this goes here".

It's just incredible to watch her.

Well done Ruth. Your biggest puzzle yet.

Then through the week she got started on Rachel's Egyptian 96 piece puzzle book. She had built this one before but struggled a little with building the puzzle in the book - over the smaller picture. So she enjoyed building it again on a board next to the picture.

This Saturday - in a desire to give her something challenging to do (and something that lasts a little longer) I pulled out the 1,500 piece dog puzzle that Nana had given us years ago. We have never built it and I asked Ruth if she wanted to build it with me. She is very keen to get it done. We have said we will frame it when it is finished. Rachel and I help sort through the pieces and within no time she had the border coming together nicely. I am not sure if she will stick it out. It's huge. But it will be amazing if she can perhaps get it build within the next few months.

3 in one day

Ruth headed to our library again today in search of more puzzles and I showed her this 150 piece one of dinosaurs. She was keen to give it a try. I sat amazed as I watched her work her way through it. By 11:30 she was finished and wanted another one.

So she did a 100 piece of foxes which I thought was quite tricky with the subtle colours - but she got through that by 2pm and asked for Mickey mouse (another 100 piece one but easier with the detailed picture). She had built this one with me quite a while ago but this time around could do it completely on her own.

Well done Ruth. You really are a puzzle whizz.

Hard 100 piece

Ruth headed back to the library the other day in search of another puzzle. I showed her this one that we have but thought it might be a bit tricky with all those flowers. She managed wonderfully though. She did the frame on Wednesday, did a little more yesterday and then flew through the rest today.
And she is getting better at taking photos of her finished puzzles too. :-)

100 piece again

Yesterday I had helped Ruth by separating the side pieces from the middle ones. Something she can do on her own but gets board of. Today while I was busy with something she decided to build it again. With NO help from Mum. She decided that the sides did not need to be built first and got it built again really quickly.

Creations and another 100 piece

Ruth has been busy making these baskets for Mum and Dad. You are such a kind girl Ruth - always wanting to do things for other people.

She went hunting for a bigger puzzle today and decided to give this one a try. A 100 piece puzzle of Rachel's.

And she now asks to take a photo herself every time she gets finished. A little skew - but she got it all in first time. :-)

The creating continues

Rachel was thrilled to join Ruth in her creative endeavours.

Rachel's two creations on the top and Ruth's on the bottom.

Collage started

Yesterday we watched the DVD the Correspondence school had sent on "Collage". Ruth was very excited to go around the house collecting "treasures".

Then she chose an egg carton to paint.

Today I made up some of the "paste" they had sent with and Ruth had a wonderful time sticking all different things onto her creation.

They also sent a pair of scissors and Ruth has learnt really quickly how to use them. They are nice and sharp (although rounded on the end) as apparently children cut themselves more on blunt scissors because they have to put so much more effort into the cutting.

And once the box was done Ruth was not. So she continued to do some cutting and pasting.
She has had so much fun and I can see that making Collages is going to be a very regular event now.

Dress up girl

Ruth really loves the dress up girl she got with her school work yesterday. I loved how she sat and showed Hannah how to use it this evening.

First 100 piece done

Yesterday Ruth got Rachel's fairy puzzle book out and got a 48 piece done really quickly. It's probably a bit more difficult than her 60 piece Winnie puzzles as the colours are more subtle.

So when we visited the toy library today I hunted out any bigger puzzles and found this 100 piece one. She diligently sat and worked on it until it was done.

And then wanted to take a photo of it - herself.

Good job Ruth.