countdown - five

On Friday, I was pretty beat down emotionally. I felt like I was only half way through this last 2 week stretch and still had a long way to go. But after a good weekend I'm feeling better. Only 5 more days!



Juliet worked her first 50 piece puzzle with me on Friday. She definitely needed a lot of help, but she wanted to work it and I was impressed that she had the attention span and concentration to work it twice! She loves puzzles. Random, but the puzzle we worked had the picture under the pieces and I found it to be kind of confusing. You couldn't see where you had put the pieces and where you hadn't and in my mind it kind of turns puzzle working into more of a matching activity. You look for the match to the particular piece you're holding rather than trying to make the pieces fit together. I don't know if that makes sense or not, but I was really bothered by it and may be covering up the picture underneath somehow in the near future!

On Saturday morning, we went to Target just to get out and pick up some produce. We eat a lot of fruit around our house and it's not easy to find right now (not to mention pricey). We let Juliet pick out something in their $1 area. She chose a wand. She was super excited to open it, and when I got it out of its plastic wrapping, she gave it a swish and said "Mommy, the magic is not working?". She was genuinely concerned that we had purchased a magic wand that didn't work!!