After carrying around her Thomas puzzle, sleeping with it and coercing anyone who visits to do it with her, Adeline finally completed it on her own. All 35 pieces dumped from the box were put together all by The Belle.
It just goes to show that she has the perfect balance of determination and patience. This puzzle used to be very hard for her as she started trying to conquer it at a much too early age. Pulling it out a couple months ago put the goal of completion within reach. Alex and I were both pretty shocked when we sat back and watched her do it yesterday. They only thing that doesn't translate in the picture is her commentary. "Oh, oh, I see it. I see it. I got. It goes right there. Okay." Pretty cute when said in her joyful, raspy voice.
We have a few more 35 piece puzzles for her to master but after that she will join Savannah in the 100 piece club. Come to think of it, Savannah didn't do half bad helping me and Aunt Natalie work on a 1000 piece puzzle a few weeks ago. Hmmm, is there a puzzle gene?