a new skill

In hoping to find an activity that we could sit quietly and do (thus reducing the number of times I have to say or yell "Dennis, NO!" during the day), I bought a 24 piece Elmo puzzle today (ages 3 and up). Dennis was intrigued and did a very good job putting the pieces together. He patiently turned them around and around and fit them together. I helped him learn about matching colors and how the straight pieces all went in a line, but he really liked putting it together. Though I had hoped he'd want to do it again, he put all the pieces back into the box and that was that. Maybe tomorrow...