puzzles: the toy that iñigo loves and mommy likes best for him

iñigo's love for this toy started when he found three 12-pc puzzles in the lootbag he got during the li'l hands fun day november of last year. he was pleased with what he can do with this toy and using the rules we taught him on how he can build it faster, he finished them off in less than a minute per puzzle. i was more than happy with this toy as it also introduced him to concepts of "corner" and "edge" and it also developed his critical thinking and more importantly... patience! hahaha. there were times i would hear him whine and complain that he can't put the pieces together but i'd just let him be and in a while, i'd already see him running to me proudly showing the puzzle he built all by himself.

one of iñigo's first puzzles, a 12-pc.

but iñigo had been playing with it for the nth time and i thought he must have already memorized the pieces and its exact location in the board so i thought of buying him more... as i want to challenge him. bad mommy! =D we upgraded to 15 and 18-pc. puzzles and again after some time of playing with these toys, i bought more and we moved up to 24-pc. puzzles just like the one below.

he was able to build this for the first time in just less than a minute

the last puzzle i bought for him is a 28-pc dinosaurs puzzle. it was quite difficult as i've also tried it myself (took me more than two minutes--shame! hehe.) but with the rules already on top of his head, iñigo had beaten mommy and built it in only less than two minutes!

"no sweat, mommy!"

time now to upgrade to 30+ pieces... =)