Puzzles can be a great way to keep your mind active, whether you are like 4 and nearly 6 like my nieces, or well into your senior years. One of the hobbies (along with gardening obviously, and reading, which has always been a hobby) my mom and I have gotten into more and more over the past few years is puzzles… or puzzling as we call it. If you’ve ever put a puzzle together, you know that it can be equal parts fun, frustrating, and addictive. When we’re working on a puzzle, I often find myself taking a study break and going down to the dining room table (where we put together all our puzzles) and putting a few pieces together. It can be so thrilling when piece after piece just fit together almost as if by magic. Everyone has their strengths when it comes to puzzles, whether it’s putting the borders together, finding different parts of the puzzle, or setting them aside for when it’s time to incorporate them into the puzzle. Some like to follow the ‘map’ as my youngest niece, Charlotte, likes to call it. Others find like colors and go from there. No matter how you put your puzzles together, there’s always a true sense of accomplishment when you put that final piece in. LTKHome LTKHoliday LTKGiftGuide