Puzzle Nerd

I grew up in a family where we were kind of nerdy.  We liked puzzles and games like no one's business.  Every year for Christmas we would get new family games to play together and we would spend hours each night playing them.  Monopoly, Trouble, Life, Skip-Bo, Phase 10, Pizza Party were all games I played many times in my childhood.  We also would get at least one new puzzle as a family gift from Santa every year.  We would pull out our large puzzle boards and watch movie after movie while we put together these puzzles.  When I hit my teenage years I decided I was "way too cool" to do any of these things anymore, and I proclaimed to my family more than once that I didn't like puzzles or games anymore.  It took many year to figure out that deep down, I really do like puzzles and games.  Yep, I just put in print.  I am in fact, a Sheffield nerd through and through.  

I have now passed this gene on down to my children as well.  I officially jump started the puzzle and game tradition this year and each child received a new game for Christmas and I got a puzzle set from Jesse {he may or may not have been shocked when he saw that I bought a puzzle for myself for Christmas--he in fact is too cool for games and puzzles} 

A few weeks after Christmas we pulled out my puzzles on a lazy Sunday evening and began the fun.  Luckily I had Eli and Maddie with me to document this experience.

And do you know what makes me even cooler?  I stayed up after the children went to bed and finished this puzzle.  Oh and I did another one also!  I have officially become what I thought I would never be....just like my Mom :)