A Very Puzzling Puzzle

Last night Amy and Edie came over to visit, and Edie brought her Christmas present from Uncle Bill, a 108-piece 2-sided puzzle of macaroni and cheese. One side has the mac and cheese uncooked, and the other side is the mac and cheese cooked.


It didn't take us too long (maybe 1/2 hour) to do the border of the 6x8 inch puzzle.  But we were not able to even finish the border doing the 'cooked' side.  So we flipped it over because at least the uncooked noodles were more defined. 

Here is the final result!

As Amy and I mostly visited, Edie quietly and patiently worked on piece after piece of the puzzle for about an hour and a half.  At that point, she had added about 7 puzzle pieces inside the puzzle.  But we had to remove all but about 3, because upon closer inspection, the noodles did not match up. FINALLY, Edie was willing to stop to do something more exciting.


  








About then, the guys got home from their Friday night Bible study, and we played some Dutch Blitz and Scattergories.  


Edie did say that sometime on her own she intended to re-do and finish the macaroni and cheese puzzle.  I truly am amazed at her patience!  As for me, there are a lot of things I'd rather be doing!!