Kiya's Triumph!

It all started as a challenge to a race.  A Puzzle Race to be exact.  Kiya ended up winning 2 prizes at Molly's birthday party and they both turned out to be tile puzzles. 

Tile puzzle?  yep had me confused too.  Well it turns out a tile puzzle is a square piece of cardboard with the image printed on it.  There are no grooves or indents to secure the puzzle or any distinguishing factors to tell you where the puzzle fits.  It is 25 little squares that create the image.

So after the racers dumped the puzzles out, they both realized their challenge.  Kiya was hell bent on trying to do the puzzle herself so wouldn't accept help.  And she got pretty far too.   So as Kiya chugged along on her puzzle Auntie Edna started to help her challenger.  It took them about 25 minutes to get through the puzzles and with a little bit of help from Auntie Edna and Uncle Brian the puzzles got finished. 

Kiya came out on top and was so proud of herself that she beat an adult.  Her opponent was an awesome sport and gave Kiya all the kudos! It was definitely a win well earned, she did complete most of the puzzle herself.  I just love her face in this picture because I can still hear the "YES" coming out of her mouth!