Puzzling, very puzzling

Today Josh has been into puzzles - we have a number of these wooden puzzles that you have to put the pieces back in the right places. He has never really been into them - not really figured out what you have to do. Aivis said that yesterday he suddenly got into doing the farmyard animals one - and today it was the food one. He had to pretend he was eating each piece before putting it in the right place. He was better with the ones that had distinct shapes, as opposed to the ones that were nearly round with a few bits sticking out - making them harder to place.

He is really into a book about a shepherd too. We have to have it every evening when I put him to bed. The boy in the book looks a bit like him... We have to go through where the crook is, the cap, the whistle and the boots every night.

He helped me with some cleaning today - a bit of hoovering. He is also very good at pushing the button to make the wire go back into the hoover.

Tonight we were coming home together on the tram and when we got off, he insisted on walking through the grassy area by the school - the back way to our flat (even though I had said no!). He likes the quieter route, just like his dad!

Josh is also quite into praying! He sometimes reminds us when we are eating that we havent said grace - or maybe he just missed it! He suddenly stops eating, put his hands together and closes his eyes. I have started praying with him before he goes to sleep at night, and he always wants to do it - in fact he has never said no to prayer! He is becoming good at saying Amen at the end. In fact, at the wedding on Sunday in the Lutheran church, the pastor said Amen in one of his prayers and suddenly there was a big resounding Amen coming out of Josh's mouth! Another pastor in the making?