Thinking outside the square

Terence and I were discussing some of the things Kayleigh had done when she was little and one of things that keeps cropping up is how Kayleigh, when she was little, would think of ways of doing things that the rest of us couldn't think of.

When she was about 5, Terence was making a vege patch and wanted to put some mesh over the top to prevent the dog getting into it when the veges where just seedlings. To help hold it down Terence needed some U-nails but we didn't have any. Terence was discussing it with me telling me to go down the hardware store and get some nails when Kayleigh piped up and said ' Dad why don't you just get some normal nails, take the tops off and bend them over, then you will have a u-nail'. She was right, and we didn't think of it.

One day, Terence was trying to move a brick from the retaining wall (they are very large bricks) and the brick was buried in the soil. Terence had been trying for ages to get the thing out when Kayleigh came along with a long steel pole and told Terence to use it with a small brick to lever it out. Terence felt silly cause he didn't think of it.