Sticky Tape And DIY

The wee one has the answer to anything that is broken or in need of mending around the house. The solution to every problem that arises and every DIY project that is outstanding....aye there are many sadly!
The wee one sees the problem and in a flash she is there with the solution, she carefully sizes up what is needed and then......gets the sellotape out the drawer!!

So far this method has been used on everything from dollies to crayons that have been in her desk for months, up until now they were in pieces of two and three, now they are whole again thanks to the wee one and her amazing find of the humble sticky tape. The dolly that was in sick bay, with a missing limb, is now back in the fold sitting in the high chair again thanks to the wee one and sticky tape!
The discovery of this simple wonderful stuff knows no bounds as she further discovered insulating tape, which joy of joys was even sticker than the stuff she has currently been relying on to fix all of life's little problems.

The other day the law enforcer aka the wife tried to remove an item of clothing from our built in wardrobe, a wardrobe that is bulging at the seams, a wardrobe that has needed some tlc for a large number of months, a wardrobe that is now on the list of DIY jobs- a list that is ever growing- because as she struggled, aye fought to release a dress from its custody, the hanging rail gave up its fight to hold the ever growing number of clothes, clothes that the law enforcer aka the wife always seems to have had for years as nothing is ever new, even on the first time it is seen by the household or public!
So faced with the job of restoring the rail to its job and in turn returning my bedroom to a place where you could actually sleep not just admire a superstore of clothes,

I put my best DIY foot forward.... got the measuring tape out, charged the drill, scratched my head several times before doing what all experienced builders and DIY enthusiasts do......put the kettle on and have a good think about the job!
The wee one joined me on my break, I mean my planning session, and was curiously inspecting all the tools I had amassed in preparation of the job and was further confused by my constant shallow but obviously long sighs.
The wee one disappeared and came back with solution in hand...aye good old sellotape!

This got me to thinking how wonderful life would be if we could all see things as simply as the wee one, if we could fix anything that was broken using a simple roll of tape. Overnight all men would become DIY hero's in their households. No toy would ever remain broken to the joy of all our wee ones!
Taking it too far I had a nice wee day dream about the humble sticky tape fixing all of life's problems, for example when the ASBO gardener chops down the wrong tree...just stick it back together, problem solved!!!!

Aye as I said I took it too far, but perhaps there is a message in there somewhere, and just maybe that message is that we over complicate things when as the wee one shows us simple is best!!