{"id":2872,"date":"2016-08-21T12:09:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T00:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2016-08-21T14:51:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T02:51:43","slug":"young-adventurer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/young-adventurer\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Adventurer"},"content":{"rendered":"

While his dad and I were pulling apart and reworking the living room\u00a0walls<\/a>\u00a0the Young Adventurer was doing his own share of planning and scheming. Here for your entertainment, and to record for posterity the workings of a 6 year old mind, is his To-Do list from Saturday of that week.<\/p>\n

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An organized life begins young.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you have trouble\u00a0decoding this, recall that 6yo spelling, in the tradition\u00a0of Chaucer’s Middle English<\/a>, is mostly phonetic. Keep trying, you’ll feel great when you figure it out.*\u00a0The last item is the trickiest, so I’ll help you. It refers to our\u00a0after-dinner ritual during the Young Adventurer’s visit, of opening the door to\u00a0the wood-burner and toasting marshmallows on sticks. The careful selection (pink or white?) and cooking\u00a0of those marshmallows (a few for himself, but mostly to offer\u00a0around) became became a highlight of his day.<\/p>\n

‘Play with the rope’ and ‘Tie up David’ (yes, I thought\u00a0you’d be curious) refer to a Houdini-esque<\/a>\u00a0game which we (Forbearing Husband, Favorite Stepson, DIY Guy, Young Adventurer and I)\u00a0invented while sitting in\u00a0the local tavern waiting for our meals. It involves players taking turns to tie each other up, whereupon\u00a0the restrained person then attempts\u00a0to\u00a0free themselves in the shortest possible time. Amazingly\u00a0no-one in the pub looked at us twice, or (as far as we know) reported us to CYFS. Rural folks, you see, they know the value of teaching your kid how to tie a few decent knots.<\/p>\n

Thanks for visiting us, Young Adventurer and DIY Guy. We loved having you to stay. Come back soon and we’ll tie you up.<\/p>\n

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* Since Young Adventurer is bi-lingual, and did\u00a0his first year of\u00a0schooling in a non-English speaking country, it amazes me that he is managing English spelling at all. I mean, hell, I would\u00a0barely manage\u00a0it myself if it wasn’t for spell-check and an\u00a0occasional\u00a0proof reading correction from\u00a0the Forbearing Husband.<\/p>\n

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