Coffee Dance

I am a person who learns by doing with my hands... "tactile" for those who know better.

In teaching our daughter, I like to explain and purposefully enact each sequence of what I do. One thing I share with E is the making of coffee. From an early age, as I held her to stop any possible crying, I would make the coffee and try to make it fun. The process, quite lengthy includes opening the cupboard door, getting the coffee filters, coffee and most importantly the "Coffee Grinder". I guess to make this short, I will not go through the whole thing and jump to the "beans of it" as it were. With and empty grinder, we pour the beans in, pick it up and with either a count down or a short drum roll, we commence to - pressing the button, shaking, bouncing up and down and gyrating like mad, for 15 or 20 seconds. I also to make it more dramatic, hum and growl to mimic the grinder noise. E seems to like the stimulation and expresses it with a big grin and some wonderful giggles. Ever I dare to make coffee on my own and she is within ear shot, she will turn her head from the TV chair or come running and loudly ask "can I hep eewwwe??" Sometimes I feel guilty or maybe sad if I do do it alone. I know that this will not be a life long practice and I am sure I will miss it. I do for my sake have baby m to do it all over again with though.

I want to at this point engage my kids in many functions of life. I think goofy is fine and try to come up with plenty of it. I am sure they may think differently but this is a God given right of a dad as far as I am concerned. For now I can do what ever makes me feel good and I hope it will allow my family to either grin widely or groan but laugh inside.