Sasha is a little tea fiend. Then again, so is her Daddy. The two of them have a daily tea time ritual.
This has been going on for a while now. Jon likes to make tea by the gallon. We buy bulk tea leaves so he can make his tea and he can drink about a gallon a day. (1 US gallon = 3.7854118 liters). When it's time to make his tea for the day, Sasha always accompanies him. She insists upon it now. When Jon says 'tea', she gets very excited and runs to him, and she starts chanting 'tea, tea, tea'. When she says 'tea', it sounds like just the 't' sound of it without the vowel.
He balances Sasha in one arm, which leaves him his other arm to make the tea. Under Sasha's watchful eye, he fills the teapot with water, then puts it on the stovetop to bring to a boil. Sasha will let her daddy put her back down to run around the house while she waits for the tea water. When the tea water is boiling, the teapot whistles, and Sasha runs back into her daddy's arms. He measures the tea leaves into a large bowl, and counts each teaspoon out while Sasha watches. He carefully pours the hot tea water over the leaves, careful to stay balanced and not to let any steam or hot water get to Sasha.
It's just so cute how she insists on being in his arms every time he goes to make tea. She also loves to drink the tea! We now have a collection of Sasha teas...teas that are low in caffeine or uncaffeinated just for her. She has some plum tea, and fruit tea, both containing vitamin c and antioxidants, but she still loves just plain old black tea. When any of us is drinking our tea, she comes up to us and has us give her some of ours. She enjoys drinking it straight from our coffee mugs.
This has been going on for a while now. Jon likes to make tea by the gallon. We buy bulk tea leaves so he can make his tea and he can drink about a gallon a day. (1 US gallon = 3.7854118 liters). When it's time to make his tea for the day, Sasha always accompanies him. She insists upon it now. When Jon says 'tea', she gets very excited and runs to him, and she starts chanting 'tea, tea, tea'. When she says 'tea', it sounds like just the 't' sound of it without the vowel.
He balances Sasha in one arm, which leaves him his other arm to make the tea. Under Sasha's watchful eye, he fills the teapot with water, then puts it on the stovetop to bring to a boil. Sasha will let her daddy put her back down to run around the house while she waits for the tea water. When the tea water is boiling, the teapot whistles, and Sasha runs back into her daddy's arms. He measures the tea leaves into a large bowl, and counts each teaspoon out while Sasha watches. He carefully pours the hot tea water over the leaves, careful to stay balanced and not to let any steam or hot water get to Sasha.
It's just so cute how she insists on being in his arms every time he goes to make tea. She also loves to drink the tea! We now have a collection of Sasha teas...teas that are low in caffeine or uncaffeinated just for her. She has some plum tea, and fruit tea, both containing vitamin c and antioxidants, but she still loves just plain old black tea. When any of us is drinking our tea, she comes up to us and has us give her some of ours. She enjoys drinking it straight from our coffee mugs.
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