Corrupting our daughter

My parents owned a small winery in CA from the time I was little. By the time I was 7, I was slave labor in the wine making business. For a long time, for me, alcohol equaled work. I would have little tastes as part of the process here and there, but I didn't start drinking heavily until I joined the service

I've been taking my daughter to "say hello" to the beer since she was 2 1/2. She loves to go down into the basement workshop/brewshop and say hello to the beer and watch it bubble. She then runs up and tells Mommy that she said hello to the beer.

I posted this in the label forums but just recently took one of her drawings (she is now 4) and made it into my next label. She loves it. I hope someday she remembers that I not only played with her and took her places but that I included her in my interests.

Homercidal said:

My 11 yo loves to help (until she remembers that there is a lot of "down" time).

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Yeah, my daughter loses interest during the less exciting bits of brewing and goes off to watch iCarly. Currently her favorite part is mashing in and the last time I made a hop addition without her, I got yelled at.