Friday evening at the Graham home in mid-March surprisingly had us scrambling for cooler fresh air, so we all gathered on the back deck. It had been a very warm and humid day, typical for Texas, if not exactly typical for March in Texas. I had been enjoying the space more this trip because Christopher and Wesley had attached some screens to the frame of the porch. One of the things this family does well together is play. I had expected that we would play some sort of board game that evening, but at the moment we were talking and just enjoying each other's company.
There was a green-handled broom leaning against the house and Jill grabbed it and asked, "Do you guys want to do the broom dance?" The kids were enthusiastic and wanted to know how to do it. Jill said she would show us, and she began. "Now watch this," she said and got their attention. "I can do the broom dance, broom dance, broom dance. I can do the broom dance, how about you?" As she finished she thrust the broom toward a waiting and watching Wesley.
Wesley jumped up to grab the broom. "Let me try!" He went through the motions and he repeated the verse. "No," said Jill, "that's not right. Now watch this. I can do the broom dance, broom dance, broom dance. I can do the broom dance, how about you?" This time the broom was pushed forward to Calvin.
Calvin was excited to get a chance and he began to dance. "I can do the broom dance, broom dance, broom dance. I can do the broom dance, how about you?" "No, no." Jill shook her head and got up and demonstrated again. "Now watch this! I can do the broom dance, broom dance, broom dance. I can do the broom dance, how about you?"
The green broom was passed from person to person. Most of us got at least two chances to get the broom dance correct, but Jill repeatedly doused our hopes. She got up between each person's attempt with a fresh demonstration so we wouldn't forget, but we just couldn't seem to get the thing exactly right. Jill was not to be satisfied.
There was lots of frustration and lots of laughter as we finally had to admit that she had stumped us. When she revealed to us what we had failed to catch on to we laughed and laughed and enjoyed the joke that was on us. There's always fun and laughter to be had with this wonderful family.
Did you figure out why we couldn't master the broom dance? So, the question now is, can you do the broom dance?
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