This is what they settled on ...
They are made by First Years and are called "Take 'n' Toss" - and they rock. They are cheap cheap cheap (like $4 for 8 of them) and they are not made out of that bad plastic.
They come in a million colors. I thought the girls would get a kick out of choosing a different color each day, but Katie always wants purple and Maddie always wants green. If all the greens and purples are dirty (not uncommon in this house) the only way I can get them to use another color is if they both get the SAME EXACT color with the SAME EXACT lid. It's nuts.
Now, you may be asking, "Rose, why do you have so many of them?" (And that first picture doesn't even show all of them.) My answer is ... it's like a suit. Have you ever seen My Blue Heaven with Steve Martin? There was one scene where he was explaining to Rick Moranis if you hang up your suit jacket but lay around in your pants all night you'll eventually have to have your pants cleaned more than your jacket and you end up with a mismatched suit.
The girls treat the lids of these cups like Rick Moranis treats his pants. The girls continue to chew on the lid spout long after the cups are empty - and the mouthpieces eventually end up cracking and they leak. So we chuck them (hence the "Toss") and get to the point where we have more cups than lids - so we buy a new set or two. But since we never really retire the older cups, they build up - and we end up with a ton of them. Right now I think the ratio is 2:1 of cups to lids!
See you next week for D! If you want to see more "A-Z on Monday" visit Jen over at Unglazed!
------------------------------------------------------------I am starting to feel better - THANK YOU ALL for the comments and thoughts. I am taking my medicines and they are helping. What is killing me the most is the lack of sleep at night because I am coughing so much I really can't settle down. The girls are both sick now, too - noses and coughing. This has been one tough winter, man. Only 3 more months???
