Abby's New Discovery

You know those cereal bowls that have the straw built in so you can drink the milk? There are also cups made the same way. The perk is that you don't have to buy straws or worry about your kids turning them into imaginary swords and dueling it out at the kitchen table. Anyway, Lexi's been using these cups for awhile. Only recently did she request that I purchase some plastic cups without straws built in. I guess she thought they were for babies or something.

Anyway, Abby has now decided to proclaim her graduation from sippy cups to these wonderful straw cups. With this new step up, she made her latest discovery. Last night at dinner she blew through the straw into a full cup of apple juice. "Bubbles!" she shrieked as the sticky wetness erupted like a volcano all over her face and the table. Stefan and I couldn't help but to laugh at first which only encouraged encore after encore after encore. Each time the giggles (and the mess) increasing exponentially.

I tried to tell her no but that only brought more and more. Finally, after half of the cup's contents were all over the table, our child, and the floor I decided to try reverse psychology. "Keep blowing bubbles, Abby. Do it more!" I prodded. It didn't work. She continued on and on until she finally tired of it. Gotta love a child that listens!



A video of this act is located in the sidebar to the left under "Kiddie Viddies"