1. The easiest thing to do would be to purchase small sized bottled water and send it instead of juice. But of course I could not do this.
2. Why not? Because he will take like two sips and waste the rest. Plus I know the bottles won't get recycled at school. I am well aware that the juice boxes weren't getting recycled either but they can't be recycled. The thought of sending in a bottle full of water that would go in the trash made me crazy.
3. I assembled all of the water bottles in our house that could be sent into school with Henry, filled them and proceeded to test them for leaks. None of them passed to my satisfaction. I don't want water getting all over his homework. I can't send the bottle in empty because expecting him to fill it at school would be messier than a juicebox.
4. Yesterday I sent Henry into school with a note saying, "Please let Henry drink from the drinking fountain because he doesn't drink much water. Please let me know if he is too disruptive." You can only imagine what giving Henry carte blanche for the water fountain could mean for the classroom.
5. Last night the teacher called me and said that I could send in flavored water, as long as it isn't sticky. While I know he likes Fruit20 because my mom buys it, I don't want him having Nutrasweet everyday either. Plus the bottles are 11 oz -- way too much for him to drink. (I checked today at the store).
6. So I purchased a new water bottle, the fourth I've bought, that doesn't have a
pop-up spout on it, that way Henry can drink from it without making love to the spout (anyone with small children will know what I mean here). This sucker seals completely. It was freaking $13.99, which if it means I don't have to buy juice or water, is still cheap, but my god, that's a lot for a water bottle. I got the blue one in the picture.Anyone still reading? I think I need to go have a lie down.
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4 comments:
Okay, that is a WICKED cool water bottle! Where did you get it? Is it metal? I might have to get one of those. Nalgenes never really did it for me, but this looks pretty stylish.
OMG you can get a FLASK!!
http://tinyurl.com/2jwqb7
I am so all over that.
Also Hello Kitty
http://tinyurl.com/35etew
There is some shopping in my future. Thank you for enabling me, Em!!
They are super cute bottles. . .
I LOVE my Sigg. They do make smaller ones (kid-sized) and they have pop-up spout options, but I think all the caps are interchangeable. Our friends who live in Switzerland have at least one Sigg/person, probably more.
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