This is a post written by one of my close friends. She has 3 children and this is one of her experiences of juice box messes. Thanks Rebecca!
Oh No you didn’t!!
Those were the exact words out of my mouth when my 6 year old squeezed juice box all over our class room and his sisters too. As a homeschool mom to 3 kiddos, my time is very valuable and cleaning up unnecessary messes is not at the top of any wish list I have. However, I could see the shocked expression on his face and immediately knew why he had done it. He was spoiled! No, not spoiled rotten, but spoiled by the fact that he is friends with the Last Straw family!
Every time Brooks Austin goes over to their home, he relishes getting to have a juice box with his favorite “no mess” straw. This is a treat to him, and his sisters, because juice boxes are heavily rationed at our house because as I mentioned before, I really don’t enjoy cleaning up after the juice box mess.
After everyone got cleaned up,I could tell that he was still a little embarrassed by his mistake. I opened my arms and my little boy crawled up in my lap and said, “I’m sorry, Mommy. I really didn’t mean to make a mess, I just forgot that we didn’t have the good straw.” After I loved on him and told him that I understood that he had made a mistake, I could see a puzzled look come across his face. “Mommy,” he said, “why don’t all of our juice boxes come with the good straws? That way I wouldn’t make so many messes.”
That is when I realized the absolute brilliance of the Last Straw. Sure, I knew that it was a good idea. Sure, I knew that it would cut down on messes. But I never realized the most important aspect of this product. The Last Straw actually makes kids feel better about themselves by making them feel a little more independent and grown up. Wow! Sometimes I am amazed by what we can learn from our children.
I know that the next time we visit the Stribling’s, we are definitely coming home with our own set of the “good” straws!
September 9th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Robert has loaned ONE last straw to me and one to our video producer and let me just say that it’s quite a hot commodity in this house. I was capturing a few pics of my daughter and asked her to turn the juice box upside down to show how juice doesn’t spill from the straw. She very hesitantly turned the box with this look of fear in her eyes and VIOLA - no spillage. It passed my test.
Bring on the straws!
September 10th, 2008 at 9:36 am
We’re so anxious for other families to experience how great it is and to hear their stories. Thank you so much for your support and votes of confidence!