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Take Our Quick Survey for a Chance to Win an iPod Touch

Sunday, May 10, 2009

We’re thrilled to have received so much press coverage and interest in the Last Straw from people like you! Thanks for visiting our blog to learn more about us and the Last Straw. While you’re here, we’d like to know if you’re tired of wiping up messy juice box squirts and spills. Take our quick [...]

Watch Our Story on 11Alive News Tonight

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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We’re excited to announce that WXIA 11Alive visited with us at home today and left excited with a Last Straw story to broadcast this evening between 7:00 - 7:30pm tonight! Please click here to see Robert and Emily on the news!

Ready to try the Last Straw?

Thursday, February 5, 2009

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We are excited to invite you to participate in our first virtual focus group for the Last Straw. We are looking for a limited number of moms and dads to try the Last Straw with your family in your own home and to share your feedback with us. Here’s how it works: 1. Send an [...]

And the winner is…

Monday, December 29, 2008

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Congratulations, Mrs. Caroline Hester!! She was the lucky winner of our iTouch giveaway on December 19. Thank you to all who took our survey and entered the contest. Keep visiting! We will have more giveaways in the near future for fun stuff like naming the straw, picking our packaging design, etc. We [...]

Win an iPod Touch!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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We’d like to know if you’re tired of wiping up after messy juice boxes that spill when tipped over or squirt everywhere when squeezed a little too hard. How frustrating is it when your child accidentally gets grape juice or chocolate milk all over their clothes from a juice box? I don’t know about you, [...]

Another Juice Box Mess

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

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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 [...]

The First Day of School

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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Robert and I took the kids to their first day of school today. I drove while Robert took videos from the front seat. Which was lots of fun for our younger two, but incredibly embarrassing for Jessica, our 6th grader. The funniest part was I saw a camera flashing away in the [...]

Lights, Camera, Action!

Friday, August 8, 2008

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Be on the lookout for our great new video clip. We had so much fun filming yesterday! Many, many thanks to David Shapiro and his very professional team for making the day run so smoothly. And again, many thanks to Kristin and Stephanie of Listenshare. Thank you also to all of our beautiful and very talented mess [...]

My Little Man

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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My oldest daughter left today to go camping a day early with my brother-in-law and his kids. We’re meeting up with them tomorrow. Sam, my youngest, shed a few tears when his big sister left. He never asked why he couldn’t go or begged or pitched a fit. My husband, however, did ask why Sam didn’t [...]

Blogher ‘08 was Awesome!

Monday, July 21, 2008

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A year ago I didn’t know the difference between a widget and a digit. I thought URL was some dude named Earl. And blogging sounded like something you did in the snow. Today, well, I still don’t really know what a widget is, but I am a huge fan of blogging. I also know that [...]