Sippy Cup: Roundup

Now that Freida has learned how to open and close her Crocodile Creek water bottle (which, by the way, dents annoyingly easily!), I'm chucking/storing some of our old sippy cups. Thought I'd give a little roundup of the best (and worst) of the bunch...

1. Weil Baby Training Cup $9.99 - Featuring Dr. Weils award winning BPA/EA free with AirWave™ technology, the design makes this cup nice to carry, the cap makes it sanitary.

2. Playtex My First Sipster $5.99 - Hands down, the most efficiently leak-free cup on the market, be it rolling around the back seat of the car, or neglected upside down at the bottom of my diaper bag!

3. Thermos Foogo Sippy Cup $16.00 - Vacuum insulation makes this cup perfect for keeping milk cold, and keeping tea warm.

4. mOmma Sippy Cup $13.25 - This little digit is definitely the Maserati on the playground; it's wobbly nature means the spout remains upright even when chucked into the sandbox! Plus, all cups/caps/spouts are interchangeable making bottle to cup transition that much easier.

5. Boon Fluid Sippy Cup $5.99 -  This one is surely more about the cup than the "sippy"; the spout leaks easily. And while it looks like some futuristic ergonomic design...it is actually quite difficult to grasp.

6. Munchkin Mighty Grip Training Cup $4.00 - The most frustrating "leak proof" cup out there!! This cups spout is so soft, than when you bend it slighty, it's contents pours out! Took soaking through a bed sheet, and finding puddles on my floor before I finally caught Freida in the "bending" act.

Feel free to let me know if I missed any other great/awful sippy cups out there... Which cups work best for you and your brood?

A Plain White T

Finally catching a glimpse of some rays in the sky this morning... So excited for some sunshine - so very tired of living indoors! For now, Freida is busy tip-toe dancing around the coffe table to this Sesame Street cover of Plain White T's:

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she really must learn how to rewind the DVR by herself... :)

Spotlight on: Peter Himmelman

Around here we've recently been enjoying music from Peter Himmelman. Especially his My Green Kite album! As a son-in-law, it's not like he's actually related to Bob Dylan - but the life of his music is definitely akin! His videos are more corny than funny, but the songs themselves are fantastic. Comical and realistic at the same time, Himmelman sure knows how to relate to this generation of kids and even manages to keep them rapt. Between his Curious World with Land of Nod stint last year, and his current "ustreams" of Furious World (which I (nerd-alert!) love to tune into!) - this guy seriously has the whole arts-scene goin' on!! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbLoVOBx-eM&feature=related]

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You can check out more about him, view his music collection, kids albums, and his artwork - here.

For the Love of Winter

Though it feels as if winter is deeply upon us, today is actually the very first day of the season... While the miserable rain and sleet continue to fall (don't mean to offend you snow-out folk - but this is winter to us!), I thought I'd post some wonderful wintery reasons to love the freezing season!

- Cozy winter tea times like this one.

- Treks up the mountain for some flurry family fun with this Zipfy snow sled.

- Living chilly weeks on end in your favorite hoodie.

- Lots of rainy-day warm chocolate cookie batter licking!

- Cozy-up couch time with a new-for-winter cotton cable knit throw.

- Break out the adorably snuggly and charming baby bundles!

- Epic outdoor skating rinks - be it with palm trees or Prometheus.

- Hot doses of wintery bone-warming soups like this one.

- The arrival of good-looking snow boots!

Either way, wishing you a happy winter all around!

(Also, check out last year's winter round up...)

Hunters Happy

Today I found myself wishing I had a pair of these:

And a little kiddie pair of these:

Would've made for some splash-happy fun!