The Perfect Cup

As a Mom of Many, I'm constantly searching for the perfect products that make my life easier. Things that don't slow me down, and most importantly things that don't piss me off. My boys have been using sippy cups since they were about 9 months old. We decided early on that we would introduce them to the straw type of the sippy cup. Not for any reason other than they seemed to like them more, and seemed to have a bit of difficulty tipping the traditional sippy cup backwards. I've tried pretty much every cup on the market. I've gotten slightly neurotic about it. I saw a recent picture of my Cousin's child, and feverishly emailed her, questioning where it was she purchased this cup, who made it, and most importantly, did it leak?!!? I am on the mad and constant search for the perfect cup. I had come the the drastic conclusion last week that the perfect cup simply did NOT exsist. It didn't. They all had flaws. They ALL had SOMETHING wrong with them. All of them. Most of the cups had some sort of a valve in the straw that the kids would chew away over time, and thereby allowing water to flow freely. If it wasn't the valve, it was the seal on the cup itself. Madness.
I had given up. Until, last week. While perusing the local gorcery store (in my free time...hee hee) I spotted a new item in the baby aisle. It was a cup, not just a CUP, a straw cup! A beautiful perfect straw cup.

I bought it and I had to share it with you all... Here it is, in all of it's perfection. It's made by Gerber, it's called the Gerber Cool Twisties. I bought them last week, and put them through the test. We dropped them onto the asphalt from the roof of the van (multiple times), left them sitting upside down on the countertop overnight, threw then onto the playroom floor at least 25 times... NO LEAKS. The only thing that I found to be slightly 'wrong' with them. Is the protective cover on the top is just a little flimsy. It hasn't broken yet, but it might. With that being said, if it did break off, it wouldn't hurt the integrity of the cup. I've shopped around and Drugstore.com seems to have the best price around at $3.79 with no tax. If you find a better deal, or if you just want to send me some to thank me for finding you the BEST CUP ON EARTH, let me know!! Either way, enjoy!