This is what the right hand side of my sink looks like on any given day. (and we will consider this a “keeping it real” photo when I do my home tour)
Yes, I have dishwasher. No, I don’t use it all the time. It’s one of “my things”. I HATE to unload it, so that’s Charlie’s job. If he doesn’t unload it I hand wash.
Really.
That’s not the point of this post though. How many cups do you see there?
Yes. 6 plus.
How many kids do you see here? (hint: Will is clearly giving you the answer, so you shouldn’t get this one wrong.)
Do the math? It doesn’t add up. At all. There should only be 2 cups. Right? Tell me I’m right.
When you have children, it doesn’t matter how many, you are automatically designated “picker-upper” of all things. Cups, socks, multiply and land in the most bizarre places! I don’t anticipate my sink being empty until they leave for college! 😉
@Suzanne, I don’t either, and I wouldn’t have it any other way, really . I’m sure I’ll be missing those little cups far too soon.
Oh…..that looks familiar! For my kids it was a “new” cup for every drink of water (or it seemed like it). Thanks for the memory.
@laurie, I think it’s really more my fault. It’s easier to grab new then find the old and wassh.
Cups, especially sippy cups, multiply and breed like dust bunnies. I swear I was still finding sippy cups 2 years after Charlie graduated to big kid cups.
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@Elizabeth, We had our oldest using a regualar cup but the 2.5 year old wanted to, too and that ended in a mess so we got the 6 year old BACK into a take and toss with a straw.
That’s so funny. I have only one child who uses a sippy cup and I just now opened a box from Amazon containing 4 more cups. I think I may have a problem. lol
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@Sandy, I buy new, too. I am sure baby #3 won’t need his “own” but he will get them anyways. 🙂 It’s fun to get new ones. haha.
This fall, I had finally had it (I have five kids) and I took away all the dishes, except for one set per person. The kids didn’t seem to mind too much, but it has driven my husband nuts! 🙂
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@Sarah Thacker, I’ve been VERY tempted but have not done this. Yet.
My husband has this problem. I use one giant jug (Bubba Keg) all day long every day because I only drink water…so any cups in the sink are from my hubby. And there’s always a ton of them. I don’t understand why. Worse yet he’s projecting it onto our daughter. There are 5 sippy cups and one bottle…all full in the fridge. I have no idea what’s in all of those sippy cups or why there are so many of them. I did not fill them up and neither did my daughter, so it must be the man.
(And can you believe that when I got up to check the exact number of sippy cups currently in the fridge I brought my camera with me just in case I needed proof or something! Bloggers are weird.)
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@Jenn @ Coolest Family on the Block, Oh, my!!! Hahah. So I want to see this picture, heheh.