I have made a discovery. It's beyond my comprehension how this happened, but looking back, I can totally understand it. You know how when you go...well, practically anywhere, and there's a water cooler with little paper cups? I don't know why, but whenever I see one of those, I am compelled to take a drink. Even if I'm not particularly thirsty, I always have a little water. Maybe a sip of cold water just always sounds good. But I always do it. My kids always do it too. Which brings me to my discovery.....TA-DA! My very own water cooler! I actually didn't really get the idea until I went to a friend's house and she had one. I had never really thought that people actually have these in their homes before. Although if I had been paying attention, it would have made sense. There are water trucks all over the place. But my friend had gotten it as a gift and she loved it.
I found it on sale at Target and I got two of the five gallon jugs to go on top of it. I pay $1 for five gallons! The cheapest bottled water I had ever found was about 75 cents a gallon, and this is only a buck for five gallons. It lasts about a week, but here is the kicker: my kids drink so much more water now. They used to be really resistant to water, but not anymore. At first, it was the novelty of having the thing there. They wanted to push the button to fill up their cups and drink it really fast so they could push the button again (the 3 year old in particular). But now it's more like habit and they just naturally head for the water cooler. Totally amazing! For the record, I drink more water too!
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