Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Saving dishes





Not yay.



Our glasses and the glass markers.


9 of our set of 10.




  1. love it! I too HATE dishes :)

  2. Love it! My kids have bpa free Auto Seal Contigo cups. We only put water in them, and use one cup each for their almond milk. I LOVE the cups! It's so much easier having one per person, and not multiple ones for multiple people. I have a 32oz cup that I carry around, essential for keeping my milk supply up :)

  3. Love it!! Do you have any issues with the kids using glass? I have one (my 7 yr old) who is a walking demolition crew and the though of him touching glass makes me shudder.

  4. We really have no problems using glass. In fact, since we've been on a slow purge to rid ourselves of all plastic, starting with the stuff we eat and drink off of (particularly warm food) we've had to embrace more glass and ceramic wear in our house for all ages. Even Squiggle Bug, only 2, uses glass and has one decorated just for her. If anyone uses it she doesn't hesitate to inform them that it is hers. We did invest in 2 Safe Sippy cups (if you'd like a link, let me know and I'll share it here) that are stainless steel and what Squiggle Bug usually uses but glass is pretty standard around here now. We've also learned safety in using and cleaning up broken glass if need be. The Montessori pedagogy encourages parents to skip sippy type cups and go straight to small, heavy bottom glasses for toddlers and I have seen that work very well. What I hope to have us eventually go to is kid-safe glass dishes, I have found some that I like but can't afford to replace all of our dishes to that just yet. It is a hope though.

  5. I hate washing dishes too, but I really like drinking out of glass, not plastic, styrofaom, just glass. Our kids have learned to use glass in Montessori (carry it,pouring from it, so they are very good with it now.)
    It breaks once in a great while, but learn they must.

    I am so glad I stopped by your blog, will become a follower.

    Please stop by mine if you have a chance. Fun post this week that all ages can enjoy!