For my next magic trick....

Since the time Mr. Ryan has been old enough to tell me what he prefers to drink, I've always, always, ALWAYS had a problem getting my Crack Monkeys to drink something other than Kool-Aid. It's been torture for them to have milk other than in their cereal and I could usually forget about orange juice!

Until now.

The way to get the Crack Monkeys to want to drink milk and/ or orange juice now?

Make them believe it's disappearing fast!

Ta-dah!


See these containers? I found them at Bed, Bath & Beyond. They're called Juice Jars and they hold about 32 oz. of liquid. I stumbled upon these wonderful things, thinking they'd be a cute way to store our milk, but they turned out to be something even better!

I fill the Juice Jars up (the one on the right has apple juice, my favorite), then hide the milk jug in the back of the fridge. For the OJ, one mixed can of frozen concentrate fits perfectly in the jar, so there's no carton to hide; same for the apple juice.

Then I sit back as I watch the older Crack Monkeys scramble for the jars every morning, hoping to get some milk or OJ before it's gone.

Very entertaining. ^_^

The only one that doesn't freak out is the Fire Pig. And I think it's because he's seen the milk jug in the back while foraging for food. ;-)