The Magic That is Stripes

Before I admit to this, I want to remind you that I have already confessed to being a giant dork dozens and dozens of times. If I were one of those bloggers who had a “brand,” it would be built around my very high level of dorkdom. 

Now that we have that out of the way, do you remember the first time you squeezed a little Aquafresh® toothpaste out of the tube? I DO! BECAUSE! IT! WAS! SO! COOL! STRIPES!

I’m not joking or exaggerating. I was probably a little younger than Alexis the first time I laid hands on a tube of Aquafresh® toothpaste. I pulled out my boring blue toothbrush, squeezed a little toothpaste, and was completely in awe. My toothbrush wasn’t boring anymore! IT HAD STRIPES! Even more amazing to my young mind, the stripes were the same size. I tried and I tried to squeeze the tube in a way that would make only one color come out, but it couldn’t be done. The stripes were uniform no matter what.

So cool.

It was probably a year ago that I was putting my Aquafresh® toothpaste on my toothbrush when Alexis showed up. The long of the short was that she was jealous because she noticed for the first time that my toothpaste was cooler than her little kid toothpaste. She had always selected her toothpaste by looking at the cartoon character on the package. It hadn’t dawned on her that sometimes the real fun is inside the tube.

With that revelation out of the way, a tradition was born.

This year will be the second year that I’ve stuck a tube of Aquafresh® toothpaste into Alexis’ Easter basket. It makes sense, after all, to pile up a bunch of sugary treats and accompany it with some cavity fighting magic. Balance, man. Life is all about balance.

The super fun thing is that I’m guessing this year will be much like last year. Last year Alexis ate maybe two handfuls of her Easter candy, but was SO EXCITED about her Aquafresh® toothpaste. I maybe helped pile on some of the excitement because I bet her she couldn’t make just one color come out of the tube. We won’t talk about how much toothpaste ended up on the bathroom counter before she realized it can’t be done. ::cough::

This year there will not be shenanigans with the stripes, but I have two little tricks up my sleeve. First of all, this year I’ll be including Aquafresh® Multi-Action Whitening, which is coming just in time to address Alexis’ newfound interest in having white teeth. The second trick is that this year I’m going to tell Alexis about the awesomeness that is the three degrees of separation between us and the guy who patented the stripe magic. I recently learned that a good friend of ours went to school with the patent guy’s son and HOW COOL IS THAT? (Reminder: You are in the dork zone.) Our friend sat next to the son of the guy who made the stripe magic! SO COOL!

Even if you’re not, Alexis will be impressed. So there.

While she’s impressed, she’ll also benefit from cavity protection, healthy gums*, pure fresh breath, great taste, whitening, and enamel strengthening. You can make fun of our dork levels, but at least we dork with healthy teeth.

How do you keep your children’s teeth healthy?

*with twice daily brushing