Today, I took Emily, Melissa, and Sam to McDonalds for lunch. We needed to eat out because we had workers in our kitchen painting the new sheetrock they had installed in our ceiling after Samuel flooded the upstairs bathroom and damaged the ceiling in the kitchen. We have had many such disasters in the last 8 years or so, but that is not the point of my post.
We all went into McDonalds and I said to the kids, “Run along and play”. I have probably walked into McDonalds a thousand times or so and said those words. They all ran to the playplace while I ordered our lunch. I have learned that the busy McDonalds workers never, ever, EVER, get the happy meals assembled correctly when you order more than one, so I opened them all at the counter and had them swap out the fries for apple dippers they had mistakenly put in one of the meals. Aside from this minor annoyance, I enjoyed our trip to McDonalds like I usually do.
Here is what I like about McDonalds. I can take my kids there and they can play. When we are on the road, or unable to eat in our kitchen because of water damage, or when it is too cold for the kids to play outside and they have been cooped up in the house too long, I can always take them to McDonalds. There is never a problem with them being too loud, I don’t have to try to get them to sit still. I can just sit there and eat my hamburger and sip my drink and watch them play. The kids meals have appropriately sized hamburgers or nuggets, and you can get milk and apples with them instead of sodas and fries. They come with a little toy. When they were babies, it was convenient to change them in the bathrooms, which are almost always clean. Today when I threw our garbage in the garbage receptacle, it said thank you. I think McDonalds is the greatest restaurant ever.
EEEEEEWWWWW! I know the kids like it, but I find it disqusting!
To each his own, as for me I’ll take a home cooked corndog and a walk with my dog. Dang it, I don’t have a dog.
I’m kind of partial to Chik-Fil-A. It has a playland, too!
If only it were as close as the Golden Arches we could go there for EVERY MEAL!
Sorry about your troubles at home. Not fun, I hate plumbing
problems. I guess Sam wanted a full tub for his bath.
You always have a good attitude with things that happen
thats inconvient at times. Sam probably learned a good
lesson about turning off the water, as did the other kids.
I’m glad you can roll with whatever comes along, we have
to do that in life. It was good to see you allover the holidays. Keep smiling.
Love Mom
Yeah, McD’s can surely be a sanity-saver. And they do tend to be underrated in some ways. (I bet if you e-mail them your essay you get some free food!)
Well, at least your a good mom to know your kids can see the arches. Maddie was four before I realized she needed her glasses. The very day we drove with her new glasses on she said to me…. “Gasp! Mom did you know that McDonalds has a M in the sky”.
I agree with Michelle, a nicely written …….
I like Chik-Fil-A, but agree with Michelle. McDonald’s is unfairly maligned. Also, their Asian chicken salad is yummy.