McDonald’s

Friday marked Emma’s first trip to McDonald’s. Kris suggested we go there for dinner — we were going to go to the grocery store and get everything we needed to make sandwiches. Kris’ suggestion won out when I realized that McDonald’s is air conditioned and it was 30C in the house! We ordered Emma her first Happy Meal even though I know it’s complete crap. I know as a parent that there is no way to keep them away from junk like that forever. You only do the best you can do right? Anyways, she got chicken nuggets, fries and apple juice. But wait, I forgot the best part. The only part she, and millions of other kids, even liked — the toy! I asked Mark to get her an “under 3″ toy but the cashier just gave him a normal one. By this time, Emma was bored and crying so I opened it and gave it to her. Later the cashier realized her mistake and asked for it back — as if! We ended up getting the baby toy as well. The first was a Hello Kitty Glamour Pack which I thought was super lame but Emma gave at least two big Wowie’s for. It’s a plastic bracelet and ring in a container with a cat head — and she really loves it! She really doesn’t love chicken nuggets though. The baby toy was a plastic Ronald McDonald ontop of a dolphin — a bathtub toy, I think. Anyway, so begins Emma’s nutritional decline as our house starts, once again, to fill up with cheap Happy Meal Toys. What have we started???

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