So if I told you I took a 2 1/2 hour lunch with my kids at a fast-food place this week would you hold it against me?
Yep, got the kids home all week. Lately, I've had a week every month with no daycare, which means it's up to me to amuse the kiddos even more than normal.
So, Wednesday was what I like to call "2.5 hour lunch day." Even worse? It was a Christian-oriented fast-food place. Chick-Fil-A.
Why 2.5 hours? Well, travel time... plus they have a play area for the kids. And weird buttons that emit animal sounds and, for one button, strange religious platitudes as the kids scramble about.
"If you have your faith, you'll never walk alone."
A little creepy-sounding in general, especially coming out of hidden speakers indoctrinating 3-year-olds who push buttons expecting animal noises.
Hmmm, now that I think about it, maybe taking the kids to McDonald's wouldn't be so bad.
To make up for it, we spent 2 1/2 hours at the Denver Museum of Science & Nature Thursday with the kids' cousins Isabelle & Dylan. That was better. More fun, more educational, more family-oriented, slightly less commercial.
THIS morning I finally broke down and thought I'd take the boys to McD's for the first time in their lives. I had Fuzzy's car today to fix a flat tire, so we had to walk around for a while as that happened. Figured McD's would be fun.
Nope. The Golden McD's doesn't have a play area. So, the kids were saved as I ate a small breakfast and we walked on to a sports park behind, as it happened, Wendy's. Specifically a rollerblade hockey cement outdoor park.
Luckily I had a couple of small bouncy balls for the kids to play with for a while.
So, McDisaster averted for now. Except for me, the McDigestion is working its magic on me. Once every 2 years is about as often as I need to clean the innards with McD's famous laxative effect.
See ya.
Posted by BilFish at August 5, 2005 10:18 AM