Three weeks ago, Kate was invited to a girls-only party. Adam and his father spent the afternoon having a fabulous boys-only day. This weekend Adam was invited to a boys-only party so Kate and I are off on our girls-only afternoon.
Kate requested to go to McDonalds so that she could get the happy meal toy and afterwards to the Spur to play. Which means I had to eat the McDonalds burger (I feel dirty). I also had to buy a happy meal for Adam so that we could get a toy for him too. Which meant I had to eat his fries (dirtier). The security guard ate Adam's burger. Kate ate her fries, four of those cups of tomato sauce/ketchup and a strawberry milkshake.
Now we are at the Spur with 17,000 other children. Luckily I am having a cider to numb the pain. Kate has, in the space of 5 minutes, knocked over her Chico the Clown ice cream and lost the R5 in the ball machine, without scoring a ball.
Right. She says she wants to leave immediately to go Mimi's house and play. I will not be offended that our quality time has come to an abrupt end, I will be grateful that Mimi remains the star attraction. Long may it last.
PS Both kids are at Mimi's house as we speak. Yay for grandparents!
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I agree, yay for grandparents :)
Posted by: blackhuff | 08 May 2010 at 05:08 PM
I second the "yay for Grandparents!!!" And a woo-woo for good measure. :D Oh, our McD's here in the states has some tasty (and pretty healthy) salads that I get on our McD's trips. Love the Southwestern and Asian!
Posted by: Tami | 08 May 2010 at 07:28 PM
Ah, wonderful grandmothers. I still love hanging out with my grandmother, and I'm 27. She's also "Mimi."
Posted by: Amy | 08 May 2010 at 11:04 PM
You can actually buy a happy meal toy without buying a happy meal... Just ask for the toy. :)
Posted by: Nikki McDonald | 09 May 2010 at 04:50 AM
You definitely have the correct outlook: "Yay for grandparents!" and yay for all the love in Kate's life! She's very lucky she has so many people who love her so much! I also wanted to concur with just buying the Happy Meal toy. I used to work at McDonald's when I was in high school.
Posted by: Bethany | 09 May 2010 at 03:54 PM
Girls days rock - but Grandparents rock MORE. :-)
Posted by: BiancaW | 10 May 2010 at 09:02 AM
Sounds like an amazing day!
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