Ray Kroc

Whats up with this guy and his brilliant ideas. He must not have had any kids!!! How can he do this to us.
So some of you know and abide by the no Happy Meal rule, like me? Or should I say like I use to. I was doing good with this plan for awhile. Probably until my mom introduced the Happy Meal to Sophia way back when. Once Logann figured them out, it was all over. Logann rules the roost!
So anyway now we battle.....the gym I go to sits between Wendy's and McDonalds. Almost everytime we go to the gym(5times a week) the girls start in about going to W or M. Most days mommy wins and we go home, or we just go to Wendy's and get the 5 piecers. Which I still consider a win. $2 ok. I can round up that in change in my car : )
Well yesterday they suckered me into McDonalds so off we went to the drive through. Had to get the Happy Meal because the toy was Build a Bear or whatever. Little did I know they had been to McDonalds a few times with John and my mom since this toy came out and they wanted a particular one, the kitty. So I felt like a really annoying customer but I nicely asked the mexican guy who was working (no offense here I love Mexicans but I dont think he understood me) "Do you have the Kitty toy" He comes back with a bear, Girls start screaming, no we have that one we want the Kitty! So I ask him again if he has any other animals (and a shot of baileys for my coffee too). He then comes back with the same bear and a pink dog. The pink dog suffices, so we leave. Start getting down the road, open up the happy meals, hand them back, more screaming. "A boy toy" We don't like boy toys!!!! Super heroes yuck! They ended up getting some super hero figure, don't ask me about that stuff, and the bear they already had.
Couldn't calm them down about the stupid pink dog. They cried and cried and cried. Then Sophia actually talked me into stopping at another McDonalds on the way home to find the dog. So thats what we did. Feeling like an idiot once again I raced into McDonalds, leaving both kids in the car, (don't worry its legal here in this strange state!) and rescued us two ADORABLE pink fluffy haired dogs.
The sad thing is its been less than 24 hours and I haven't seen the dogs since! They were that important......!!Hence my hatred towards Ray Kroc! Not too mention how clogged my kids arteries will be by the time they are my age. They'll be on their meds for cholestrol and high blood pressure just like their mommy : )
So thats my story of a mothers desperation to find a pink dog for my two little whiny girls. Please no comments telling me I don't really have to succumb to the McDonalds wrath. Its inevitable in todays society. Any kid that doesn't experience the grease and glory of they toy is missing out.