This week Chick-fil-A’s bonus in the child’s meal is this insect model:
Reid was thrilled. He wanted to put it together at the restaurant, but because I am such a wise mommy I encouraged waiting until we got home so I could help with less distraction.
I started on the instructions. Following each fairly vague direction to the best of my ability.
My mommy assembly resume is impressive:
1. Ikea furniture.
2. Transformers (into and out of the action figure/motor vehicle).
3. Legos.
4. Magnet sets.
5. Tinker Toys.
I could go on. Let’s just say, I can put things together.
Approximately an HOUR later I had produced this:
Not bad! It resembles a dragonfly.
Reid took one look at it and started to complain…
“It is missing a wing.”
“You didn’t put it together right.”
“This is upside down.”
Details!
Details!
Details!
I thought I had adequately hidden this:
Oops. Extra wing. Really, who needs more than one?
Let’s review what I accomplished in the last hour.
I took this…
…and turned it into this:
About that time blog-Stedman came in from work. He took one look at my dragonfly and stated:
“It is missing a wing.”
“You didn’t put it together right.”
“This is upside down.”
Details!
Details!
Details!
I handed him the disfigured dragonfly and the instructions and told him to go fix it.
About 30 minutes later he returned with this:
Overachiever.
Note to Chick-fil-A: Your child’s toy took two people with a combined 13 years of higher education 1 1/2 hours to assemble.
Right before bed tonight, Reid was holding his dragonfly close to his heart and said, “I can’t wait until we go back to Chick-fil-A and get the bumble bee…”
I take it you will not return to Chik-fil-a until a new promotion has started. And, I think yours looks better anyway.
Mom, how come you didn’t inform young Reid and B.S. (Oh, I do love hubby’s inititals!) that you put together the @%$@!#@$ dragonfly in a new and original way on purpose so it could fly upside down??????? Geez!
PS This misadventure is another reason to eat more beef. 🙂
ok. so now i am eternally grateful that:
1) we don’t have a chick-fil-a anywhere near me.
2) none of my children would lower themselves to have a kids meal anymore.
there are benefits to having them grow up a smidge.
lol – I have high and lofty goals of throwing away every happy meal toy that comes in my house.
Then my daughter brings three home for Zesty. For when he is older. How can I get rid of them without hurting her feelings?
Thanks for the warning to stay the heck away from Chick-Fil-A for the duration of this toy cycle!
That’s too funny! I think I would have been in the same boat with Brennan requesting to put that thing together. Did ya know – you can exchange the over-complicate, non-fun kid “toys” for an ice cream cone at any Chick-fil-a? Yeah, just walk up to the counter and hand them that “educational crap” and get dreamy treat!
I think Christian-based Chick-fil-A needs to rethink its toy difficulty level. I can only imagine the curse words spewing out of the mouths of good-intentioned parents across the globe.
Not that I’m saying you muttered any, but I’m thinking my kids would pick up a new phrase or two…
Congrats on your origami skills!
Em
Thanks for the warning, i will never go there and get a kids meal, I don’t have the motor skills:)
I am totally cracking up!
This story was SO hilarious! OH MY GOSH! I think you should try to avoid Chick-fil-A’s at all costs for the rest of the week until they get normal toys again! I know we will not be going this week!