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…”
And this is another example of how you are far nicer than I am.
I would have been all “put the mothereffer together yourself, and if you can’t do it, throw the mothereffer away.”
Because I am a biotch.
Wishing you better building luck with the bumble bee. Snicker, snicker.
that chick-fill-a. why can’t they ust give cheap plastic toys like everyone else!
That is too funny! Why is it that Daddy can always figure those things out?!?! Thanks for stopping by my blog! Have a great week!
Oy. I can’t follow those directions…
The folks at Chick-fil-A are brilliant. They know that you can only eat for about 20 or 30 minutes, max but you can assemble things for hours. Dining at their place is like dinner and a movie – but you end up with a souvenir.
And I am impressed even with your first attempt. I cannot even parallel park, much less assemble things in three dimensions.
ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
God, Holly. I’m spitting on myself.
SAWEET! I’m going to Chic-Fil-A this Sunday to get one!
I have no idea what Chic Fil a is but that toy’s awesome… I admire your dedication to putting it together, too.
We too were at Chick Fil A last week and they inadvertently put two in the bag. Just like I inadvertently threw it away before HRH could see what he was missing out on. Now I’m even happier with my decision.
And Legos? Totally my turf. Apparently my Barbie Fashion Bazaar background trumps Andy’s engineering undergrad. The hard part is finding a time to work on it without RC ‘helping’.