McDonald’s Restaurant
3535 Elam Rd.
Balch Springs, TX. 75180
(972) 286-9056
My three boys treated me to lunch the other day. It was getting close to lunch. I was about to whip up some peanut butter sandwiches when my sons asked if we could go out to eat at a restaurant. I told them that was fine if they were willing to pay for it.
You find out really quick how serious your kids are about something when their own money is involved. Well, on this particular day my boys were quite willing to pay. All three broke into their piggy-banks and dug out their treasure from birthdays past, tooth-fairy payments, chores and whatever other occasion their grandmother has found to spoil them.
We collected the necessary funds and headed out to eat. Where to? Where all children like to go to eat – Mickey D’s. I had to be sure to keep the cost of our order low since we were dining on the kids’ dime. That meant no happy meals. Sorry kids, no Shrek 4 toys this time.
I ordered a McDouble from the dollar menu for each of them and I ordered the double cheeseburger value meal (Super-sized!) so we could all share the large fries and drink. The burgers were fine. The fries were hot and fresh.
I know that’s not always the case. It really stinks when you’re expecting to get some crispy, piping-hot fries fresh out of the grease and you get these limp, barely warm look-alikes that have been sitting out too long.
I don’t know why, but I love ketchup from the pump in those little white paper containers. Is it really better than ketchup squeezed from the packet? I think so. I let my sons take turns choosing our beverage every time we got a refill. We started out with Strawberry Fanta, I think.
Then we got some Sprite. And finally we ended with a bright orange concoction with a cool name like orange lava or something. After we finished our meal we had to find some way to get rid of all that sugar-energy. And what better way than to let the kids run wild on the McDonald’s playground equipment.
This is a bittersweet experience for me. I love to watch my boys have fun, but I cringe at the shrill cries of delight which constantly emanate from the play area.
Oh well, it’s all part of the McDonald’s experience. I also think it is funny how my kids seem to make a new friend every time they enter one of these fast food playgrounds. Maybe there is some social bonding agent used in the manufacturing of all those playground tunnels, slides, etc.
Perhaps the United Nations should hold negotiations inside a giant playground. Just a thought. Well, I had a great time with my kids and no one found a finger in their burger or got scalded by coffee so, yeah, I’m lovin’ it.
