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Special needs fundraising sale was a success and a letter to McDonald’s

Some of the crap – I mean valued love-toys who cry when they’re not played with just like in Toy Story – that I sorted through for the sale.

Whew, what a week.  I’ll start by sharing that we did it, friends.  Our 12-family special needs fundraising sale to raise money for Tucker’s Preschool Autism Class was a success.  We pulled together $1200.  Awesome, right?  Of course, $700 came from the super-cool-mom who got Whole Foods to donate two $100 gift cards and her son’s Godfather to donate $500 (and hello to anybody who wants to be Tucker’s new Godfather with a loose checkbook please?).  I was not that awesome mom.
But I’m friends with her so I’m cool by association and stuff.

Sadly, I brought home more crap than I sold but I am not going to even look at it.

I am donating it.  Really, I am.  Because now my basement looks like the world’s largest toy-filled piñata exploded in it.  Just like the rest of the house.

And, errr….now that The Sale of the Century is behind us (well, um, mostly…’cause pesky me keeps reminding you about the book I am in – twice donating $1/book sold from this link only to Tucker’s class.  And you’re about to miss out.  As is Tucker.  And his classmates.  No pressure though.  But there really are only a few days left to buy one and have it count for adorable little kids who need iPads with speech apps.)

Moving on.

Dear McDonalds,

Your food sucks, but Tucker really likes your apples and your chicken nuggets.  Therefore, we occasionally* indulge him with a Happy Meal.

Here’s the thing.  Your toys.

Your toys.

Sometimes, they are cute, and put the happy in happy meal.  Like this.

And like this adorable little truck.

Thank you for those.  He enjoyed them for the few days they lasted before I confiscated them while he was at school and put them in the donations bag.

But last week, you gave us the most demented-looking toy I have ever seen.  Seriously.  Look at this creepy little grim reaper thing.

Like this face isn’t terrifying enough…

 

 

 

 

 

…pushing the button on his back gives you this:

 

 

WTF

 

 

 

Scariest. Fucking. Toy. Ever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*While I’d like to say that only on a rare, rare day does Tucker’s diet stray from healthy, organic, home-made deliciousness, that is not the case.  Don’t judge me.  And please don’t send me an email telling me that McDonald’s chicken nuggets are disgusting.  Thank you.


by Kristi Campbell

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  • Kenya G. Johnson - Ewwwwwww to the toy – not the nuggets!April 29, 2013 – 12:00 pmReplyCancel

  • Kristi - Kenya,
    I know! Is that toy the creepiest one you’ve ever seen? I can’t believe it was in a HAPPY meal. Not happy. Not happy at all.April 29, 2013 – 12:05 pmReplyCancel

  • Kerri - Can I tell you how proud I was when I stopped into Mickey D’s to use the bathroom and Boo called out CHICKEN!!! Congrats on the yard sale. Now learn your lesson and never volunteer again 🙂April 29, 2013 – 12:13 pmReplyCancel

  • Diana @ Nanny to Mommy - McDonald’s Chicken nuggets are disgusting in a delicious kind of way. Creepiest. Toy. Ever, BTW.April 29, 2013 – 12:14 pmReplyCancel

  • Tatum - Those toys from McD’s are the worst. especially the boy’s toys. I often lie and say I have a girl because the boys toys always seem to be violent.April 29, 2013 – 12:14 pmReplyCancel

  • The Sadder But Wiser Girl - That is creepy! My kids love those McDonald’s toys-my dad goes to auctions and rummage sales and is always bringing them to the kids. I have them in a box marked characters and they play with them quite a bit. The fact that The Professor actually kind of “plays” with something now is huge. Or at least his version of playing with things, which is different than other kids for sure.

    McDonalds is like crack to little kids. I swear they have some sort of mind controlling device that makes kids automatically want to go there and only there any time we want to eat out.

    So glad you guys made all the money! If you find that person with all the money to be Tucker’s godfather could you ask him if he’d take one more?April 29, 2013 – 12:19 pmReplyCancel

  • Janine Huldie - Congrats on the sale being a success!! I have to agree that toy is just down right creepy. An no judging, we get Burger King nuggets. Hey it keeps the kids happy and quiet. Enough said, lol!! 🙂April 29, 2013 – 1:05 pmReplyCancel

  • Kristi - Kerri,
    Wow to Boo yelling CHICKEN at McD’s! That’s awesome, actually. Yay and thank God I’m not the only one feeding my kid this crap.April 29, 2013 – 2:09 pmReplyCancel

  • Kristi - Diana –
    They are a little bit delicious, huh.

    Tatum,
    Good idea about asking for the girl’s toy! I’d never have thought of that!

    Sadder Sarah,
    I’ll start keeping them and when I get a shoe-box filled, I’ll mail them to you! Yay! Win-win. And yeah, I’ll totally share Tucker’s imaginary Godfather with the huge checkbook.

    Janine,
    Thank you! Happy and quiet is worth it!April 29, 2013 – 2:11 pmReplyCancel

  • SmackOfHam (John) - That toy is truly horrific. My guess is that’s a “boy’s” toy and this is what corporate America’s marketing gurus think boys like. Having two girls, every toy we get from MickeyD’s tends to be pink and either a princess (blonde & thin, of course), or some cutesy creature with a name like “squinkie”,”scmoopie”, or “Nikki Minaj”. Fortunately, those toys have a shelf life of about two hours in my house, at which point they mysteriously disappear – and the kids never notice.April 29, 2013 – 3:52 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi - John,
      You’re correct, it is a boy’s toy. Somebody on the Finding Ninee Facebook page told me that it’s a character from a video game. Still, why McD’s makes this into a toy for the Happy Meal is beyond me. Haha to squinkie and scmoopie! Glad the kids never notice that their new plastic friends are no longer hanging around.April 29, 2013 – 4:31 pmReplyCancel

  • Melissa@Home on Deranged - WTH is that supposed to be??? Is there some kind of freaky ass movie coming out that I’m not aware of? I got no problem eating McDonald’s – heck, we eat at Long John Silver’s and I’m pretty they are worse for your heart – but seriously, what the what on that toy??
    p.s. congrats on raising so much money for Tucker’s class. yay!April 29, 2013 – 4:40 pmReplyCancel

  • Kristi - Melissa,
    I know, right? Creepy little fucker! Somebody told me that it’s from a video game. Still, McDonalds – bad judgement. Little kids are the ones who eat happy meals. Make them happy!April 29, 2013 – 4:48 pmReplyCancel

  • Jean Heff - My son conned my mom into buying him his first happy meal about a year ago. He’s had them occasionally since then and more frequently during stress times for us.
    That toy is scary and of course the happy meal toys are the ones that never get lost or broken. Like cockroaches, they are!April 29, 2013 – 10:02 pmReplyCancel

  • MJM - That’s awesome…congrats. You kick as…I mean donkey.April 30, 2013 – 1:37 amReplyCancel

  • TheSocialButterflyMom - Maybe McDonald’s just wants to be the proud sponsor of your kid’s first nightmare…I’m guessing that’s from a movie???April 30, 2013 – 7:58 amReplyCancel

  • Stephanie @ Mommy, for real. - You have GOT to be kidding me. I think you need to send a real-life letter to McDonald’s. That toy is beyond inappropriate. OK, I’m jumping right up on my Angry Mommy soapbox. God help McDonald’s if they ever give that kind of toy to my anxious, sensitive little girl, who is terrified of mascots. Hell to pay…April 30, 2013 – 9:20 amReplyCancel

  • Kristi - Jean,
    They are like cockroaches! Awesome point! And ya gotta do what ya gotta do!

    MJM. 😀

    Social Butterfly Mom –
    It’s from a video game I guess. Hahah to being the proud sponsor of Tucker’s first nightmare!

    Stephanie,
    I’m way too lazy to actually mail anything. But yeah, it is SO inappropriate! Don’t get your daughter the boy’s toy. Ever. Not that you’d feed her McDonalds. But still.April 30, 2013 – 6:57 pmReplyCancel

  • Jen - Yea for you guys. Boo for taking stuff home. We do a neighborhood garage sale, and I refuse to let any of my neighbors buy anything. My motto is “Friends dont’ let friends buy their junk” But yea for giving it away!
    And WTHeck (sorry you know I can’t swear) McD’s? Really? Who put that crazy idea in their head? I think even Izze would be scared of that and he’s 7. Meanwhile I’d take one look at it and go for the trade-in.
    And did I mention yea!May 1, 2013 – 12:58 amReplyCancel

  • Rorybore - my kids eat way too much McDonalds I think. but it’s my husbands’ “thing” to do with them on daddy outings. ugh. sometimes in marriage you just have to let things go.
    but the toys – oh yes my goodness gracious. with 3 kids each bringing one home Each Time. I am over run. and they are generally useless — but they clutch those things like a diamond plucked from some cool mountain Alaskan stream.

    personally, I kinda like the nuggetsMay 1, 2013 – 11:20 pmReplyCancel

  • Joy - Wow, that toy sure looks creeepy!! Ugh.May 14, 2013 – 11:50 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi - Joy,
      So creepy. I can’t believe McDonald’s gives it to little kids!May 14, 2013 – 7:17 pmReplyCancel

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