You know what's really fun as a parent? When you realize that your kids probably get more jacked up over a free toy that comes in a $3 meal than they did over that $100 gift you gave them for their last birthday. Even worse? When McDonald's comes out with a really good collection of Happy Meal toys, and your little ones decide they're going to die unless they have every single one.
When those stuffed Secret Life of Pets toys were out last Summer, I had to enlist every member of my family to visit their respective golden arches to find every little animal. We got about 20, and now they all live at the bottom of the toy bin. Time and effort well spent.
