It’sgrandma (my mother) took the monkey to…ew…are you ready? McDonalds. The other grandmas were going there with their little monkeys after Bubby-and-Me class. So, when it’sgrandma begged me to let her and the monkey join them there, how could I say no?
Anyway, the monkey came home from McDonalds clutching this:

Does ANYONE know what this is?
Does it help if I tell you it glows?:

Whatever it is, the monkey was obsessed with it for an entire day. It smelled like french fries (HURL), and gave me the heebie-jeebbies. It gave Tigger the heebie-jeebies, too:

But that didn’t stop me from putting it on top of her and taking pictures:

I also placed it on top of MAAAAARRRRGE:

And, on top of Minden:

(Yes, since you asked, I will be excitedly submitting these pictures to this fab site.)
The monkey played with That Thing all afternoon.


Finally, she got thirsty and bored of it and scootched away on her own….


As promised on my other site, I will not drink Chai Teas EVAH again. Pinkie swear. They’re destroying my diet and self-esteem.
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Homie Bear said, December 6th, 2006 at 1:20 am
I think it’s not a toy at all, but an actual alien visitor. An embassy from the stars. And the Monkey was its first contact with humanity.
ali said, December 6th, 2006 at 7:02 am
has got to be from a movie. no?
Jeff said, December 6th, 2006 at 7:09 am
because, y’know I’m the google king
That is called IZ. You can read about the cross-promotion here and read more about the product here.
And cute pictures too.
Erin said, December 6th, 2006 at 8:44 am
eeeeewwwwww….I HATE THAT PLACE!
My hubby’s ex takes their 5 year old there at least 3 times a week. We have pulled thru for lunch before and he said “I hope I don’t get the compass again. I already have 2″ Makes me nuts.
I don’t think I have ever seen anything so strange. Usually they have toys from movies or TV. I think this month here in IL they have toys from Flushed Away. Did you see this thing in the movie?
Haley-O said, December 6th, 2006 at 8:56 am
No, Erin, That Thing was not in Flushed Away….I would have remembered it….
I’m starting to think Homie might be right…!
Laural said, December 6th, 2006 at 9:13 am
I took Matt and my niece to McD’s last night. I have no clue what those are. They are weird. The kids loved them. All the kids did. Weird, eh? I have to admit we go about once per week. Matt loves it.
Oh – this is way too gross, but whatever. My niece ate half her happy meal, and then threw it up all over the playland. Trust me, it will be awhile before we go back there.
Drea said, December 6th, 2006 at 12:35 pm
What an odd toy. I have seen those before but I have no clue what they are. Love Monkeys hair! cute curls
Lesley said, December 6th, 2006 at 3:50 pm
Have no idea what the heck that is but the eyes kind of look Fisher-Pricey to me. Love the curls!
Cece said, December 6th, 2006 at 5:32 pm
What IS that thing???
God, I haven’t been to McD’s in….I can’t even remember! When my girls ask if I’ll take them I say no & offer up Subway instead.
Lara said, December 6th, 2006 at 7:04 pm
HA HA! What the heck IS that thing! HA! My hubby loves that place- we might end up having one in our house, too. =)
Drea said, December 6th, 2006 at 7:19 pm
Hey go here: http://www.zizzle.com
s@m said, December 6th, 2006 at 7:57 pm
Whatever it is, I think it’s kinda cute! LOL
Yeah I gag at McD’s too. But I like the ice milk. (ice cream)
Off to read gossip, cuz we know how I LOVE it!!
Teena said, December 6th, 2006 at 8:26 pm
No!!!!!!!!!!! Not Raunchy Ron’s!
Amanda said, December 6th, 2006 at 9:33 pm
What adorable curls, the Monkey has! Just love them!!!
Tug said, December 7th, 2006 at 9:41 am
It’s just new…she’ll be over it soon. Where’s her blue (I think) sheep?? Trade them out…
metro mama said, December 7th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
I love chai lattes. And a Starbucks just opened down the street. Yikes.
Jenn said, December 7th, 2006 at 6:07 pm
I think a much larger version was a popular Christmas gift last year, although I don’t know what it did. Weird. The pictures are adorable though, I love it!
Drea said, December 7th, 2006 at 8:37 pm
HAHA CHECK THIS OUT – http://calebnathan.blogspot.com/ Caleb is amused now.
Chris said, December 8th, 2006 at 9:00 am
Whatever that is? It’s awesome!
Sparky said, December 8th, 2006 at 10:00 am
Cat’s do make perfect props
Stacie said, December 8th, 2006 at 11:10 am
She’s so adorable!!!!
I’ll drink the chais for ya…
J-Dawg's Realm said, December 10th, 2006 at 6:32 am
Hello Haley-O
After a few clicks on a few other TT13′ers sites I stumbled upon yours. I found this post fascinating because my own daughter got one of those silly little toys (she called him Mr. Honkey because he sounds like a honking horn). Annoying as the day is LONG! I hope you will stop by my little neck of the woods sometime as well.
J
http://jdawgs-realm.blogspot.com