Free chicken

I love kids' night at Chick-Fil-A. Raise your hand if you know what I'm talking about. If you don't, well, then, let me educate you. Every Tuesday or Thursday night, from 5-8, CFA has kids' night. You get a free kids' meal for every adult combo meal purchased, and, as if you needed any more reason to come, there is usually a guy dressed up in a gigantic cow suit.

Lately I've been taking the kids almost Thursday night, since 1) Jeff is working, and 2) it's almost the end of the week so I'm usually all out of dinner ingredients at home. Tonight we bundled up and headed out the door by 4:35 in order to make it to our neighborhood CFA before the craziness commenced.

Let me tell you about the craziness. Apparently, there are lots of other people who like getting free chicken. By 5:15, the lines at the registers are 10 people deep, all the tables are taken, the play area is packed with screeching kids, and drinks are being spilled all over the restaurant with almost-predictable regularity. Fathers ignore, mothers scold, children run amok. It's quite a scene.

Did I mention the FREE kids' meals?

Thankfully, we made it in time tonight to order our food and procure a table before it got nuts. We had a nice, leisurely dinner, including ice cream cones with sprinkles (free if you trade in your kids' meal toys), and then coloring at the craft table set up for the occasion. Oh, and yes, the giant cow was there, so our evening was complete.