<a href="http://rachelstoneswrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mcdonalds.jpg"><img src="http://rachelstoneswrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mcdonalds.jpg" alt="mcdonalds" width="150" height="111" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-115" /></a>If you're looking to make millions, I have the perfect idea for you. Open a restaurant that has good food <em>and</em> a playground. Why hasn't anyone done this? Every time we go out we are forced to decide between good food and happy kids. 

The other day my two youngest were stir crazy. It was too hot for the park, so I took them out for ice cream. On my way out the door I slipped a picture book manuscript into my purse, in true <a href="http://megmillerwrites.blogspot.com/2014/01/revimo-day-3-interview-with-ame-dyckman.html">Ame Dyckman</a> fashion. 

Within seconds, my kids made eight new friends. There were pirates, Power Rangers, and princesses. One girl was positive she was Elsa. I'm sure people heard her singing from the drive-through. The kids played happily for a whole hour while I revised! My daughter yelled, "look Mom, I'm at the top," a dozen times. It was loud and crazy and wonderful. Oddly, it was the most productive writing session I've had in weeks.
 
I thought I needed quiet time to write in my office. But I <em>really</em> needed the McDonalds playland. Sometimes a little chaos gets the creative juices flowing. 