<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 to grab a quick bite, we are forced to decide between good food and happy kids. 

I usually avoid these places but my two youngest were stir crazy. It was too hot for the park, so I took them for ice cream. On the off chance that I would have a few minutes to revise, 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. 

The kids played happily for a whole hour while I revised! 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. It was loud and crazy and wonderful. I stopped to wave to my daughter who yelled, "Mom, I climbed to the top," at least ten times.  

I thought I wanted quiet time to write in my office. But I <em>needed </em> the McDonalds playland. Sometimes a little chaos gets the creative juices flowing. 