That's Really Smart, McDonald's

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I came home a couple days ago to find my daughter playing with her new happy meal toy:  a small figurine from The Spiderwick Chronicles that has a little button on the back that makes a small light in the birdhouse? the character is holding light up.  I tried shining it on the wall to see if it made a dot, but it didn't seem to do much.  Then I found the instructions:

McDonalds' Spiderwick Toy

So basically, you look through a little viewfinder which is backlit by the figurine's light, and you see an image, either a crow or a goblin.  I'm sure this is in line with the premise of the movie somehow. I've got a little problem, though, with this toy (and McDonald's, by association) advocating that my child shine (bright) lights into her eyes from 12" away. 

Sure, I can (and do) tell/teach her not to do this, but she's young enough still that she doesn't understand the consequences of staring at a bright light or at the sun, etc, even if I were to explain them to her.  So I would appreciate if McDonald's wouldn't compound the issue by making it seem like it is OK to do this by way of a toy.

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And now for something completely different - I finally got around to scanning the picture of Violet w/ Santa from this past December....

Violet poses with Santa

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