I want to say Hi to the purple guy

Walmart had a grand opening on Saturday.  That's not why we went.  We went to buy diapers and discovered it was a grand opening.  It was busy.  But Gloria had fun.  There was a "purple guy" at McDonald's and she said "hi!" to him about five times.  After the fourth time she says to me, "I want to take a picture with the purple guy."  "I didn't bring my camera." I say to her.  "Mom," she says with a sigh, "just use your phone then."  I never said that when I was a kid.  So we went back and took a picture.