A day in the life

I know they call Wednesday hump day, but yesterday was more than a hump.....it was a mountain to get over! The girls both have mild asthma, which usually means lots of coughing throughout the fall and winter months. Since they were both coughing on Wed. and had mild temps, I decided it was time to check in with the doctor. About 20 min. before we were supposed to be there, I gave the girls some motrin. That was when the damn broke, literally! Gray starting throwing up the motrin along with ALL of the chocolate milkshake she had earlier in the day. Because Ella was so concerned, she wanted to be right there making sure Gray was o.k. Did I mention that the chocolate milk/vomit concoction was all over my red couch, floor, Gray, and myself?? Anyway, poor Ella started gagging at the smell and sight of the mess. I calmly told her to go into another room, but she chose to run to the club chair instead. You can imagine what happened next....yep, she started throwing up too! So it was to the bathtub for all 3 of us, a quick clean up of the mess, and off to the doctor. Once we got home, it was back to the tub again for all of us to get the remnants of what I missed the first time around. I again did my best to clean the carpet, couch, and chair. This morning Ella came into the den and said "mommy, I smay-el somtin'" "Yes baby, that is because our house stinks of the combo of chocolate milkshake, vomit, and resolve carpet/upholstery cleaner." My next move was to make a call to have the majority of my den carpet, my couch, and the chair all deep cleaned this afternoon. What is the moral of this story? A child with an active gag reflex and bad tasting medicine don't mesh well.