We were at a family party on Sunday and there was the
regular organized chaos that comes with a large family. There were laughs,
screams, squeals, and tears but something happened that struck me as pretty
funny now that I look back on it. After the play place party, we headed back to
my sister in law’s house for the after party (that’s how we roll). Daniel was
at the table eating dinner with some cousins and like he often does he decided
to shovel all the food in his mouth and not chew. This then results in him
choking, recovering himself, but then vomiting everywhere. So there we are with
a room full of adults and kids and he vomits everywhere. You know what
happened? Pretty much nothing. I explained he “just” choked and puked and was
fine and we all continued on. I cleaned the vomit while continuing to gossip
with my sister in laws, Daniel ran around in just a diaper, the kids continued
eating dinner, and my nephew even tried to climb in the vomit chair during mid-clean
up. It cracks me up when I think back on it. Only in a large family where all
the parents have a litter of children of their own and the kids always have siblings around
doing gross things does vomiting AT the dinner table not affect anyone. Hey, it’s
not a real party until someone vomits!
