Puking: so close, yet so far away

Sorry for the graphic image.

The flu recently ran through the family.

It's been a 24-hour bug. Kid starts feeling crappy. Kid sleeps for a while. Kid starts puking. Kid feels better.

Unfortunately, some of kids are not good at timing their vomit. I think they either don't think they're going to throw up or they greatly overestimate their ability to get to the toilet.

We try to anticipate it. We put buckets by them, but for whatever reason they like the porcelain.

Poor Megan. She herself was sick the other day.  Mid morning she discovered this doosey in the boy's bathroom. I was at work, so Megan had to clean it up. Even the smell of vomit makes Megan sick so this was a monumental effort.  After asking all the kids if they were the culpirt and why they didn't let her know sooner, Hudson finally fessed up that it was her and she just forgot to tell someone.

Dang kids.