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Confetti

For the purposes of good taste I have substituted the word 'vomit' for the word 'confetti' in the following tale.

Last week we had a rough week with illness. One night I came home to find Chad looking after a very sick girl. Her temperature was high and she was very listless. We headed off to A and E where we waited for two hours before seeing the doctor. As expected there was nothing to be done except Pamol, fluids and love.

We got home late and settled Grace with some milk. About 5 minutes later she proceeded to spray confetti all over herself, Chad and the carpet.

Chad looked at me wide eyed, and I quickly ran to get Grace, covering myself in confetti in the process.

While Chad started to clean the carpet, I took Grace downstairs while she yelled "yuck, yuck" at the fact she was covered in confetti. I must be honest I didn't know where to start!! I took off her clothes and went to give her a cuddle. She then started yelling "yuck yuck" while pointing at the confetti on my shirt.

So to appease her I took off my jumper. She then started screaming "yuck yuck" as her bunny was also covered in confetti.

Chad quickly found a clean bunny and we all settled into a relative calm.

A stressful night. No one here is a fan of confetti.

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