Our Christmas from Mama and Papa...a pukey experience!

This year for Christmas, my parents sent us a gift of money with instructions not to spend it on bills, but to do something as a family to make a memory. Well, that we did! So as a family we decided how we wanted to spend the money. The kids decided they wanted to go to eat at the Chinese Buffet. We don't take the kids out to eat at restaurants very often because with six people in the family it's about $60 a pop! So we headed down to Green Bay with empty stomachs ready to get our money's worth! It was a smorgasbord of yummy food. Everything from sushi to General 's Tso's chicken to the jello square that the kids love! We were all looking forward to it. I realized that this was probably my "Last Supper" as the New Year was a few days away so I kind of let myself loose. We all loaded our plates full of Chinese delights and went back for second and third helpings! As the meal wore on we all started to feel the effects! Oliver was the first to show signs of the abuse we gave our stomachs. He came up to Dave and I with puffy cheeks signaling that something bad had happened in his mouth. We directed him to the bathroom where he could take care of things. Stuart wasn't looking so good either, as the picture below will show. By the end of the meal, I was absolutely nauseous! I knew that if I got in the car I was going to "loose my lunch" as well! I sat there for a minute hoping it would pass. It didn't. I excused myself to the bathroom and came back feeling...shall we say...much more comfortable. We paided the bill and walked out to the car where Connor started looking "green". Oh no! You guessed it, Connor started puking all over the parking lot! Dave was mortified, saying he was the the only responsible eater out of the lot of us! He's probably right! I called my mom and told her that we made a memory with the Christmas money and puked it up all over Green Bay! What a waste!

Another fun thing we did with some of the money was to go to St. Vincent de Paul (like a thrift store). We had so much fun finding treasure for each of us. We found a sweater and shoes for me, two shirts, jeans and some cool Sketcher loafer's (brand new) for Dave, ties for Stuart, a shirt for Connor, a game and shirt for Oliver and a doll for Chloe! What fun! All for $27! I love bargain hunting!

With the rest of the money we bought an epansion game that goes along with our favorite game series, Settlers of Catan. My sister, Liz, introduced us to this game about 2 1/2 years ago and we've be playing it ever since. It's a blast!

Well, thank you Mom and Dad for the great memories you helped us create! We had fun spending (not puking) the money!