All the while ordering kids to get the dog s blanket and toy and leash and put their coats and boots and mittens on. Get in the car. The kids sing me the alphabet song in Greek. Talk through a list of English monarchs from William the Conqueror through Elizabeth I. I put in story tape for Arabian Nights. Dog vomits on back seat, kids squeal in disgust, I pull over, pull dog out of the car, mop up back seat as much as possible and put a towel over it.
Kids continue to squeal for several minutes.
I now decide that we will skip earth science today and call our trip to the vet a science field trip. Tour hospital, visit the patients, Dad offers to let us watch operation. Drive through Burger King David informs us it is really called Booger Fling because they fling boogers inside. While going through drive-through line, we review Latin vocabulary words. Get back to clinic, but our dog s operation is all done, so we missed seeing it.