Burp Barfs

Last week was one of those weeks that I really missed my mom and dad being here. For those of you who don't know - they are on a 23 month mission in Mongolia (yes, even Outer Mongilia). I'm driving home in my car wishing I could call my mom to rattle off to her for an hour about nothing. Thank goodness for e-mail!
I also could have used mom and dad this week because there is only one of me and I have 4 kids (Mike works in Oregon - an hour away). On Tuesday, I had just dropped Brigam off to get on the school bus and was on my way to take Mykie to the dentist (by the way, don't let your kids brush their teeth on their own. No matter how much they squirm and scream when you pin them to the floor, sit on their chests and floss and brush for them - DO IT - it is apparently important to do. Cavities like it when kids do the brushing) when I get a phone call from the school. Brigam is supposedly not feeling well as he threw up on the bus. This confused me because there was no indication that there was a "pukey" child during our morning's activities.
I dropped Mykie off to face the dentist ALONE with her two cavities and 1 sealant. She's so brave.
I rush to the school to pick up my sick child. Seeing him sitting on the bed in the nurse's room puts me immediately into mothering mode. I rub his back and hold his little hand and ask him how he's feeling. He's fine. I asked him if he felt like throwing up again. No he doesn't. I asked him if he was sick this morning and didn't tell me. No, he isn't sick. I ask, so patiently I might add, why he threw up then. He informed me that he didn't throw up, he did a "burp barf". Trying to hold back a smile, I asked him why he "burp barfed". He said, "It was all this kid's fault on the bus. This kid on my bus picked his nose (his own nose, not Brigam's), showed his booger to me and then he ate it. It made me sick so I burp barfed!" At least I know that my kid doesn't eat what comes out of his nose. Needless to say, I have asked him to keep his eyes closed on his bus ride to school. Being in first grade, I don't think that Brigam has seen the last of those who cannot dispose of their findings appropriately.