So about a month ago Matt watched the kids while I had to head out. I was gone about 4 hours. I told him to watch dinner, which was a roast in the oven, and most importantly... OUR KIDS!!!
As soon as I walked in the door Tate came running to me yelling, "Mommy, Addie peed all over the floor". I walked to the family room to see Matt sitting on the couch in loss for words. I have never seen him so overwhelmed. I asked him what else happened and he told me how Tate broke a lamp and dinner got burnt. Right then I see Addie running in the kitchen naked. Her hair looked wet and I asked Matt if she just got a bath? Matt then told me how he had given her a bath.... over an hour ago. I then asked, "Why is her hair still wet". "Oh, it's not wet", Matt said, "It's Vaseline"! So to top everything off, Addie had gotten into some Vaseline I had in a basket on her dresser for when she was a baby. She thought it was lotion or something and rubbed it all over herself and hair....
It took me three days to get the Vaseline out. I tried Corn Starch and Baby Oil. I read online you could use peanut butter or raw egg, but honestly that just seemed nasty. Luckily my cousin reminded me of Basic H2, which is an all natural degreaser and it got most of it out. After the second wash with it, her hair was back to normal.
Here are some pics of the Corn Starch washing.... Addie thought it was so funny!
5 comments:
haha this is hilarious! love it.
It makes me feel better to hear that my kids arent the only ones who get into mischief despite our best efforts to prevent it!
Oh...my gosh. I would die. Isn't it seriously hilarious to see a guy take over our job for a bit? Wow.
Ok, I know I shouldn't be laughing at Matt's misfortune but honestly I can just picture all of this happening. So funny. Dad's need experiences like this to know how hard mom's work all day trying to keep vaseline out of kid's hair. HA!
I just surfed in and found your post and it cracked me up! It sounds like a real life version of that song "Monday Mr Mom!": "Lipstick melts in a Maytag dryer. Crayons go up one drawer higher. Rewind Barney for the 23rd time. Breakfast 6, naps at 9. There's bubblegum in the baby's hair, sweetpotatoes in my lazy chair. Been crazy all day long and it's only Monday Mr Mom.... Honey, you're my hero!"
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