call him Greaser

Sigh....

and I had high hopes for a relatively quiet and uneventful night.


Our story begins with a little boy named Noah. He really is the cutest. Although there were two days in a row this week that I wanted to literally run out the door screaming and never return on account of his behavior, he has made up for those in the last 48 hours. I'm back to utterly adoring my sweet son. Even after the stunt he pulled tonight, I can't help but shake my head and just laugh.


What else is one to do when your two year old comes running into the room with an entire container of Mentholatum emptied on top of his cute little head? ( for those of you unaware, Mentholatum is comparable to vicks vapor rub and has that vaseline consistency.) Lovely right?

Here's what I did.

#1 - Grabbed my camera to document and later torment the little guy about just how much trouble he was when he was younger.

#2 - Grabbed the phone and in desperation called and begged my sister to search the Internet on how best to remove the yucky mess from his sweet locks.


I've broken it down into steps in case any of my charming friends ever has the great privilege of needing to do this to their own offspring one day...

Step #1:

Throw the little tyrant into a nice tub of warm water. Try not to get his hair wet first.



Step #2 :

Remove as much of the Vaseline/Mentholatum as you can with paper towel. I couldn't multi task with this step so just imagine the big globs to be gone.

Step #3:

When you've removed most of it, pat cornstarch into the hair, don't rub. Not sure why, just don't do it okay? (Don't be alarmed, it's not really getting into his eyes, that's just how he says 'Cheese' for the camera.)

When his head is good and coated and he looks like a mini old man let it sit for a few minutes to allow the cornstarch to do it's job. I'm not exactly sure what it's job is, so don't ask.

Step #4:

Wash out all that cornstarch with your regular shampoo

Step #5:

Then grab some good grease fight'n dish soap and give him another good scrub, or three. After you have sufficiently scarred your child from too many hair washes, give'em one more good scrub with the regular shampoo for good measure. By this time they will looove you and tell you what a nice Mommy you are for helping them. Or if they're like mine, hit you in the face repeatedly and yell "No thank you Mommy! All done!"

Step #6:

Rinse thoroughly with warm water again (or lukewarm like mine was after sitting there for 5 or 6 washes) until the subject is squeaky clean.

Now I'm not sure where exactly I went wrong in the whole process. I am still trying to figure out as to why when all was said and done he still looked like this...

The little grease monkey. This is what it looked like after I had blow dryed it. And because I'm a good Mom like that, this is exactly how he went to bed. Greasy hair and all. Perhaps I'll tackle it again tomorrow when I have more energy.

Stay tuned...


And for your viewing pleasure, I included a small video of Noah in all of his Mentholatum glory.

Enjoy!