Greasy Elmo

This happened a few months ago, but it was definitely a moment worth blogging… so here it goes:

Imagine being woken up by your 2.5 year old at 11PM ~ “mommy, help! I can’t get this off!” said Lauren as she tried to wipe something off of her face and hands. Sleepy eyed, I tried to make sense of what I was seeing before me ~ Lauren with this “shine” all over her… and globs of it in her hair, on her face, in her hands, all over her pj…. “what’s THAT Lauren?!?!” I asked (it was more like screaming). Before she could respond, in came Thomas with his hands stretched out in front of him…. covered with this same gooey thing… giggling and trying to smear more on her….

Apparently, Lauren and Thomas decided that they weren’t sleepy that night. So, after mommy went to bed and daddy was still working downstairs in the office, the two little monsters decided to have some fun of their own. Lauren went into Nicholas’s room and took a brand new tub of Vaseline off of the counter, brought it back into her and Thomas’s room, smeared the entire tub over their giant stuffed Elmo (from head to toe), and then proceeded to cover herself in Vaseline as well ~ all over her hair, her face, and her arms and PJ. Of course, Thomas had to help Lauren out too so his hands were completely covered in Vaseline as well. By the way, did I mention that the blanket on the floor, the wall where Elmo was leaning against, and the door/door knob were covered with Vaseline as well?!?!?!
Dumbfounded, I didn’t know what to do other than screaming bloody heXX and called for Kevin to get up here. Since we couldn’t wash Vaseline off with water, Kevin and I had to wipe it off of Lauren and Thomas with towels, and gave them another bath at 11PM. (Did I mention that they ALREADY had a bath before dinner!?!) Thomas was easy since he only had greasy hands. Lauren on the other hand wasn’t so fortunate… she went to school the following day (couple of days actually) with greasy hair. (Lovely)

As for the giant stuffed Elmo ~ there was no saving him.