Monday, February 4, 2008

Vicks

Well, I've learned not to leave Vicks within reach of Payton. Lately we've been calling her 'go-go gadget arms' because she seems to be able to grab ahold of anything and everything. Once she got the jar of Vicks open she decided it would look best in her hair. This made for a lot of good laughs.......







I tried washing it a couple of times and it still looked greasy greasy but we were heading to my niece's first birthday party so I thought I'd see if anyone had any suggestions on how to get all the Vicks out of her hair. Both of my sisters married farmers so they had tons of ideas. Shawna put cornstarch in her hair (I'm not sure why, but they use this on cattle....so they tried to see if it would work on Payton - and it did look a lot better! My mom also suggested using Dawn, so we washed her hair with that and it seemed to help too). Here's Payton with the cornstarch in her hair - when my 2yr old niece Laney saw her she told Payton she looked BEAUTIFUL! Payton had a ball with this....although she is still a little 'greasy' looking.



This is my niece, Ellie, who had her 1st birthday party Saturday evening. She is such a doll and so much fun. I think that was actually the first birthday party she and Koen both had been to - and as you can see, they seemed to enjoy themselves.




I don't have any pics of Ellie diving into her cake - she didn't care for it too much-but here's Koen smashing it into his mouth. He, ofcourse, loved it.


11 comments:

Noel said...

Those pictures are great. Abi loves vicks too and has put it in her hair too. LOL I never thought of cornstarch though...I'll have to remember that...I'm sure there will be a next time, there always seems to be.
Your neice is beautiful. As always, Koen just makes me smile as much as Payton does!!

Noel

camille said...

Oh my word, those pictures are hilarious! Wow, I never thought about trying to get Vicks out of hair but I guess it doesn't just wash out. Did the cornstarch work?

Teresa and Shawn said...

Too funny about Payton's hair! I had a friend whose son did that once. She washed his hair nine times, still couldn't get all the gunk out, and just buzzed his head. I hope you got the Vicks out!!

Julie said...

I am laughing my butt off. I needed that. Thank you Payton.

Penny said...

That is so funny! I love the pictures|!

Katie said...

HA!!
oh Payton, thats too funny!
Corn starch hey? i will have to remember that!
The pics of Koen and your niece are gorgeous :)

Laura said...

LOVE the pictures. I'm laughing and remembering the day when Michaela got a hold of the Vaseline, and you guessed it....in the hair! What is it with these kids and putting that gunk in the hair?! Now that took forever to get out, never would have thought to try corn starch.

Amy said...

Ha! Ok don't quote me on this but someone told me mineral oil for vasaline in the hair...cuz Avery got a hold of a jar but thankfully none in her hair like Payton!
XOXO
Amy

Heather said...

OMG! So funny! I bet she had a ball doing that!

Anonymous said...

Those pictures are too much...She looks like she is having a ball...and just in case I will remember the cornstarch..You never know..

Whitney said...

Oh, pics of payton always bring a smile to my face. I need to just come directtly here when I'm having a gloomy momment. They're both too cute!