Bag Balm Disaster

Yale's mom called us last weekend and left a message saying that some of the photos that were recently uploaded to the website required explanation. The first set of pictures are of our friend Kat making wax molds of Sophia's feet so that she could then pour plaster into the molds. We now have perfect plaster models of Sophia's feet sitting on our shelf, including every wrinkle and itty-bitty detail. They're quite adorable. We had Olivia's feet done, too,when she was quite a bit younger. The other set of pictures that stand out of are Sophia covered in a white powder. You really have to look at them to see just how covered she was. The day before the girls decided to play in the Bag Balm which was in Sophia's top dresser drawer. We sometimes use this for a bad case of diaper rash. Olivia had to drag the rocking chair across the room and stand on it in order to reach the drawer. Anyway, by the time Yale caught them it was all over a big stuffed chair, covering the items in the drawer, and worst of all, it was about an inch thick in Sophia's hair. I tried washing it about 4 times and that did nothing. I read on the internet that cornstarch would get it out. I tried that twice and didn't notice a bit of difference. I finally found the solution when I called a hair salon and they told me to buy clarifying shampoo. After washing Sophia's hair with this 3 times, she was grease-free. I think the girls, at least Olivia, learned a lesson from this experience. Olivia felt so badly for her sister when she had to be covered in cornstarch, that she said, "I am so sorry that we played in that cream!" I was glad to hear the remorse in her voice because that is not a mess that I want to have to clean up again in the near future.