Ethan's New 'Do

For church on Sunday, Ethan sported a new hair 'do - little spikes in the front. Not too bad, pretty cute actually. And he received lots of compliments on it.

Now for the story behind this updated look of his...

Roughly 5 minutes before we were to leave for church I was in the bathroom finishing getting ready while Ethan sat on the bathroom floor playing and examining the contents of a cupboard below the sink. I noticed a couple times that he was rubbing his eyes, but didn't pay too much attention because it was just about nap-time (oh the joys of afternoon church with a toddler!) and I figured he was getting tired.

Then, just as I'm finishing up (about 2 minutes before we're supposed to leave) I tell Ethan it's time to pick up and get his shoes on and go.
And then I look down...
And I see it...
The reason why he'd been "rubbing his eyes"...

THIS!!


He had been digging his little toddler fingers into our tub of petroleum jelly and smearing it all over his face and up through his hair.
Gross.
I admit it. I yelled. But only a little.
Actually, I think I just yelled, "Are you kidding me?!" and then I was pretty much over it and trying to decide in a matter of seconds whether or not it was bad enough to warrant stripping him of his tie, dress shirt, under shirt and khakis to throw him in the tub for a quick shower. I decided against it and just rubbed his face dry with a towel, got what I could out of his hair and then mixed the remaining goop with a little water so I could run my fingers through his hair and spike it up like we had meant for his hair to be like that today! Thank goodness he's a boy and can get away with stuff like that!

This new 'do got such a positive response, though, that I'm wondering if we shouldn't just mix in a couple of spiky-hair days every once in a while.
Using hair gel, of course.