Saturday, February 5, 2011

Mystery Substance

"Oh no!" The Rock Star cried. "Matthew is covered in _________! You'd better come see this!"

It was in his hair, on his face, all over his clothes and...well...caked into the carpet and various crevasses on multiple toys.He'd been upstairs, playing. I heard him squealing and bumping around and assumed--wrongly--that he was simply entertaining himself in the playroom. Well, no, wait. He was entertaining himself in the playroom.
Troy busied himself cleaning the floor and the toys. I busied myself cleaning the child. We thanked Garrett for bringing it to our attention before it got any worse. Although, honestly, I don't know that it could have gotten any worse.

So. Any guesses? What mystery substance do you think my son is coated in?

20 comments:

  1. Just be glad he didn't get into the powder too!

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  2. Since the guesses thus far have been overwhelmingly in favor of Desitin or some other diaper rash goop, I will let you all know that it is not something used on a baby's bottom. At least, not until I tried to take Matthew's clothes off and a bunch of it smeared there.

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  3. Shaving Cream. Based on the way that he has it smeared all over his face.

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  4. Jer's guess is toothpaste, mine is lotion.

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  5. Was it toothpaste or craft paste like mod podge? That picture is hilarious!

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  6. Diaper cream. I'm going with diaper cream.

    Clean-up on Aisle 3!

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  7. I thought toothpaste at first...but it doesn't look thick enough, then I thought maybe diaper cream too, like everyone above. Could be sunscreen too, has that thickness like the higher SPF stuff sometimes does.

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  8. That picture of him is hilarious!!!

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