The Big Wad 'O Gum and St. Patrick's Day Dinner

As I picked C up from child care today, I was told that a classmate of his put gum in his hair. Not only did he put gum in C's hair, it was a chewed piece of gum picked off the sidewalk and THEN put in his hair. Gross.

But never fear ... we were invited over for a little St. Patty's Day dinner at the Elsmo's tonight, and I was greeted with a green beer (thanks Leif),

and my first lesson in removing gum from hair, courtesy of Melissa. The trick? Peanut butter. Really, it worked. I only had to cut out a few end pieces. For some reason, C did not want to put peanut butter in his hair. His solution was to cut the entire glob out, but Melissa managed to coax him out from his hiding spot under their table and talked him into it. And even though he had a big gob of peanut butter in his hair for the remainder of the evening, the gum was gone.

Not only is Melissa a master at getting gum out hair, but she's an amazing chef. She made a wonderful corned beef and cabbage dinner, and even though it's only Tuesday, it was a really nice break in the week. Thanks.