Everyone Knows Potatoes Have Eyes, Not Ears

December 26, 2008 @ 8:24 pm | Filed under: Family,Hearing Loss,These People Crack Me Up,Wonderboy

Here’s my boy, hanging out having a snack with his good buddy, Mr. Potato Head.

I wondered why one of Potato Head’s ears was lying on the couch with a spare screw-cover (left over from the construction of a toy shopping cart) stuck on the end. Wonderboy informed me that it isn’t an ear—it’s a hearing aid. And it needed a new battery, of course. Evidently he went rummaging around in the drawer where we keep his own hearing aid batteries and found the little orange screw-cover.

Oh, I could just eat him up every minute of the day.

Tags: hard of hearing, hearing aids

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nina says:

So so so cute and sweet. We all love him.
Posted on December 26th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Beth says:

Could he be any cuter?!
Posted on December 26th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Alice Gunther says:

Too cute!

And so perfect!!!
Posted on December 26th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
sarah says:

What a sweetie pie.
Posted on December 26th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Theresa says:

Oh! That is so precious!!!
Posted on December 27th, 2008 at 2:34 am
Penny in VT says:

Yay Wonderboy!!
Posted on December 27th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Meredith says:

Adorable!!! And so handsome!
Posted on December 27th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Diana says:

Honestly, Melissa, how do you get anything done? He is the sweetest…..

Diana
Posted on December 27th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Heidi @ GGIP says:

That is so cute! It looks like he has the same color ear mold as my son has.
Posted on December 27th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
cici says:

this is too cute. i love the laid back casual style on the couch, too.
Posted on December 27th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
sarah says:

Simply scrumptious.
Posted on December 28th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
michelle waters says:

I love that!

And nice job on the diaper pouch. Very cute…
Posted on December 28th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
amy says:

awwwwww…
Posted on December 30th, 2008 at 5:20 am

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December 26, 2008 @ 8:24 pm | Filed under: Family,Hearing Loss,These People Crack Me Up,Wonderboy

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