Ausborne Blog

Tonight, as we were at a friend’s Christmas party, our son Byron said the funniest thing. He was getting some food at the table when some lady came up to get some food, too. He turned to her and said, “I’m Byron. 6 years old. First grade. And you?” Just out of the blue, Byron says something really funny. I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised with him.

So, kids are weird. Today, for some unknown reason, I felt the need to look in Byron’s right ear, and immediately noticed that something was wrong. There was something in there and it was definitely out of place. Byron kept answering with the phrase, “I don’t know,” when asked if he had stuck something in his ear. With a flashlight wedged between my chin and my shoulder, one hand holding the ear canal open, and the other gripping a pair of tweezers, I extricated a wad of paper from Byron’s ear. It was truly disgusting. Wanna see it? Here goes:

I told you it was gross.  Just think, this thing used to be white.