Mummy what are those??

I remember in the early days wondering if people would stare at Savannah's hearing aides, or whether kids would pick on her, or if people where talking about her wearing them behind our back. Along the way i have definitely noticed whispers & stares from onlookers, most probably curiosity more than anything. Funnily enough people always seemed to admire that darned pilot cap she wore (goodness knows why LOL) & where always asking about it, of course i would always tell them what it was for. I knew that one day, someone would wonder about them & ask why shes wearing them...And this day was to be it
I guess as time goes on, i become more & more & more forgetful that she is even wearing them (LOL) i honestly do. Last week i took the kids to the Tesselaar Tulip Festival. Spring is upon us & i wanted to enjoy as much of the nice weather (back to rain now) that i could.
We where waiting for Savannah & Blake (my middle son) to go into the Petting Zoo & i noticed this young girl (no older than 5) buzzing around Savannah like a little bee (lol) didn't think anything of it of course until after a few minutes i had noticed the little girl trying to touch her hearing aides. Savannah had obviously been aware by this stage & was pushing the girl away, I stepped over to grab Savannah & before i could the little girl blurted out "Mummy what are those in her ears!!??"
The mum looked embarrassed & quickly told her daughter that they helped her hear. The little girl being so inquisitive continued with "but they are weird, i don't wear them"
Her mums response was "well she thinks your weird wearing a headband" her mum turned to me apologized & walked off.
Kids are so honest & i love that!

By this stage i had grabbed Savannah & picked her up, but was so annoyed at myself that i didn't say anything! it was almost like my mouth was glued shut LOL and if you know me that is very rare.
I would have loved to explain to the little girl what they where for & why they helped Savannah, it made me realize that I'm bound to get more of this as she gets older. Kids are interested in things they haven't seen before, and of course once interested ask lots of questions.
Of course this got me thinking about Hayden going to Kinder next year, he will start having new friends & of course they will be interested in why his sister wears "those things" lol. What will i say to them? And do they need to be told before they notice her wearing them?
Oh boy, ive just realized this is new territory for me. Might be in for some interesting times ahead..lol