Social Experiments, Part 2

If you've been paying extra close attention to some of the pictures in this blog lately, you may have noticed something a little odd about how Kathy's been dressing the twins. Take a look.

In this picture, you might notice that Leah's dressed kinda like a tomboy, and Riley's dressed like a girly-girl. It's not just this picture, either. Go ahead, take a look at some of the other pictures on the blog. You can scroll down. I'll wait here.

So Kathy has apparently made the executive decision that Leah's the tomboy of the family, and so she gets dressed in things like jeans or overalls, or in bright colors like red. Riley's apparently the little princess of the family, and so she gets dressed in flowy outfits with flowers and pastel colors.

That's right. Our babies are only four-and-a-half months old, and - behold - we have already subconsciously assigned them their roles for their lifetime. Now, it's true that Leah is bigger and stronger than Riley, and Riley is a bit of a drama queen right now, so if you're going to pick a tomboy out of the two, then Leah's definitely your best bet. But the social implications of this early role assignment are kind of mind-boggling. If Leah does grow up and become a tomboy-athlete type, will that be because that's her natural personal tendency, or will that be because her parents have subconsciously conditioned to her to be that way by dressing her up in jeans and overalls and stuff?

Of course, now that I've publicly blogged about this, Kathy's totally going to reverse herself, and start dressing Riley in jeans and Leah in dresses. This, of course, will result in a sudden identity crisis for both of our babies, the fallout of which will take years of therapy to recover from. You just can't win, you see.

Sorry Leah and Riley. We tried.