Genetic Endowment

Walking into the Y this morning, Aiden was attracting a lot of attention. It was a rainy day so his orange curls were glowing and his Spider Man umbrella was drawing many an eye.

In the hall on the way to the nursery we hopped on each ban of colors calling them out by name and laughing along the way.

Another mother came up behind us, obviously not looking too closely, and asked, "Does everyone ask you where the red hair comes from too?"

I glanced at her redhead and then raised an eyebrow to her. "Oh," she looked at me laughing nervously, "I guess not, since you have red hair too."