As many of you
know, Isaac & Seth are identical twins (DNA tested, mother approved!)
who used to, and to most still do, look exactly alike. It was suggested
by our first pediatrician that we have an absolute method to tell them
apart. So we left Seth's hospital ankle bracelet on and then bought him
an anklet with his name on for the first year (How cute was that?) I
thought it beat out the other suggestion of coloring his toes with nail
polish, or the standard, eyebrow piercing. Some of you who read the last
installment might be wondering "well, if he's smiling, it's Seth!", but
that posed a serious problem when they were both found crying or
sleeping (please click on The Early Years or the Crying Game for more
insight).
We decided (after
they outgrew all the identical gift outfits- email me now for those
sailor suit pics!) that we'd color code the kids. (This made is a lot
simpler than the ankle search.) Isaac always wore blue and Seth wore
whatever- yellow, green, red - anything but blue. (A little insight on
who is the more methodical). It worked for most of the adults, but not
my mother who is severely color blind, or for those who had keep asking
me "which one wears blue again?"
My favorite little
story is when Avi Korn and the boys were in kindergarten and Avi's mom,
Helene, asked Avi- "How can you tell the Galena twins apart? He looked
at her quizzically and said "Isaac's Isaac and Seth's Seth!" (Early
admission to Wharton on the spot). Anyhow, how do you tell Isaac and
Seth apart? My parents are still
wondering.
PS. Speaking of my
parents... my Dad (age 92) is being inducted into the Bayonne High
School Hall of Fame. Let's hear that Bayonne High Marching Song one more
time! (note: if you have any information or whereabouts of people who
grew up in the Bayonne Area please email mom now!)
