I have a theory that I've not gotten to test entirely, but my theory is that Sara, being female, is the chief cause of trouble betwixt the babies. Now, do not take this as a value judgment. This is merely her natural-born assertive personality--traits that will take her far in life.

However, the fact that she is a girl and therefore FEMALE, she's in natural opposition to the boys. If there's action--she's in the middle of it. If there's not action--she creates it. Generally this means that if someone has a toy, she wants it, if someone is playing a game, she wants to play, etc. When she fails to get her way, she screams first and loudest and fights the hardest to get her way.

Recently, Jill went out of town for the weekend and took Sara with her leaving Carter, Zane, and Me to fend for ourselves. With the absence of women, there was remarkable peace and tranquility in the house. Zane and Carter have always seemed to have a natural empathy that I've hesitated to ascribe exclusively to gender. However, that weekend there were far fewer disputes over turf and toys, and in general, prevailing peace, love, and understanding. Furthermore, as the above picture attests, we didn't sit around in our underwear all weekend just because there were no women to make us get dressed. However, we did sit around in our underwear all we wanted.

Anyway, I'm eager to test my theory with other mixes of babies to see if I'm correct.

Not that I'm making any value judgments, but let's face it--women are trouble. In the wise words of "The Cramps" Lux Interior, "They got curly wiggly tails, they got horns on their head, all women are bad." So, while I love women--my Wife & Daughter in particular--being women, they can't help but be secretly, unconsciously, and probably mostly without malice, out to destroy me and the other men in their lives. I fully and happily accept this as my fate having been born male.

Oddly enough, we will still happy to see the women folk when they got home Sunday afternoon and despite our inherent differences, everybody gets along pretty well most of the time.