SARCASM!

My daughter Cassadie is very literal. She does not get sarcasm....ever. Jarod, on the other hand, gets it and uses it....often. Remember, Cassadie is almost 12 and Jarod is 9, their ages make this even more funny. This morning, we were getting ready to leave and Jarod said something absolutely dripping with sarcasm, he then turns to Cassadie and says (very loudly) "SARCASM!" She very calmly and honestly replies "thanks Jarod". She meant it. We have discussed the use of a sarcasm sign we would hold up each time we used sarcasm. It has never happend, but Cassadie often mentions it, and wishes for it.

Although Cassadie is older, and slightly taller, Jarod is outgrowing her. He grew an inch in 3 months, and he is becoming stronger than her, although he doesn't always realize it. Today, Cassadie was trying to put the wheels in her Heelys. (For those of you who don't know, they are tennis shoes with a wheel in each heel. The wheel can be removed and a cover goes in its place.) She had been trying for several minutes when Jarod sits down next to her and asks, "can I help?" He takes the shoes and has the covers out in a matter of seconds. (by the way, it was huge that Cassadie actually let him help...she's a bit hard headed) She says "oh, thanks Jarod, you're the best". He walked away beeming. It was very cute.

We discovered last week that the difference in womens and mens shoes starts at size 6. We had bought Cassadie a size 7 and Jarod a size 6.5. Jarod's shoes are significantly bigger than Cassadie's, which led us to examine their feet and found that Jarod's have gotten bigger over the last few months. When we bought their Heelys for Christmas they are both size 6 and actually the same size. My questions: is there a chasm between a size 6 and 6.5 in mens shoes? why is there such a difference between mens and womens shoes sizes? who decided it should be that way?