Obvious Observation

I am in the kids' shoe aisle in Target. As I try to get Cameron to stop talking and wiggling and talking and just put his foot in the shoe, Matthew takes off down the aisle. He comes to a quick stop when a woman comes around the corner. He gazes up at her. "Hi!" she says. She scans the aisle and sees only Cameron and me.

"Matthew," I call, serving to alert her that this child is not alone but is in fact with me.

"He's sooo cute!" she says.

"Thanks!"

She looks at a few shoes, then heads down another aisle, only to loop back around. She points at Cameron. "I should have said that they're both cute!"

"Thanks!" I repeat.

Then she does squinty-eyed head tilt, as if examining something. She points to Cameron again. "And he looks a little bit more like you," she observes.

That Cameron looks more like me than Matthew does is so far beyond obvious that I have no idea how to even respond. As I search for a reasonable response, since "No duh" seems a bit juvenille, she continues. "I think it's the eyes. His eyes look more like yours."

The eyes? You really think that's it, lady? For lack of a better response, I again say, "Thanks."

I'm still entirely perplexed. People respond to our family in many different ways, some of which are entirely offensive (even if well-intentioned). I wasn't offended by this woman, just confused!