A couple of weeks ago there was a “rock the socks” event in Sweden: people were encouraged to wear mismatching socks to show their support for some heart-warming cause about how it’s good that we are all different, or something like that. I am generally not fond of meaningless feel-good actions so I didn’t rock my socks, just like I ignored Earth Hour, various Facebook campaigns to change my profile picture to support some cause, etc.

Because I ignored the event, the kids didn’t get a chance to rock their socks, either. But they saw others do it. Adrian loved the idea wearing mismatched socks, and it stuck with him. So now it’s not uncommon for him to “rock his socks”.