Just because I know that my brother sometimes reads this site, it behooves me to make special note of the fact that my son (Declan) has mastered the ability to pick out his uncle from many of the family pictures in which he is at least a co-star.
When this happens, Declan's face sprouts a grin that is alarmingly similar to that of his Uncle Buster. He then looks at me (or his mother, if she's the closest one) with that same grin, and jabs a chubby little sausage at the photo in question.
"GUNKA!" he proudly proclaims.
If I am not rapid enough in my affirmation of the undeniable truth that has just been espoused by my son, he will look back at the photo, where his finger is still pointed unerringly, and say again, "gunka," more to himself, taking a private moment to share the information with the man in the picture, since his dad was too slow to join in on the chorus.
My son, at a very early age, is exceedingly fond of his gunka. My wife and I are already afraid of what will happen when Dex turns 18 and can go out with Gunka... just the two of them.
Ah hell... it'll happen long before he turns 18. Who are we kidding!?
What an adorable story and photo. This posting made me laugh because my grandson, when he first learned to talk, called my husband "Gunk Gunk" Swear to God. Ask JuJu.
Posted by: Linda | Monday, 30 January 2006 at 02:41 PM
Our son Ben loves to identify family members in photos. It was so cool the first time he did that! I fear the day that he realizes he is smarter than his daddy.
Posted by: Mark | Monday, 30 January 2006 at 09:39 PM