Or would you prefer Gus' first day of kindergarten? We knew, naming him, that the apostrophe would be a constant issue. I think I like the extra 's', myself.
But more to the point—would you prefer that Gus stop getting big enough to have a first day of kindergarten? I would, except of course that he is so cute and so good and so smart, how can I begrudge him joining us in school? I can't. As much as I miss his squishiness, I love having him with the big kids. He brings wonder and excitement and enthusiasm enough to sustain us all.
Gus is, if you can possibly even believe it, my ninth child to start kindergarten. The seventh to have his first-day pictures taken in front of the front door as if he's going somewhere, even though he isn't. The sixth little boy and the fourth little blondie. He reminds me most of Malachi. But he's a little like Teddy, too. And he's his own boy. He laughs for no reason whenever he comes into a room—just for the pure delight of being alive, I guess!
Do you like Gus's Caw backpack? He does.
I don't know why he leans like this in pictures (he always does, before I tell him to stand straight), but it's cute!
I wish every kindergartner—and really, every student of any age—could be just like Gus the Good!
Oh he’s SUCH a little man! Not a chubby three-year-old, is he? In my mind he will forever be chubby and three though. Dear boy.
ReplyDeleteAs for the apostrophe, I say it just is how you most like the sound of it. For example it always sounds the most natural to me to say “Those are Anders’ shoes.” Not Anders’s! Hence the apostrophe at the end. Now in Hansie’s case, it is just the opposite. It doesn’t sound right at all to say “That is Hans’ pencil.” So we must always have it be Hans’s things. In summary, I approve wholeheartedly of “Gus’s first day”.
I don’t know how he continues to be the cutest even as he gets bigger, but he does.
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet, sweet boy!!
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