Lolo-Apo binding..

On January 2008, we have to register our son to a primary school, the classes start on September. We've been looking around some school that suits to our 'standards'. I'll talk later about our 'standards'.

We told our decision to my mother-in-law. We explained to her why we would like to register our son in a school in our town instead of theirs. A night later, my sister-in-law had phoned us at home but we were not around. Yesterday morning, she phoned my hubby but they were not able to talk much because my hubby was on his way (rushing) for work. On our way home, my hubby told me that her sister asked IF we can 're-think' and 're-analyze' WHERE we register our son. She said that my mother-in-law was too sad (and in the brink of crying) telling that Gabriel will not be with them every afternoon. She's also sad for my father-in-law. The apo and lolo has a strong 'binding', one cannot stay without the other. They are just like very good playmates. The lolo eagerly waits for 3.00 o'clock in the afternoon to pick up his apo from school. Gabriel prefers his lolo than his tita. They go along very well. They talk a lot. They bake sweets together. The lolo has a lots of patience and love to his apo. My mother-in-law can't imagine seeing lolo alone, sad and without Gabriel.

Gabriel is not the only apo but he is the youngest among the 3 apo. My mother-in-law says, he's sweet and bravo. He behaves well. I think we under estimated the 'lolo-apo' binding. We never realized their strong 'friendship'. I never had an experience with a lolo as my son has. It's hurting in my side to let his lolo feel sad.

Our motives of moving him in our town are: We don't want to 'oblige' them (my in-laws) to pick up Gabriel after school and we don't want to give another problem to my sister-in-law because she has 2 kids and she's always running after them. If Gabriel has to go swimming, we dont want to disturb her. We can look for a part-time baby sitter to do these for us.

We are still analyzing our decision.