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Last night when i made Gogol choose his sleepwear he insisted on wearing his long-sleeved spiderman shirt. i tried to trick him into wearing the usual tanktop but when i put it on him he shouted "'man! 'man! 'man!".

he slept well with his spiderman shirt on, sans pajamas, but not with the usual scream of wanting more milk.

today we woke up early to prepare for a big day. there's a much bigger day to come but that won't be until next week and requires more intensive preparation. he was half asleep when i carried him downstairs but not without his permission. i carefully told him what i will do...i will put him on the mattress downstairs with lots of pillows on and a bottle of milk and he must go back to sleep while i cook breakfast. he, of course tried diligently to follow my instructions but when he saw me opening the fridge and putting the vegetables on the table, knives, chopping board and all, he got up and asked to sit on my lap.

maybe someday he'll be a chef.

when i finished he helped gather the bits and pieces meant for the trash so i carefully taught him how to do it. he also insisted i put a chair for him to stand on in the kitchen so he can see what i was cooking. i was cooking some chinese stir-fried noodles with scarmbled eggs for breakfast. he loves noodles...all kinds, egg, vermicelli, pasta...name it he'll eat it.

now why are we up early again?

ahh...

i heated some water for bath and asked gogol to bathe with me...at 6:30 in the morning.

this could be one of the earliest bathing time he had, the first was last december 29, 2008, at PGH. it was difficult for me to wake him up at 5:30 and ask him to take a bath. i didn't know what was coming all i knew was that i have to bathe him hours before his 9:00 am operation. it was sad recalling that. i told him a story while i washing his small hands and feet. i told him that it will be the first and only operation he'll ever go through. it turned out okay but a fistula developed 2 months after the operation. we have to have it repaired again. he still didn't know that.

today i bathe him early because at 8:30 he'll visit his playschool. today is his enrollment day. today he'll meet his teacher and see his classroom and familiarize himself with the university environment. his playschool is a child-minding center for the university employees but they can also accept kids of non-university employees (i.e., alumni????) for as long as the parents can threatened some UP employee to be their co-maker. nah, i was only kidding.

today gogol made his presence known by visiting tita ira at the gender office before proceeding to the senator miriam santiago 12M building adjacent to the footbal field.

unfortunately, his mother failed to change the slot reservation to morning from afternoon. gogol won't have to take early morning baths after all.