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So Peter and Ariel are off to the concert and a few other things we had planned while Caroline takes it easy for the weekend so she will be ready for school on Monday. Also I can administer her breathing treatments in a timely fashion if we are home.<\/p>\n<p>Parenting is the fastest way I know to learn how to be unselfish. Once you have a kid, then you are responsible for the health and well-being of that child. And sometimes what you would like to do is does not mesh with what is needed. So you put the child first.<\/p>\n<p>I am lucky that my husband believes in being even handed in childcare. He has taken care of a sick and sniffy Caroline so I can get more sleep or get errands done. He has been up with her very late at night when she needs a parent. He makes it possible for me to take sometime off from being Mommy.<\/p>\n<p>So it is going to be just Caroline and me for a bit. If she is feeling better, I will probably take her to see Madagascar II. 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