I am in the exact same situation. My ex and I still get together with our 2 girls as a family unit on lots of occasions. We set up the custody schedule early on so that every Sunday evening we have dinner together as a family and whoever had the girls that weekend prepares the meal. After the dinner and visiting for awhile, the girls go home with the parent who did not have them that weekend (hopefully that makes sense). We have had a very amicable split with everything and these interactions are void of any stress of tension. It has worked pretty well for us at least. We also occasionally go to a sporting event together as well (we are all Hockey fans.) We all know (including the girls) that we are not looking to reconcile, but feel it is healthy for our children to see that although their parents are not "together anymore" they can be together as friends without any hard feelings.
