Hi, thanks for giving me some time before I responded to your last email. Here is a schedule I will agree to regarding sharing time with our kids. It divides time between us equally which will still allow you to have our kids for at least two weekends a month, something that you had said previously was important to you when I had proposed the kids being with me every weekend until I moved to town. We would split holidays equally as well.
March 14 to March 21 - Scorp March 21 to March 28 - W March 28 to April 4 - Scorp April 4 to April 11- W April 11 to April 18 - Scorp April 18 to April 25 - W April 25 to May 2 - Scorp May 2 to May 9 - W May 9 to May 16 - Scorp May 16 to May 23 - W May 23 to May 30 - Scorp May 30 to June 6 - W June 6 to June 13 - Scorp June 13 to June 20 - W June 20 to June 27 - Scorp June 27 to July 4 - W (this would continue indefinitely with the possible exception being summer holidays as mentioned below)
The summer can be split equally. It likely would be best to either share the time with the kids over the summer for 2 weeks with you followed by two weeks with me. Alternatively, we could stick with the regular schedule, alternating every other week, as being away from either of us for two weeks would be hard on the kids.
In the event one of us was unable to care for the kids during the time they were with us the other parent would be the first option to care for the kids. For example, if you needed to be away for work or some other event and could not care for the kids during that time then the kids would be with me.
For birthdays and other special events it would be ideal for the kids to have both of us with them. If you are not comfortable with that, then we could change the schedule to ensure that the kids are with one of us for one year and then the other parent the next year. An example of this would be for Jane's birthday this year, the schedule would have our kids with me so we would agree that next year, regardless of how the weekly schedule worked out, our kids would be with you.
