This was my response to her:

"I will be picking D6 up from school Friday afternoon and then pick D4 and S2 up at 3:40pm at Coffee Shop in Your Town. The kids will be staying with me in Your Town until the following Friday after school. They will attend school, gymnastics etc as they would normally. Their schedule will remain the same. My Dad will be coming for part of the week to assist with the kids while I am working.

Sharing the time with the kids is something I will agree to however having the kids away from either one of us for periods of 10 days or more is not good for them. I would propose that we keep to the schedule I have suggested. The kids would be with each of us for no more than 7 days at a time. It will ensure that their schedule remains consistent throughout the school year and summer holidays. We can continue that schedule through the summer and beyond.

I will need to speak to the new counselor before I will agree with D6 seeing her. It would be best to wait until I have spoken with her and agree before D6 sees her.

Your plans for May 31st sound great, I'm sure D6 will have a blast. D6 will be with me for her birthday this year. That will work with the weekly schedule as well. D4's birthday would fall on my week with the kids so we could work something out for that so that we split the girls birthdays this year."


Me-40,W-37
D7, D5, S3
Separated Oct 3/2013
T 11 YRS
M 7 YRS