Gordie: Pulling it all together 2

[Bird]

Holidays. Things I used to love and now dread! I can tell you what we did. We named the "major" holidays in our agreement and have named specific details about them. Christmas Eve/Day we split the day each year, same with Easter. Thanksgiving and New Years we take turns having the kids, so I'll have them for those holidays every other year. The "minor" holidays and school breaks we didn't include in the agreement, mostly to allow more flexibility for the kids as they get older. The stipulation reads that we will decide between ourselves how we want to handle them. If either of us really pitches a fit we can always go to family court, which neither of us wants to it behooves us to remain amicable. We each have them for one full interrupted week in the summer.

I think what works for one family might not necessarily work for the next. My H seems to think we'll all be one big happy family for birthdays as well. I don't see that happening, but I've got 6 months until my daughter's birthday so plenty of time to see what things look like then.

Now what she means by this - your guess is as good as mine! H thinks that we'll all still go to church together on Christmas Eve. What? With his GF in tow? I think that must just be another aspect of their warped perception of reality.