It's All My Husband's Fault

  Before we dive into 2011, let me backtrack a couple of months.  We didn't get the kids the weekend that our city had trick-or-treating, The Ex did.  Come to find out that the kids spent the entire weekend with The Ex's parents because The Ex had laser eye surgery that weekend. ( Instead of scheduling it on a weekend that we were going to have the kids, she scheduled it on a weekend that she would have the kids. )  The weekend after her surgery, her mom calls Husband and says the kids will probably be coming with them again for the weekend because The Ex is sick.  Husband says if she's that sick, then maybe he should just keep them.  Her mom says, "Well, she's not really sick.  Her eyes are hurting." ( Another weekend not spent with the kids.  Yet when Husband doesn't agree to certain schedule changes, The Ex yells about how she never gets to see the kids and wants to spend more time with them.  What? )  Husband casually asks her about ...

  The Ex called to wish the kids a happy Thanksgiving, then asked Daughter to put Husband on the phone.  The Ex began stating that they were splitting Christmas; Husband corrected her and said that was the old order, they hadn't "split" Christmas since 2006 and this was his year to have the kids for Christmas.  The Ex then changed to, "Well, we split their break and this is my year."  Husband again told her that the order said nothing about splitting Christmas Break.  The Ex began screaming that the kids had off and she wanted them for a few days.  Husband told her he wasn't sure which week it was, so he'd check and get back to her.  The Ex said, "So you're pretty much telling me no, I can't have them?"  Husband said he wasn't telling her no, he was telling her he wanted to check the schedule and he'd get back to her.  The Ex hung up on him.   A week later, The Ex began calling both of our phones saying she needed the kids...