It's almost a little too easy...
Sometime within the last week, Daughter asked me if she could stay here next weekend instead of going to The Ex's, as she was invited to a teammate's birthday party. I told her that Husband would ask The Ex and see what she said. Two days ago, she asked if we had emailed The Ex. ( To be entirely honest, we have such an insane amount of things going on right now that we both forgot until Daughter said something. ) We sent an email asking if Daughter could stay, explained the reason why, asked for an answer and said thanks. The Ex replied the next morning: "Can I get [Son] straight from school then?" Husband replied a little over an hour later and said that if she was willing to leave Daughter here, then she could pick up Son that day directly from school. He also asked that she make sure any homework that Son might have get completed over the weekend and brought home on Sunday. ( I realize that Son is old enough to do take care of t...