Sorry Dogmatique but if you have children you know that there are no every other weekend activities.
Oh, Pookie. Doggie has GROWN children. So do I. Crying "but if you have children!" isn't going to impress any of us. I have socks older than YOU.

When it come to extra-currics - which I agree are valuable, but seriously, sista, they're not all that - you have to take a Tim Gunn attitude for your part. "Make it happen." But that only goes for what's scheduled on YOUR time. On Dad's time? It's his call.

Time to be the grown up, Mom, and teach the kiddos that you can't always get what you want.