Happy Mother's day. I had a great mother's day. Our children and DH were very attentive. Lilo, I hope you had a nice mother's day. I realize that the quotes you posted are just quotes you selected for this day. No personal endorsements or negations. Please don't take my reply personally. I have no idea where Phyllis Diller is coming from with all her negative comments about mothers. Re:John Erskine, I don't know who he is, but I bet he does not know who I am either. Bunker Hill was a short battle comparing to motherhood. I've spent nearly 50 years mothering my children and today on Mother's day it all came into place. "A mother understands what a child does not say." ~Author Unknown ROTF, son and I agreed that we understand each other on a certain level. Not all levels.

Now that is funny! Had to pass that on to my males and am still giggling.

How true that is!LOL

My interpretation for school breaks is based on the school calendar. Does the school calendar list Friday (the last day of school) as the beginning of spring break, or do they list Monday as the first day of spring break? The seven days should fall within the "spring break" which may or may not include the first weekend. If push comes to shove, I'd say fine... fly out to the Caribbean & pick him up on your day! LOL (just kidding, well kinda) Of course in my son's parenting plan, it specifically stated that the vacation period supercedes any regular visitation and the break begins the minute school is out until school resumes. But, if you offer to let her make up the missed days another time, that is reasonable. She'd have a hard time explaining to a court why she refused to let him go. I doubt a court would make you cut your vacation short but then again, they could also argue that your DH knew how much time he had & shouldn't have scheduled a longer trip.