So SO took BM to court last week for breach of access. Outside court she agreed to restore access but had a family event next weekend (SO's normal weekend access) so they agreed he'd have them last Fri/Sat and next Fri/Sat then resume access as normal. SO agreed to this only because the case was being pushed out and may not have been heard until July. She also agreed to sign passport applications and she was given them to sign. They agreed that they would each hold one passport.

The kids picked up right where they left off with us. They were happy and we had a great time together. We tie-dyed clothes on Friday and they wore them home on Saturday - which I have to admit I know must have pissed BM off - but then EVERYTHING pisses BM off. We didn't do anything that we don't normally do. They told us about a lot of the lies she told them. She never gave them the invitation to their sister's birthday party that we sent in the post. On the day of the birthday she told them they couldn't go because 'they don't know what they are doing' - they meaning us. We knew exactly what we were doing and so did she. She told them a lot of other lies as well.

SO asked her to return the signed passport application with the children on Friday when he picked them up. She didn't. The kids told us that she told them that they were 'not allowed' to go to Paris with us. We went through the ordeal of filling out the passport apps again, getting photos, getting the police to witness the photos and his signature so we've got another set ready to go. If she won't sign them he will have to go through the court to get the requirement for her signature waived - no big deal really - it's just that time is running out.

What kind of mother would not want her children to go to Paris, including EuroDisney for a week? Keep in mind, we are going from another European location, not from America so it's not the huge trip that going to Paris from America would be - it's only an hour flight. I HAVE to go, I've got a job to do in Paris that week and the company is paying for me to bring my family. What mother would refuse to allow her children this opportunity? I simply cannot understand it.

This b*tch has a history of putting too much emotional burden on the children. For example - she'll call them when they are with us and ask if they are having fun. When they say yes she tells them that she isn't having fun because she misses them so much and ask them if they want to come home. She says she'll come and pick them up, they just have to tell daddy they want to come home.

They agreed to attend to family counseling and to allow the counselor to make a recommendation to the court on access - we want 50/50 and she wants a few hours here and there when she decides and when she needs a babysitter. Hopefully the counseling will start this week. she's stalling on the passports because she is convinced that the family counselor will completely side with her - after all her 'compelling evidence' that the kids shouldn't be with us consists of an anonymous post on a talk board from some woman (not me) complaining that her boyfriend is an abusive alcoholic. She is adamant that I wrote it but I didn't. In fact, a quick search of that board found other posts from that member talking about taking fertility treatments! I'm fertile myrtle, always have been - hell I was 46 when my last child was born!