At first, he suggested taking them every weekend, but I protested. I didn’t just want to be the homework checker and the lunch-box packer! I didn’t want the bulk of my time with them to be relegated to the tyranny of school days. I wanted whole days with them! I wanted waking up early with Cap’n Crunch and Scooby-Doo. I wanted to see how the sun sat on top of their hair, their faces, at all hours of the day. I wanted to take them to the zoo!
