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"Tomorrow night, Anna has a birthday party to go to, so I&amp;#039;ve decided it&amp;#039;s time for David and me to have an awesome date night. We&amp;#039;re having dinner, then going to a movie. To make it even better, Anna is sleeping over, so David plans to &amp;quot;sneak&amp;quot; into my room tomorrow night at bedtime so we can watch &amp;quot;Aladdin&amp;quot; until he falls asleep. I can think of far worse ways to spend a Saturday night. And it reminds me that I just don&amp;#039;t get to have one-on-one nights with either of them very often, and I need to. We spend a lot of family time together, of course - especially since I have primary custody - but with their Dad living so far away, it&amp;#039;s hard to schedule a night with one because I can&amp;#039;t always find someplace for the other kid to hang out.  It also makes me realize that the kids never get this with their Dad. When they were younger, he used to take one or the other out on individual outings sometimes. Anna especially loved her Daddy/Daughter days. Those don&amp;#039;t happen anymore because they don&amp;#039;t see him as much and when they do, they&amp;#039;re all together. Logistically, it&amp;#039;s just tough. Do you make an effort to spend individual time with your kids? How do you make it work? [Follow Ellie on Twitter and Facebook] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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