Selling it

In the morning while the boys are playing (typically with toy cars), I usually get their lunches and breakfasts made. Today, I could not for the life of me find their Cars themed lunchboxes. Then I looked in the freezer and saw that their little ice blocks used to keep their lunch cool were not there. Ah-ha! Tim must have not taken them out of his truck when he picked them up from school on Monday- ewww. However, Tim left early this morning in his truck for the airport to head out for the World of Concrete in Vegas. Double ewww.
Naturally, the boys were upset that their lunchboxes were missing (I messed with their routine- horrors). So I had to convince the boys that it was ok to bring a Vons plastic bag to school with both of their lunch food in it. I had to really sell it. I told them that their Daddy just lost his mind and he is just so silly! (They stopped crying) Then I told them that their Daddy will have a very stinky truck when he gets back from Vegas. They thought it was funny. (Stinky Daddy) So- I dodged the bullet on that one. Phew.
When we finally get to pre-school, the boys ask me when Daddy is coming home from Vegas. I told them tomorrow. And then they ask what day is that. I tell them Thursday. Then they tell me today is Wednesday and start to cry because it is show and tell day on Wednesday and we forgot to bring something to share. Real tears and everything- especially after I tell them that we are not going to drive all the way home to go get something. Luckily, their mommy is resourceful and scans her car for anything that they could be used for show and tell. (UGH- why did I clean up my car?) But then I did see that I had my pink umbrella in the car and told them how exciting it would be to bring an umbrella for show and tell. I also told them it would be so silly to bring an umbrella because it was sunny out. AJ thought that was pretty cool so he stopped crying, but what to do with the P? I crossed my fingers and looked into my trunk. Fortunately, there was another (slightly broken) umbrella in my trunk for him. The boys were very happy and proudly showed their friends their "super cool" umbrellas that they brought for show and tell. Double Phew.