Garbage Day is Tuesday....

Our garbage day is Tuesdays and the kids love running to the door and watching the recycle truck first and then later in the morning they run again to see the garbage truck so much so if the garbage man is paying attention he will wave back to the kids. This morning was differant though. I was in the kitchen doing something and I heard the garbage truck/recylce truck come down our street. I yelled to the kids to stay in the house but that they could open the front door to watch the truck. The next thing I hear is not excitment but a sad voice saying, "a boy took Sammie's present." Dash was very concerned about the recycling man taking "sammie's birthday present." This is all because I had used the bag that he gave to her with her birthday present as a paper bag to hold the other papers to recycle and he saw the distinctly pink bag go into the truck. And then for 10 minutes I had to try to explain to him that the boy didnt take her present, but just the bag.