Monday lunch

I packed the kids lunch like usual this morning. On our way to school John remembered that it was Brayden's birthday and that they were going to have pizza today. As soon as he said it was Brayden's birthday, I told him that he could eat the pizza and to not worry about the lunch I packed. He replied "you shouldn't have made me lunch!" I told him that I forgot and that he didn't need to eat the lunch I packed. He sat quietly for a few seconds and then he said "what if my friends see my lunch bag?" Clearly we need to talk to John about peer pressure and what the other kids think. This has been an ongoing issue with him lately. Anyway, I told him to not worry about it and that I had an idea. He again sat quiet for a few seconds and then said "you shouldn't have made me lunch!" He just knows how to push all my buttons. We got to school and again he started with the drama over the lunch. I told him that he needed to bring the lunch bag into school and that I would not leave it in the car. He pouted up the hill to school and while I put Gillian's lunch bag in her classroom. He again questioned what I was going to do to hide his lunch bag. I simply took his blanket out of his book bag and put it in his cubby. I then put the lunch bag back in the bag and hung it up. See John now no one will know that mommy made a mistake. He finally calmed down and happily followed me to his classroom. You would think that I packed him a stinky tuna fish sandwich or something like that.