Dear Children,

Thank you so much for your generous contributions to the stankiness of our van. I know that you are only trying to keep me in shape and busy by subjecting me to relentless cleanup in the house and in the vehicles - for that I am appreciative. But, in order to not embarass your little buddies you will be bringing to VBS tomorrow, I went in search of the think causing the stankiness.

I searched in compartments that were intended for storage. Oh my genius children - you used these for trash containers!!! Oh the dehydrated chicken nuggets, squished paper cups, and gum wrappers. Then behind those compartments, apparently they needed some extra support because what did I find - GUM! Yes, gum that I picked off with my nice, sharp, dig your eyeballs out fingernails. But still - that was not the stankiness.

I sprayed down any sprayable surface of the van with my handy Green Works cleaner and still there was the stank.

I start picking up trash in the front of van and what do I find, a lunch box!!! I open the lunchbox and............phew!!!! That was the stank. Hmmmm......what is this I see in here - baby carrots, a molded version of some fruit..........hmmmmmm............the only child that comes near a veggie is Tres and she isn't packing lunch yet. Ahhhhhhhhh...............

Ummmm .....it was me :) Sorry kids.