The good news is that my truck is fixed again and it was relatively inexpensive this time (less than $100). The bad news is that we were a single-car family for two days, and that wasn't fun. Daddy didn't get much work done, Mommy was driving an even bigger and unfamiliar truck to drop off and pick up the kids, and the kids (who, let's face it, like their routine) weren't quite sure what to think about it all.
Both of them kept walking up to my truck when it was in the garage (and not starting). And after it was towed away (which Connor got to see and loved, by the way), the little guys kept looking around the empty garage like they couldn't figure out where it went. And even once they got used to getting into Daddy's truck, Xander was still pretty pissed every time all five of us had to go somewhere, because he couldn't see through Mommy's head in the passenger seat. Sawyer, on the other hand, didn't mind Daddy's big head in the way. He just looked out the side windows and seemed content to take in the new view. And both of them enjoyed kicking us in the back, which I'm pretty sure my Dad still gripes about from when I was a kid and we had a small car!
So, it wasn't fun, but it could have been worse. At least the kids and I weren't stranded somewhere when it decided to stop working. Their teachers were understanding that we were late for pickup the day it stopped working. And, we're lucky enough to have two large trucks in the family, which means all three cars seats will work in either one. Connor is just in his booster in this photo (from the back of Daddy's truck), but the full car seat will actually fit, too. When all five us weren't riding at the same time, he even got to ride in the front seat in his booster. He really liked that. And the tape measure, too.
Big boy, indeed.