Tomorrow It Will Be Today... But Try Explaining That To A 3 Year Old

I cannot tell you how many times Bill or I have had a conversation just like this morning's conversation with Joshua:

Joshua: Mommy, is it tomorrow?
Mommy: No Joshua, it's today.
Joshua: But when will it be tomorrow?
Mommy: The day after today is tomorrow.
Joshua: But what is today?
Mommy: Today is Tuesday.
Joshua: Is today yesterday?
Mommy: No, yesterday was ... yesterday.
Joshua: Yesterday I wanted it to be tomorrow.
Mommy: That's today.
Joshua: But I want it to be tomorrow.
Mommy: (dumbfounded)
Joshua: When will it be tomorrow?
Mommy: Today is Tuesday, tomorrow is Wednesday.
Joshua: (whining/crying) But I wanted it to be tomorrow today!
Mommy: It is tomorrow, if you think about yesterday being today.
Joshua: (loudly crying/whining)

Apparently today he was looking forward to a friend's birthday party at the sitter's house and she had made cake pops for the kids. And his friend's birthday was today, which was tomorrow yesterday.  Does that make any sense to anyone else... because apparently it doesn't make sense to Joshua at all.