Sense and Sensibility-ness-ing-ly

I was putting Luke to bed and he was messing about so I said he had to have a good night's sleep as we had friends coming for lunch tomorrow.

He asked "What about daddy going to work?" and I said daddy would be here too, so he asked when would daddy go back to work.

"Daddy isn't working at that place anymore, he is going to get a different job, somewhere else".

Oh, thoughtful look. "So we can't go to the shops anymore" he said. Oh heck, how do I explain this to a 3 year old??? It wasn't exactly a question I had expected but clearly he understands that daddy goes to work so we can buy stuff.

"Yes, we can still go to the shops" I said.

And then, the ultimate statement "I will get a job so daddy doesn't have to work".

My precious sweet boy....I managed to hold back tears until I got out of there.