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Help! Indoor starts drooping

Hi all, need some advise on my veggie starts.  I bought 3 tomato plants
(Burpee Big Girl and 2 Beter Boys), a green bell pepper plant, Wala Walla
onions, and Green comet brocolli about a week ago.  They were doing great
in the house in a fairly sunny location, being watered enough to keep the
soil very moist and about 1/8 of an inch of water in  the trays.  I have
had the flu for the  last 2 days  and when I came out of my bedroom for the
first time today, my hubby had put them outside because "they looked
horrible, they were droopy and tying to lean towards the window".  When I
told him to bring them back in, he was right.  The tomato plants dont look
too bad, but the onions and brocolli look horrible.  They are practiclly
lying  down.  

We have had overcast days for the  last couple of days, so I dont think
they were getting enough sunlight.  Would it be OK to use a florecent shop
light (one of those long ones) over the plants?  Do I have to use a grow
light?  It is still cold outside and not nearly time to transplant (geez,
we dont even have the garden dug up yet!!) the nursery said not to move the
tomatoes outside until the first of June.  All of the plants have grown
about 3-5 inches in hight  and have sprouted the 3rd set of leaves.  The
plants themselves look good, green and no dead leaves....just really
droopy.

Any  help would be great, I dont want these poor things to die before they
even get a chance in the garden!!
Jessica
Zone 4/5
N.W. Montana
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