Today at the Outsourcer, K.Lo’s class was to give a performance with the rest of the school, called Elf on a Shelf. I’ve heard her practicing to herself for weeks now, a few different songs, including “We Are Santa’s Elves,” from Rudolph. We didn’t know how she’d react with all the people, figuring it would go one of two ways: Star Performer or Wall Flower. Sadly, the poor little K.Lo elf was overwhelmed by the entire affair and didn’t sing a single note. Instead, she sat in the teacher’s lap for the first song, until the tears began to pool onto her her paper elf collar. I knew the show was over, before it even began, and so whisked her back to our seats, where she said in a tiny voice, “I want to go bye-bye.” The teacher commented that two out of the three kids she thought would cry did; apparently Bug is lumped in with the Criers while at the Outsourcer. On the plus, when I dropped her off earlier that morning, she was so happy to be at preschool she could barely be bothered to say good-bye. I’d say that’s PROGRESS.

K.Lo is the little elf sitting down on the floor next to the teacher (in the red hat).

She really was not amused; maybe it was the outfit.

N.Lo briefly modeled the hat.

So sad!