With memories of tie-dying a t-shirt at midnight still fresh in my mind, I set off early in search of the materials needed to make a simple, no-stress elf costume. And so with almost two weeks to spare, I had the pieces I needed: long sleeve red t-shirt, short sleeve green t-shirt, red velvet ribbon and black felt, plus an elf hat and socks.
And then, for more than a week the materials sat on the dining room table. Until Tuesday morning when I saw the next note, which stated costumes were needed by the following day for a dress rehearsal. So much for being organized! Once again I was up late, attempting to assemble a costume. My plans to iron the belt together with Stich Witchery proved faulty when the iron melted the red ribbon.
Wednesday evening I asked AJ how his elf costume worked. He responded with a blank stare. They hadn't had a dress rehearsal afterall.
Friday afternoon at last arrived and we crowded into the auditorium to watch AJ take the stage. And that's about all we saw of him. From where we were sitting on the far right side of the audience, we couldn't see him at all, standing on the risers on far-stage left.
Finally the elves had their moment in the spotlight. AJ's favorite part of the show, he told me later, was playing the air guitar.
The show, as a whole, was quite cute. One of the joys of living in a small town is knowing so many of the families through sports, church and other community and school events. For instance, AJ and his fellow elf Drew were introduced to each other in church when they were just a few weeks old.
Two of the other kindergartners had been part of a baby massage class I'd taken with AJ when he was about two months old.
I did feel bad that Grandpa David and Grandma Elouise traveled so far to see so little of AJ in the show. But he was delighted when he discovered them in the audience, which of course was the real reason for their trip.
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