Suburban Warrior

Elizabeth's preschool class, The Mighty Bees, are having their annual Talent Show today. Unfortunately, they don't allow the parents to attend the show, as it causes stage fright for the children. Psshaw...Elizabeth could be the opening act for the Stones and not break a sweat...

So, Elizabeth had to decide what her "talent" was going to be. This was going to be difficult, as according to Lil Miss Egomaniac, she is very talented. She actually wanted to ride a unicycle. I don't think Elizabeth has ever even SEEN a unicycle (I think her father has been talkin trash again!). "What about juggling?", she asked. Yeah, ok..."Honey, I think you have to master catching ONE BALL before you move on to juggling", I explained. Sword swallowing? Nah. Riding a bear? No, that won't work, we don't own a bear...What then?

Well, after exhausting many of her so-called "talents", we decided Elizabeth could take her microphone to school and grace the others with her vocal chords. This was ok, except for the fact that my daughter does not have the average five year old's taste in music. While most girls her age enjoy a good Disney hit, Raffi, etc., Elizabeth rocks out to the soundtracks from The Phantom of the Opera, Saturday Night Fever and, get this, the TV theme songs from the 50's and 60's most popular sitcoms (I bet none of your children do a dance and pretend to fall over an ottoman while playing the theme from the Dick Van Dyke show!!).

Anyhoo...off my lil star went to school...carrying her microphone and Moulin Rouge soundtrack, ready to belt out "Lady Marmalade" for all her classmates.

I hope she has a friend after today's performance...