Fit To Be Tied

Like most mothers, I was inundated with forms to fill out during the first few days of school. I signed everything from emergency contact cards to publicity release forms (yes, call me crazy, but I will allow a photographic image of Chloe to appear on a bulletin board in the school.) Who knows, in my haste to get through the paperwork, I may have even signed over my first born to the school district. My recollection is hazy, but apparently I filled out a form (and even sent in money!) for a class t-shirt. For some reason, I ticked the "large" box. I guess I figured we were dealing in kids' sizes and that a too big t-shirt would be better than a too tight one. Perhaps I was banking on the fact that cheap t-shirts tend to shrink. Yesterday the shirts came in--just in time to wear to the Jog-A-Thon that's taking place today. Despite washing it in the hottest water possible and drying it on high heat, this is how she looked:


It just doesn't fit. I tried to channel Tim Gunn and "make it work" by rolling up the sleeves and putting another shirt under it, but it just doesn't. This shirt would be baggy on me. Heck, it would be baggy on my 6'4'' brother. Heidi would definitely auf wiedersehen this look. I don't know what to do. She's supposed to wear this thing EVERY Friday and on field trips. Despite the fact I ordered the wrong size, I am fond of the concept of the shirt. All the kids did self-portraits and they are fabulous. Here's a blurry close-up of Chloe's:


Stupid camera. It never works right. Especially when Chloe is trying to wiggle away. Anyway, speaking of Chloe's artwork and blurry pictures of it, here is the program from one of the three concerts that took place this weekend as part of the The Youth Music Festival:


She was commissioned by her grandmother (who was in charge of the whole thing) to create a drawing about music. I couldn't get her to spend more than about five minutes on it, but even so, I think it turned out pretty well. Since our weekend was packed with super fun activities like surgery, getting a new roof, and being in charge of a stake Young Single Adult activity, we weren't able to participate in the festival. That is, participate beyond Chloe's rendering of a music concert. They recorded a "From the Top" program on Friday night and had a neat concert for families on Saturday. Last night the Utah Chamber Artists performed with a high school choir (Carter did sing in that one--I guess we did participate more than I thought). From what I hear, it was amazing. I'm sorry we had to miss out.

But back to that t-shirt. What do I do? Have another one made? Do like the Gap Girls and cinch it with a belt? Cut out the portraits and sew it on to a different shirt? Attempt to tailor this one? Or just send my kid out into the world looking a bit silly? Suggestions, please!