Maddy and the bee

Maddy just participated in her school's spelling bee. She already got 2nd place in her class spelling bee, so she got to be 1 out of 18 kids to be in the school spelling bee. She was a little nervous and wanted to do her best, but at the same hoped she wouldn't win so that she didn't have to go on to the district spelling bee. That was a bit intimidating.

She did really well! About half the kids got out on their first word, but she spelled "topical" correctly. She got out on her 2nd word "talc" because she thought they said "talic". Oh well. She got 5th place and we were all pretty proud of that, especially since she was up against 5th and 6th graders as well as other 4th graders. She was also relieved that she won't have to go on to the district spelling bee. That would be a bit stressful for her.

Here she is spelling her 1st word.
I didn't realize that the kids would be facing the other direction, so I took this picture afterword so that we could actually see her face.

Way to go Maddy!