Spelling Bee

Spelling Bee

Dayspring held a spelling bee in January and the top 4 kids in each grade got to advance to the Roanoke spelling bee.  Both Emma and Amelia got to go!  We had planned on practicing a lot during the 6 weeks that we had, but, every time I mentioned practicing the girls didn't want to do it just then :)  And with homework and school and gymnastics, the time flew by.  This past Friday we went to Roanoke Valley Christian school to compete against other private school students.  The parents weren't allowed in the rooms, we had to wait in the cafeteria for the kids to return.  We saw a few kids coming back in tears, and I really didn't want to see my girls crying!  

Amelia's class was the first one to return, and when I asked her how she did, she told  me she got 2nd place!  I was amazed because we had only practiced the "easy" words and hadn't even gotten to the "average" or "difficult". She couldn't remember any of the words that she had to spell, but she did remember spelling "holy" incorrectly.

We waited a long time after that for Emma's class to come back!  But finally she was there and I asked her how she did, and she said she "thought" she got 1st place.  I wasn't sure how she couldn't know if she won, and a few minutes later she did say she was the champion (that's what they called the winners).  Emma got a medal and certificate while Amelia got a ribbon and certificate.

 I am so proud of both of my girls for going, competing, and doing so well.  Of course I took lots of pictures, unfortunately my digital camera is broken so the pictures are pretty fuzzy (I took them with my ipod).  But I think you can see how happy they were to be winners!