Third and First

This afternoon, my daughter pitted herself against 35 other children (grades 6-8) from three public schools. She came in third overall, and first in this town. She's headed for regionals on the 21st.

She went out after a minor brain fart on the word 'cantata' when she spelled it contata. Even before the judge told her what she'd done wrong, she knew it should've been an A. But she's happy and quite proud of herself (rightfully so).

I got her a DQ Blizzard - Chocolate-Dipped Strawberry - to celebrate.

All in all, a positive day. Now she has some work to do to get ready for regionals, but for today, spelling is done. I haven't minded helping, but I dreamt about spelling words last night, so I'm happy to take a bit of a break.

Maybe now I can concentrate on some non-spelling related blog posts. ;o)