The spelling bee was yesterday and went well. The kids did a great job. You could tell they were really nervous. Z was the only girl out of 12 kids who qualified until a last minute little girl showed up. I thought that was quite interesting. She ended up going out on the word ACCUSE. She got nervous and said ACCUS.....S. When they said she was out she looked bewildered. She thought she had said an E on the end. She quitely spelled other's words while they continued, words like AERIAL and AISLE. I think she was disappointed, but we were proud of her. J went out on the word ACCESS. He said ACCES. He had one to few S's and Z had one two many.

Both kids did great and were cheered up to hear that as a reward for being a spelling bee finalist, they get to go out for pizza next Friday during school as a treat. They thought that was pretty cool! Way to go J and Z!