Email sent to several co-workers on Thursday morning:
Morning everyone,
That’s my daughter Evey on the far right in the attached photo… she tied for second place in the school spelling bee yesterday!
The final round went on and on and on… either all three would get their words correct, all would get them wrong, or one would get the word correct and the other two wrong — giving one kid a chance to win it all with one more correct word. Each kid eventually got a shot at a championship word, the boy got his word right and won. (His championship word was clandestine. Evey’s was propaganda.)
I know I’m biased but Evey really put on a show for a few rounds… she kept getting 20-point Scrabble words while the other two kids were getting lay-ups. When she nailed taxidermy and then boisterously in back-to-back rounds the room went crazy (all 3rd, 4th and 5th graders attended.)
And yes, I was extremely stressed out during those last few rounds! It was intense! We took Evey out to dinner last night to celebrate. We decided 2nd place was just about ideal, because she performed exceptionally in the spelling bee… and we have the added bonus of us not having to relive that stress at the next level!
Thanks for letting me brag!
-Seth
Proud Dad
No comments:
Post a Comment