Maddie and the Bee

Last month Madeline competed in the school spelling bee.

To get to the school spelling bee she had to first win her class spelling bee.  She also studied a lot. 

And when I say a lot, I mean a lot!

But all her hard work paid off. . . . 

She won!!

It was a pretty exciting afternoon.
I can't imagine how nervous she must have felt.
Standing up there in front of ALL the kids in the school and the panel of judges.
I was just sitting in a chair the entire time and I felt like I was about to have a heart attack!
It was pretty intense!

She was the runner-up last year and really wanted to win this year.
We were all super excited for her.

On Saturday she's off to compete in the County Spelling Bee.
The winner from that spelling bee heads off to compete in Washington DC.
Wish her luck!!!!

I Can See Clearly Now . . . .

Madeline and her newest fashion accessory (acquired this past Saturday).

Glasses!
It was inevitable.  I'm pretty sure that all my children have inherited both of their parents blindness and will all need glasses at some point in their childhood.

Doesn't she look darling?!!   (And so much older too)!

Megan is . . . Out of This World!

A few weeks ago the girl's school had their science fair.

Janie did a butterfly project with her class.
Madeline did an experiment about cleaning up oil spills.
And Megan made a model of the solar system.

Out of all the girls, Megan was the MOST excited for the science fair.
She had chosen to have her project be judged  (at their school you can choose if you want your project to be judged or not.)


Her project was called, "Out of This World!"
She worked SO hard on her report and on her model.
With only a little, very little, help from mom and dad.

She did a WONDERFUL job and ended up winning one of the FIRST PLACE ribbons!
Can you tell she's excited?

 A week later the first place winners went on to compete at the District Science Fair Competition.

 

It was CRAZY!  The entire high school cafeteria was filled with 300 science projects by fifth and sixth graders from all around the district.

It was a LONG night.  Megan had to sit by her project for over 2 hours while the judges walked by and asked questions about her project.

No parents are allowed into the judging area and at first I was a little nervous (hello!  she's only in fifth grade!), but then I realized it was Megan in there.  My Miss Independent, Miss Social, Miss Unintimidated girl.  

And the worries fled as soon as they came.  

She didn't win anything at district, but it was a great experience for her to have.
I'm glad she took the initiative to be judged and went for it.

CONGRATULATIONS Miss Megan!
I hope you always reach for the stars!