Clementine - Spelling Bee continued

So, it's been over a week since we were in the Region 3 portion of the Bee!

The competion began with 14 students from grades 5 (like Calli) through grade 8. She was contestant #12. I'll put her words in blue, her favorite color!

Round 1
cosmos
burrito
safari
liverwurst
xylophone
idiom
retrospective
sequin
dissect
inferno
adios
Siberian (she remembered the capital 'S') ...but they paused the competition here to state that capitalization was not a required rule....

keelhaul
hazard

Round 2
chinchilla
wanderlust
diorama
herbivore
mohair
stethoscope
ramen
typhoon
gardenia
fathom

Round 3
acme
biopsy
grotto
prairie
topography
spritz
diagnosis
chronology

Round 4
lunatic
algebra
protaganist
formidable
alcohol
conjecture

Round 5
implement
carmine
endemic
patriarch

Round 6
discipline
analysis

Round 7
cauliflower
ominous

Round 8
intractable
geranium

Round 9
slaughter
capitulation

Round 10
stucco
eulogy

Round 11
tantalize
clementine

Round 12
benefactor

The winner, another 5th grader!

So, she made 2nd place!! She was so devestated, as she got lost in her letter order, couldn't remember if she had said the 'M'.... forgot that she could start over using the exact same letters, she then would have remembered that she said the 'M'. Instead, she repeated the 'M'.... oooh, I felt so sad inside... knowing that she would be disappointed in herself.... even though she did so wonderfully! Part of the Bee is being able to spell under pressure! She was so sad, because that was such an easy word... she just lost her place... I even heard it, she stopped after the C-L-E-M----big, silent pause.... "oh no.....!!!", I thought.... Then she just sighed, and finished... M-E-N-T-I-N-E... She knew it was wrong, you could see it on her face.

Anyways. It was a great evening. She's finally comfortable with her 2nd place win!

And now, she gave me a letter for the next portion! Oh my goodness, I thought we were finished. Oh no, since she's the first runner-up of Region 3, she has qualified for the County Final Spelling Bee this Wednesday at the local college in town. AAck! Back to the studying! How fun! We meet at 6:15pm for the conference to discuss the procedures and rules... and then the competition begins at 7pm! Oh my goodness.

Now, even though it's testing week at the karate school, I'll have to miss Wednesday's testing... to be with Cal at the early meeting.... Kurt will head straight over to the college after the test is finished and join us for the 7pm County Spelling Bee Final!

Aack! Eeek!