Apparently I'm a blog slacker. It's been awhile, and I didn't even notice that I changed my comment settings so that they had to be moderated. I just changed them back. Anyway, to update you all on the spelling bee saga, Hannah competed in the regional spelling bee last Thursday, February 9th. She took second place!!! She was so close to winning . . . the other girl misspelled a word, Hannah spelled it correctly, but then missed the winning word, and that gave the other girl a chance to swoop in for the win. Here's the list of words she spelled correctly: biblical, sputnik, adamant, praline, misanthropy, malaria, coyote, myriad, eiderdown, homogeneous, notochord, gestalt, megalopolis, synchronous, bellicose, dressage, sevruga, and homburg. The only word she missed was belay, but to give her credit it wasn't on the study list, and being pronounced "buh-lay" she spelled it bilet, like a French word. So she now goes to the state spelling bee on March 29th at ASU, which of course being my alma mater she's sure to have some good karma coming her way. It was so exciting (as much as a spelling bee can be), but I would literally hold my breath every time it was her turn. The only bad thing is that I was so ready to be done studying. Those words are hard and they make me tired!Great job Hannah!!!!
5 comments:
That is so awesome! I don't think I could spell any of those words. What a smarty. Good Luck at State!
Seriously??? She is a smarty pants!!! GO Hannah!
I love spelling bees. Great Job To Hannah!! Wow 2nd place that's awesome!
Wow! I didn't know that was your Hannah! I have to agree with the other comments that she is a smarty pants! Great Job Hannah!
2nd place is awesome!! I can't even pronounce some of those words that she spelled.
-gordon
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