School

Lindsey came home from school on picture day with the feather on her bow sticking straight up! I said, "What happened to your bow?" She said it fell out and she put it back in. I asked her if it was before or after pictures. She said after, but I got a good chuckle when I saw it sticking straight up in the picture. She's so darn cute anyway!!!

1st Grade

I found this gem in Lindsey's backpack over Thanksgiving break. So cute! I love that it says "to Idaho".

We were so proud of little Gracie becoming a spelling bee finalist this year!!! The words that were sent home to practice were pretty tough! Some of them I had never even heard of, so I couldn't even tell if I pronounced them right to her, like leitmotif and jackanapes. At the spelling bee, I realized they started at number one on the list and went completely in order. Good to know if the kids make it in future years. I'll have them focus on practicing the first half of the list, since I'm sure they didn't even make it enough rounds to get to those tough ones. I thought it would be random order from the list they sent home.

2nd Grade

I snapped a couple pictures before they got started, but I was too far away to get clear ones on my phone. Then, before they began, they asked us not to take any picture or video.

I could tell she was so shy and nervous! She spelled her first word right (napkin) and then her second word was emerald and she started out with the letter "i". They told the kids to go back to class when they got out, so I hurried to catch her in the hall. I could tell she was trying not to cry, but I told her how proud we all were of her, and got her smiling before she went back to class.

I was so grateful for all of the texts I got from family wishing her good luck! She's so blessed to have so many people supporting her! Thank you everyone! I showed her all the texts and she smiled!

Here she is with her "Spelling Bee" bouquet from Granny! Thanks so much everyone for always supporting my kids!!!