Spelling Bee

For the last few weeks, the third grade class has been preparing for a Spelling Bee.  Through a series of smaller Spelling Bee's in each 3rd grade class, they were able to narrow down the nearly 150 third graders to the ones who were eligible to compete in the final Spelling Bee.  Cody was one of the 30 children able to compete.

Getting ready to begin.  The kids on the floor are the rest of the 3rd graders.

He practices spelling all of the time.  He is constantly asking me to just give him random words to spell.  If you ever wondered what we do in the vehicle driving around town... we spell words.

Cody spelling his first word.

Friday came and he was so excited.  Chad, Chloe and I went to watch.  I'm pretty sure his dad and I were more nervous that he was.  He walked up to the microphone each time and seemed as comfortable as can be.

He ended up in 5th place.  Such a great job!!  We are so proud of you, Cody!!!