A few months ago Aren won the Pueblo del Sol Elementary School Spelling Bee and he won it spelling the world "polyglot". What the hell?! Who knows that word? Well, apparently my son did and he was told he would be participating in the county spelling bee in February. He was pretty excited...e-x-c-i-t-e-d...and pretty nervous...n-e-r-v-o-u-s...but we were able to keep him calm, which is saying a lot since we discovered back in September that Aren suffers from panic attacks. Nice.
Round one started and one by one kids were dropping like flies. Rick and I would look at each other and think, "Idiots...i-d-i-o-t-s...idiots," anytime a kid spelled something wrong. Then up comes Aren and his word is "knavery". Wait, what? Who the hell knows how to spell that? Well, not Aren. Our kid was the next idiot to get benched the first round. Oh well. We laughed about it and told him he could pick a place for lunch and he insisted Greek food could cure all idiot speller woes. Smart kid, I tell you.
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| Aren and Rick right before the bee |
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| Tatiana's response to me telling her she would have to be quiet during the bee |
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| Aren and his teacher, Mrs. Silk |
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| Who needs to win when you can lose and eat Greek food? |
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