I'm a WHAT?

..A Spelling Bee Mom! Yes, it's true. I have reached official Spelling Bee Mom status! Crazy. I always dreamed of being a Soccer Mom, a Basketball Mom, taking my daughter to dance performances, etc...Never thought I would be cheering my kids on in their school spelling bee. It's amazing how intense those things can be by the way!

So Briggs was the first runner up in the Ramstein Intermediate School Spelling Bee. Very serious business! The base General was one of the judges and the winner goes on to district and then to Europeans. They started with 70 3rd through 5th graders and TWO and a HALF HOURS later, it was a fifth grade girl and Briggs! He probably could have won had we spent more than one or two dinners practicing!

Sadly, I didn't even bring my still camera. I took some video, but I really didn't expect him to win! So no triumphant photo, but he is loving his new-found popularity and I think was more excited about the $50 savings bond than the actual win!