Our son Kyle was picked from his class to be in the school spelling bee. He came to me the day before the bee and this is our conversation:
Kyle: “Mom, I’m really nervous about tomorrow.”
Me: “You’ll do great Kyle, just forget about all the people and concentrate on the judges.”
Kyle: “How am I suppose to do that, there is going to be like a million eyes watching me.”
Me: ” Maybe not quite a million.” “Just relax and do your best.”
Kyle: “Mom, will you tell your photography friends that I’m going to be in the spelling bee?”
Me: “Well, how about I get there real early so I can get a good seat and take photos of you at the spelling bee then I can post them on my blog so all my photography friends can see them?”
Kyle: “That would be really cool mom!”
He made it to round three! He was pretty upset when they dinged the bell that he misspelled his word…I could tell he was fighting back the tears. His brother Ryan was in the spelling be several years ago and was so nervous he missed his very first word. Even though the two of them fight most of the time I found out that Ryan was actually coaching him on the rules of the spelling bee. He made sure he knew that he could ask for a definition because some words can be tricky like blue or blew. That makes me smile!
Way to go Kyle. We sure are proud of you!
