Smarty pants

Well, she did it. Haley was in the top 3 kids of her class for the class spelling bee so she went on to the school spelling bee, which happened yesterday.  It started out with 36 kids and was quickly whittled down, round after round.  Haley stayed in the running by correctly spelling words like valetudinarian, filibuster, epidemiologist, pharmaceutical and asphyxiate.

Down to the final few...

Part of our cheering section -- the adorable Olsen girls, who are thankfully also our backyard neighbors. :)

Haley placed 3rd in the school, which means that she's off to the district spelling bee soon! She couldn't stop smiling.

And then she promptly had to let out a little steam by rockin' out with Sarah.