My Spelling Bee Story

This is my story of how I won my Regional Spelling Bee, and how I'm preparing to go to Washington DC to compete in the National Spelling Bee. Wish me luck! If you want to join my blog so you can post comments, click on "Email Shelley's Mom" under the Links section.

Saturday, April 08, 2006

Coincidence

I went to Starbucks on Tuesday so my mom could have a meeting with another mom. My mom and I were standing in line and we noticed they had some stickers with spelling words on them. And, apparently Starbucks is promoting some new movie, Akeelah and the Bee, opening April 28. So we got our food, and the other mom came with her kid, and the kid and I sat somewhere else, and we notice there were coasters and flashcards and cup holders with different words on them, and they were all labeled "winning word 1997 national bee" and stuff. We were all going, "Oh, that's cool, a movie about spelling!" and "Oh, that looks cool!" And of course the other kid and I were flashcarding all the words, and I was spelling them. Then we moved to another table that had more flashcards, and the other kid noticed that my new chair said (it had a canvas sleeve over it) "Reserved for Local Spelling Bee Champion! (or anyone who wants to practice their spelling.)" And I went, "THAT'S ME!" And everyone in the store looked, and I was a celebrity all over again, and the store manager came over to talk to me. It was really neat.

2 Comments:

At 7:26 PM, Blogger The Godmother said...

I'm down in Sacramento and every Starbucks I have been in, I make sure I tell them that MY GODDAUGHTER IS the Spelling Bee Champion, oh by the way....

 
At 9:53 AM, Blogger Shelley said...

Very cool! I'm so famous.

 

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