Top Scorer

My daughter won her age group for the Braille Challenge.   We had expected there was a good possibility she would win.   She's very quick at brailling and likes to be accurate and get things correct.   The event coordinator sent the following in an email to us:

"Reese did great on the Braille Challenge! She was the Top Scorer in her category! She did incredible in Reading Comprehension and Proofreading and very well in Spelling! Way to go, Reese!"

The next thing we'll hear (if we hear anything at all) will be if she is one of the top ten scorers in the nation.  That won't be until April or May.   If she happens to be in the top ten, she'll be invited to compete in the National Braille Challenge in Las Angeles.   

We have no idea what the competition is like.  We don't know anything about scores for prior years and if she might have a chance.   We hear each year that she's done very well and for the past two years due to COVID-19 and how she was signed up the year before, we didn't get a chance to find out if she would have been in the top.   This year, we'll find out more. 

Knowing my daughter, if she doesn't make it, she'll want to try even harder next year. 

The Big Boy Update:  My son has decided to learn how to play the piano, the drums, and another instrument for a school talent event.  He can record his performance, doing each of the parts, and then show the final version to his classmates.  He sat in front of the keyboard all night with an iPad, playing notes as they progressed upwards on a piano lesson app.

The Tiny Girl Chronicles:  My daughter has a project due tomorrow.  She was going to work on it at home, but she's been doing it all at school.   She seemed ready for the presentation yesterday, she said all she needed to do was practice a little more.