She Loves Roman Numerals

No school today but that really means nothing here 😋 Rylee wanted to do a spelling challenge so I told her to number her paper from 1-50 while I started some laundry and I would be happy to tell her words from the challenging book while making some veggie soup for lunch.

Walked back upstairs to find her paper numbered 1-50 in roman numerals. I was like, "Rylee, what is that?" ... and she said, "I just love roman numerals"! Love her!

10.0 is an A+

This is how you grade a gymnasts school work. Rylee understood that a 10.0 was the *BEST* before she even cared about what grades she was getting on her school work (and yes... other grades are written like 98 = 9.8, 92 = 9.2, 85 = 8.5). 

The first time I graded one of her papers and handed it back to her she literally CRIED because she didn't get a 10.0 😄 I remember this moment clearly because it was a *big deal* ("this will be your first recorded grade!!"... YAY, exciting) and she took one look at her 100 and broke into tears 😱 

I have graded her papers like this ever since. 

Box Jump PR!

Rylee nailed a 30" box jump today!  SO proud of her!

Making Her Own Music

Rylee while stretching this morning: "Do you know how I know if I'm on or not when I'm doing my skills? I can hear it ... as I flip around the bar, tumble across the floor, do my big skills on the beam, and sprint down the vault runway and hit the springboard. I just know it .... I hear it before I feel it. I LOVE the rhythm I can make"...