success.

Every week, *m* and *l* have a spelling test. They get their words on monday, and have the week to practice them. Then, on friday morning, they get tested. *m* has 27 words (22 from the current week, and 5 from the previous week), and *l* has 15. They're tricky words too- not your typical hat, cat, mat, etc. For example, in second grade, they get one or two states each week and its capital. Imagine watching a seven year old spelling california and sacramento, and then having to find it on a map. Well, maybe california wouldn't be tricky to locate. I always had trouble with those large rectangular western states myself. Back to the point. Every single week, since the beginning of the year, one of them gets one word wrong. Usually *l* gets them all right, but the two times she got one wrong were the two times *m* got all hers right. I told them it must be a subconscious block at this point. Anyway, the deal was that the first time both of them got 100%, we'd get a special dessert. Today was the day! They made their own sundae's, complete with chocolate sauce, hot fudge, butterscotch, whipped cream and star shaped sprinkles. Here's the picture of the finished products. They pretty much licked the bowl clean.