math does count

Julia was invited to be in her school's first MathCounts competition this morning...a friendly little match between our school and  neighboring school.  However "friendly" math games can be, that is.  Parents weren't allowed to watch (which is good because I remember when Emma was in the middle school MathCounts thing, I felt like crying the entire time....just hearing the questions!!)  So we showed up at the end for the awards.  Ain't nuthin' math-y about awards...just a bunch of clapping...right up my alley!
She did great and said she mostly had a good time being the only girl on her team of four kids.