Mr. Boy left this morning for school confident of another 100 (or better) on his weekly spelling test. He not only can spell the assigned list of 24 relatively easy (for me) words, but has two of the hard (for me) bonus words down after he struggled to memorize them yesterday. Try spelling "proboscis" and "spiracles" yourself. They’re from his class’s science study of caterpillers and butterflies.
UPDATE: Maybe we should demote him to spelling prince. He got a 91, having misspelled two of the "easy" words, "speak" and "bring," out of twenty. But "bring" only because he wrote a "d" instead of a "b." Likewise with "proboscis," writing a "d" instead of a "b". Got spiracles right, though. Sigh. Guess we have to work more on writing, and being careful.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
How did he do on the test?
No results until Friday, but he thinks he aced it. He usually does.
Spiracle – I didn’t even know what it means. Sheesh!
Spiracles are the little breathing holes in the sides of a caterpiller’s body.