And so the moment came. We arrive at the pool and she sees it. The table full of trophies. Hundreds of trophies. Some were for the tennis team. But 171 of them were for the swimmers. Yep, one for each swimmer. She was elated and quickly ran off to find her swim buddies to eagerly await when their names were called and they were presented their trophy.
It did not disappoint. She was so excited and showed all her friends, their parents and all around her trophy (which all the other swimmers received as well, but who cares?!)
And then... they started announcing special awards. MVP, Miss Tsunami, Mr. Tsunami, all stars, etc. And then each coach began giving a little synopsis of a particular swimmer that they felt had stood out above the rest this season. Coach Megan's went something like this, "This 8 and under girl never missed practice. She never missed a meet. She swam her hardest every day and improved her meet times with a personal best 3 times this season. She grabbed the courage to swim a new stroke and led the entire way. Some days she was a little mischevious at practice, and she loved to scream the loudest during the pep rally cheers. This swimmer might be little but she made a big splash for the team this year. This coach's award goes to... Lucy Jefferies!" And there goes that little blonde ponytail bobbing up and down, jumping with excitement, hugging all her coaches and giving high fives all around. Lucy didn't just get a trophy like the rest, she got one of the 4 that really mean something. Out of 171 swimmers! As my friend said, "sure beats skittles!"
Lucy rounded out the awards banquet with a "paper plate award"- sort of the fun awards of the night" with a "Little swimmer, big fins" award in reference to her tiny feet not being able to keep on her big fins, even though they are the smallest you can find!
Cake, a slideshow and then as we were packing up to go home, Lucy saw something that just blew her mind- older kids were jumping into the pool with their clothes on. She had to give it a go. And she grabbed her buddy Aimee and they swam like little river otters in the night. The trophies were awesome, but I think it is swimming in her dress that really blew her mind!
The next day Lucy could be seen walking around with one of her trophies, usually the Coach's Award or just staring at them or telling me how "awesome" they were. We are still trying to decide where to put them. For now, they, as we, are on cloud nine!
After a long swim season and Lucy recieving a boatload of trophies at her awards ceremony, Lucy and I decided that she should recognize Harper and Graham for their support of her through the season. She thanked them for attending all her practices, meets, pep rallies and for being her best and loudest cheer leaders all season long. And in this house, trophies are all well and good, but Pez might still be top honors!
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