Tahlia is victorious!

We have officially completed Tahlia's first winter swim season with a 2 day championship swim meet. As I have said before, the season ran a little long for her but the highlight was definitely, yesterday when she won her first heat ribbon on the second day of swimming. Jon and I prepped her, showing her that she had the best time going into this heat with the 50Meter Freestyle and that she could take them! She is so cute! She told us later that she thought everyone else had already gotten out of the pool when she arrived on the other side and no one else was there. She was thrilled when she got her ribbon and a gift certificate for a free kids meal at Max and Erma's Restaurant. She might as well have come in first place for the whole event. We celebrated by cashing in that gift certificate at the restaurant and getting an all you can eat sundae for Tahlia. It turned out to be 2 scoops that all of us couldn't finish. A quote from Tahlia sums up her season, "Mom, they told us that it doesn't matter how we end up swimming, we all get a trophy!" It wasn't whether she won or lost, it was how she played the game and she was almost always delightful, with a smile on her face.