By: Tosha Woronov
Well.
Well.
Look.
Leo’s first trophy.
This is big.
At last night’s team celebration dinner, Coach G dubbed Leo “Mr. Automatic.” (The kid doesn’t miss, you see.)
And so a nickname is born.
Carrying it upstairs on the way to bed he told me, “I have been wanting this my whole life.” (all 5 and ¾ years)
We each weighed in on how he could sleep with it, this fragile and pointy thing. I felt it would be totally fine if – for just this one night – the trophy stayed wrapped in his sweaty little arms. (I wanted the blog photo, and the moment.) Pete worried the kid would hurt an eye. Finally Leo decided that, because he might roll over onto it –break it — it should spend the night on his bedside table.
He would not have chosen so wisely the day before.
This will be the first of many and then years later when they are grown and married they will come to your garage and look through all of the trophies and keep their one favorite (their choosing) and the rest will go in the recycling. Then the cycle begins with their kids of course. Thanks for reminding me about this event in a kid’s life. It is truly special and then becomes a dust catcher.
Awwww…so sad! I hate to think of it/them just collecting dust in the garage. But I suppose you’re right 🙁
My sons are 39 and 37 and about 7 years ago they were home to clean out everything that was theirs and I paid to ship them home. 6 boxes for each one. Only one trophy apiece did they take. Literally the rest we ripped the tags off of and put in recycling. Not a sad day for any of them. They were ready to start collecting their kids trophies.
Ahhhh!.. Good Story!
Thanks Joey!
Tosh,
That is really cute & Leo is getting sooo big! Trophies have really advanced over the years- I believe it’s been over 20 years since I won my last trophy.
That must have been a pretty cool feeling for Leo and I’m excited to share this story with Griff. I hope you add video clips to your blog so that Griff will enjoy seeing his big cousin grow up.
Hope to see you guys soon!
Tuck
Ah…Tuck! Good to hear from you! I cannot imagine how many trophies your mom and dad had to store over the years! I know Griff’s going to be so excited for his first one too!