grand final day

it's over for another year... and everyone that follows the eagles in western australia is devastated. they were beaten fair and square... by a stronger team, and madeline was so sad. it's been hilarious - doug has a cd of footy theme songs and a few weeks ago he blasted the whole lot a few times over and maddie got hooked on the west coast eagles one. she sings it all the time and always shouts out when she sees someone wearing one of their shirts or jerseys (which obviously she has seen a lot of this week!) and calls them my eagles!

she was out with dougs parents at the shops today and when she heard that they had lost, she kept asking them why? why? what happened grandma!

oh well, there is always next year boys... :)

you'll hear our mighty roar!

today we took maddie to her first afl game. my work has season tickets for the dockers games in perth and every year you can enter the draw to win tickets to a match. our gorgeous pa to the gm is well aware of doug's love for the lions, so each year she makes sure he gets to go... bless her!

this time, someone pulled out at the last minute, so we scored her tickets too and took along our friends mark and jamie-lee.

this little miss has a guernsey, a puffa jacket and a baby scarf, so we dressed her (and ourselves) up and jumped on the train, must to the ausement of passers-by, seeing our maroon, blue and gold along with our dockers membership tags. hahaha. must have been a classic sight.

maddie was hilarious, sitting and staring down at the grounds, clearly had no idea what the heck was going on, but every time someone clapped, she would carefully put down whatever snack she was holding at the time into my lap and clap her hands, before quickly picking it up again and having some more.

having a sneaky drink... i love this pic - looks like she has a little hip flask.

another day in paradise...

our team didn't win (this we established long before the game even started, that it even wasn't a possibility...) but we had a great time and that's all that matters.