Cheer, Cheer the Red and the White!

Today we decided to attempt taking Daniel to his first afl game - considering he is a member and he has his own special beanie and scarf. Also the fact that it was a 1:40pm game which meant that he'd still be home in time for dinner and to go to bed at a decent hour. After a quiet morning (thanks to James for looking after Daniel so I could sleep in and have a bit of a lazy morning after a lot of wake ups last night) we woke Daniel up so that he could get dressed and ready for the Swans.

Happy to be dressed in the red and white

 I don't know who is more excited to be able to dress him up - James and I or Daniel. Although the next photo may show that it is James and I. We were impressed though that he was quite happy to have the beanie on his head and also that the scarf didn't end up going into his mouth during the day.

Happiness didn't last

 We arrived at the game just in time to see the unveiling of the premiership flag and then it was walked around the ground. Daniel watched it carefully.

Watching the premiership flag being walked around the ground

 He then enjoyed having some cuddles with Auntie Jenny and Poppy so that I could eat my lunch.

After a nice chat with Matt and Sarah Hope (who were impressed that Daniel was at the game) he then had his lunch - yummy cruskits and grapes. He did really well with eating properly and feeding himself. It took roughly 2 quarters which was great as it distracted him from the fact that he couldn't crawl around. 

After watching a bit of the game he started to rub his eyes.

So I fed him some milk (while he kicked Auntie Jenny and Daddy) and then at half time we went downstairs to the food and bar section so that it was a bit quieter so Daniel could have a sleep in the ergo. I do love sleepy cuddles with my little boy. They do make me feel very loved. He did really well and slept for all of the 3rd quarter and then a little bit of the 4th quarter. 

We then went back up to our seats and Daniel watched the rest of the game with James. He may have a future as an umpire, or a vocal Swans supporter when he gets older as he could do the 'out of bounds on the full' sign.

Out of bounds on the full!

As the game finished the Swannies won which was very exciting! Daniel must be a good luck charm. :-) He wasn't very excited by the fact that we won, and he wasn't very excited to sing the song at the end - although James was quite excited.

What is happening?

'Cheer, Cheer!'

Both James and I are so proud of Daniel and how he went with the whole game. He didn't cry at all, he slept really well (even with cheering around him), he didn't mind not being able to crawl around the place and he even was happy to watch some of the game. Yay! We would be happy to take him to another game in the future. There are 2 other 1:10/1:40 games this season so maybe we will take him to those games. We are also thinking of going to a game at the MCG when we do our road trip at the end of the month. Only problem is that the games are 4:40 games which would mean a late night so we will see how we go with that. But yay for a good start to supporting the swannies!

Ready to head home

I do love that a new generation of Swannies supporters are starting (including Oscar who was sick so couldn't come to the game but is keen as to come to a game or 2 this year).