I am unashamedly one of those Aunties in constant brag
mode in regards to her nieces and nephews. I absolutely
luuuuurve them! The littlest of my ’N’ crew are twins,
James and Madyson. At 4 years of age they are into all
things typical to their sex. James likes trains – A LOT! –
and Maddy LOVES Frozen! [Yes, we have many videos of
the girls belting out their best rendition of ‘Let it Go!’…
come on, who doesn’t?!]
Recently my sister was faced with making the decision to
sign little James up to his first team sport, his choice
being Football. It was pondered for a while and a few
games were watched in action at their local club before
my sister was able to come to the conclusion that, although James is small for his age, he is a boy and boys
of course LOVE FOOTBALL!
Within a week, boots and a helmet were bought and
James stepped onto the field ready for his first training
session, while his sidekick, Maddy,
watched curiously from the side
line.
Now, as twins generally are, there
are not many things these two
don’t do together. This new adventure for James was in fact the
first. And, as it turned out, that
particular training session was his
last. It only took Madyson several
minutes to decide that if her
brother can do it, she can too!
By home time the decision had
been made to let Maddy join her
brother on the field.
Fitted out in her very own boots and helmet the following week, Madyson hit the turf running with of course
the proud moment being shared on facebook. What followed was a gush of adoration from the female followers
upon viewing this cute little girl dressed like one of the
boys. What we were
about to witness is a
liberated celebration
by some of the older
female tribe, due to
the fact that women,
and girls, are no
longer holding back in
the perceived male
arena.