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Our Super Bowl party 2008
After a busy week, I figured I better jump in here and do some catch up blogging. So forgive me for the delay but I reckon later is better than never, right?
Here are some photos of the little Super Bowl party we had for ourselves at home. I had found my football themed cookie cutters while on the phone to my mom, I opted for "appetizer" type naughty food for our party fare (foods I'd otherwise have NEVER bought), and we played silly little games at time-outs and halftime.
First, here are the signs we made. DD make the SUPER BOWL Sign (top), DH made the PATRIOTS sign (top left) though he wasn't happy about it as he did NOT want the Patriots to win, but he gave me first dibs at team signs, LOL.... and I made the NY GIANTS sign. Those signs as well as the smaller ones below were made on some "banner" paper (perforated computer paper) I had received from my step dad, oh golly... probably 9 years ago. I STILL have a drawer full of it. Below are the game signs... TOUCHDOWN GOLF (an indoor putting set we use) which we played during the pre-game show, (an oldie but a goodie), TABLETOP FOOTBALL, TIMEOUT 21 (as the name suggests we played 21 during timeouts/commercials), and finally, a game called YOU DON'T SAY (we weren't allowed to say any of the words listed during the second half of the game.) I made up the game signs. Everything was all stapled to a black project tri-fold board we had from a literature fair last autumn. (Stapling onto these project boards is fabulous as you can just pull the items off when you're done and recycle the board again and again!)
Next we have a shot of the TV screen during the National Anthem. Surprising, I thought Jordan Sparks did an outstanding job singing. She didn't do too much "vocal gymnastics" or draw out the song too long. Great job!
AAck, here's kiddo and me with the "hold the camera out in front of us" shot. Hate the picture but oh well.
Here is a shot of the delicious cookies I made and cut with the King Arthur Flour cutters. DH just LOVED them and couldn't believe I'd planned making these since the end of November (when I bought the cutters along with all the flour I bought for Christmas baking)! These were peanut butter/chocolate chips cookies. I opted for these instead of sugar cookies. Delicious! And FYI, the helmets are larger than the palm of my hand, for reference.
Here's DD and DH being silly while I was setting up the camera for a group shot. Don't ask... they're just a bit odd. LOL
Here's our group shot... "nothing else to say about that. " (said in my best Forrest Gump voice.)
And the artery-clogging spread of foods: riblets (dry rubbed and BBQ)...made a TON of riblets, half of which are leftover in the freezer now for another day, pizza bites, bagel bites, jalepeno poppers, chicken fries, baked potato skins, chips, veggie tray & dip, and the cookies. (I love how my white Corell dishes go with any party theme! LOL) Dh was just tickled by al lthis food. Totally not the way we usually eat, but it was easy, fun & festive appetizer type sports-bar food. He really appreciated it all.
Here's DD eating a bit...
And finally, her playing TABLETOP FOOTBALL, yes from the piano bench.
She was a good sport, for a 10.5yo girl. She definitely wasn't into the game, but enjoyed "ranking" the commercials with us, enjoyed the food and games, and REALLY enjoyed the $20 she won from Daddy for the NY GIANTS winning. They didn't bet or anything, but DH wanted the Giants to win SOOO badly that he said if she cheered for them, too, he'd pay her $20 if they won. Well, she's $20 richer! LOL
It was a great time. A simple way to share in DH's love of football and give him something to enjoy instead of going to a sports club with some co-workers or whatever. LOL This was our second year of doing this. I think it is now a tradition for us!
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