Superbowl Champs!

When Aiden was 1.5 years old, the Giants played the Pats in the Superbowl.  They won.  Now Haley is 1.5 years old.  Hmmm, do you follow my thinking here?  I told Andy that if he ever wants to see the Giants win the Superbowl again, he'll probably have to have another kid.  At which point he said, "You know, I think I've seen them win enough times for one man..."  The rest of you Giants fans out there may beg to differ, so I hope for your sake it's all got nothing to do with 18 month old Deegan kids.

It's been a fun ride lately, though.  On Superbowl Sunday we woke up early and went to cheer Andy on as he ran in the first annual "Pigskin Classic 5K" in Claremont.  Runners were supposed to wear their favorite team jerseys, and as you might imagine, things were heavily skewed towards the Patriots.  I think we saw one other Giants fan in the 200+ racers, and he was about 10 years old, so no fun to bludgeon to a pulp.  Andy, on the other hand.... had to run very fast to get away from all those pats fans!  He ran a quick race and we hightailed it out of there to find shelter in a practically empty bowling alley for a few hours.  It was Haley's first time candlepin bowling, and she wasn't very interested.  She ate snack, danced around, and commented on her "new" shoes.  The rest of us had a good game though, each taking turns bowling "for Haley" when she was up.  As Murphy's Law dictates, we each did significantly better bowling for Haley than for ourselves.  Aiden even got Haley the only strike of the whole game.  And in the very last round, Haley suddenly decided to step up and claim her victory by pushing a glacially slow ball down the alley and knocking over one final pin.  Yup.  That's our Haley girl!
 

Andy racing away from a pats fan

Aiden practices the "over and under" candlepin style

We went over to the Kennedy's for the big game later that night, and it was great to watch with friends, even though we were the only Giants fans.  Andy hopped and grunted and cursed and shouted the whole game (you know, the usual) but I think it was comical for our friends to see that in action since we generally watch the games at home by ourselves, while trying to get 20 loads of laundry done and vaccuum the basement.  Despite the high stress (Sonya, a nurse, brought out her portable blood pressure machine at one point, out of sheer curiosity as to what Andy's bp was, but he couldn't sit still long enough for any of that nonsense) the G-men pulled it out in the end.  Go Giants!

Haley was much more interested in snack than in bowling

But she commented on her cool shoes a lot!