We decided on a whim to snag the kids a little early from school
and head downtown to check out all the Super Bowl festivities!
Hey the Super Bowl in your home town is a rare thing!
To really make the outing memorable
we even decided to ride the light rail.
While waiting to board we had to quickly inform
the kids that we weren't in Anthem anymore.
Taylee asks confused, "Mommy why did Ryan say not to stare at the crazy people?"
I smiled and replied, "Oh honey you'll soon understand" lol
So we held our children tight and braved the train.
The kids thought it was pretty cool though
that people can bring their bikes onto the light rail,
and that they talk to themselves,
and that they don't have to comb their hair.
I told Anden if he sets his bar high that maybe he can live like that too one day :)
We made it safely to our final destination.
Super Bowl Central!
They blocked off about 5 downtown blocks and turned it into
Football Heaven!
Some of the main stuff in the plaza wasn't open quite yet.
So we made our way over to the Phoenix Convention Center
where they were hosting the
NFL Experience.
We paid and arm and a leg (literally outrageous) and ventured on inside.
For that price I better get a super bowl ticket with this experience!
(Oh wait those are $5000 a piece!)
(C'mon Anden! I was intrigued also but at least I didn't touch it! lol )
We immediately headed to the First Level to the Play60 Kids Zone.
They had tons of activities for the kids.
Needless to say the kids had a blast!
Laiklyn even got to throw a ball!
Time out for Baby Feeding!
Throwing practice
They were really excited to try on REAL pads and jerseys!
Of course you know I was going to let Laiklyn try too!
And yes the NFL media cameras were following us around filming Laiklyn.
I'm sure she's all over the internet by now.
Last minute instructions before knocking any and everything down!
Now hiking practice
I personally think all hikers should have to use Taylee's form!
One jazz hand straight in the air! :)
More kicking practice
Next up: Face Painting
Sorry wee one!
No face painting for those precious cheeks!
Anden went back for one on the other cheek
Which meant Taylee had to also
And which meant I might as well get one too.
But at least I stayed true to my team!
At this point the kids had seen others scarfing on Skittles
and were dying to go find where they were getting them.
So we walked around the corner and there was a huge Skittles exhibit.
Me: "Oh look kids! How pretty is that huge rainbow!"
Ryan: "What is this? The Michael Sam Experience!"
Taylee: "Who's Michael Sam?"
Me: "Just eat your skittles!"
Ok well at least I tried to keep it innocent! lol
Ryan took enough bags of skittles to justify our admission price.
Needless to say we all had sugar belly 10 minutes later!
This was Laiklyn's exercise for the evening...
climbing up Daddy's shoulder!
Another skills challenge...
that even I participated in this time!
Anden nailed it right through the uprights!
If Anden can make it so can I!
Ok harder than it looks.
But I do get a point for hitting the middle bar! :)
We each ran the obstacle course.
Ryan made it more realistic by using Laiklyn as a football!
My only goal was to make sure my time was faster than his (with a baby!)
Phew! It was was!
Moving Target Practice
The boys were off at another exhibit when good ole
Big Red came strolling by.
He took a liking to us girls out of everyone else crowding him!
As he was eating my head, literally, I asked him to take a pic with Taylee.
Whoosh he scooped her up and spun her around! lol
Then he wanted one with me and Laiklyn too
after he petted my leggings of course
(and to his bad luck Ryan walked over right then and scolded him! lol)
The boys showed up at just the right time
I personally think this should be next year's Christmas card! :)
We said our goodbyes to Big Red and headed to the next event.
There was a entire football field set up and a flag football game in progress.
The kids were miffed that I wouldn't let them run out and crash the game!
So they practiced running their receiver routes instead
You run your route past Richard Sherman and cut to the left
and then they throw you a ball.
I was so proud of Taylee that she caught the throw with a regular size ball!! lol
Cardinals Team Photo
It was getting late so we decided to was time to head out.
We started walking and noticed a circle of people gathering nearby.
So we headed over to see what the hype was.
And there in the middle...10 ft away from me....was
KURT WARNER
(he's one of my athlete crushes!)
and Deion Sanders!!!
My heart literally skipped a beat! lol
Ryan gave me permission to drool!
They were filming a segment for NFL Network.
Ryan finally told me I had passed the normal stare time and was entering creep mode,
so we loaded up and headed out.
I figured on that high note we could officially end our night! lol
So we had a late dinner at Five Guys Burgers and then caught the light rail back!
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