5 rules of the Super Bowl

There are five basic rules when it comes to throwing a Super Bowl party.

Rule #1. Super Bowling. Get it?

We brought back a childhood tradition by hitting the gutters pre-Super Bowl Sunday. Next year, I'm going to implement a trophy ceremony to award the winner too. Even if my Dad wins again. Surprisingly though, my awkward, stiff leg-lift-clunk-the-ball-down-the-isle form got me 3rd place. Who doesn't love bowling shoes? Cole was obsessed with them... I thought he was going to throw a tantrum when we took them off. Jeff showing off his muscles after bowling a strike. The rest of us could use some improvement on our form. Or maybe we should consider using this handy contraption that Pearl and Cole got to use.Cole loves Uncle Jesse! Ruby-juby didn't need any help though... that girl can hurl a bowling ball far! Maybe her secret is to wear your Sunday best.And the crowd goes wild!Coolest bowling alley ever! Oh, to be at home in Aggie Country.Rule #2. Food. Lots and lots of food.

Poor Jesse. He had to leave our Super Bowl party and go to a friend's house for their party. I'm fairly certain they did not know about the five rules to throwing a great Super Bowl party and hence, he didn't have near the fun as he would have with us. He was seriously moaning and drooling over all the food he was missing out on. Our basic Super Bowl menu revolves around three basic food types. Beans. Breads (which includes popcorn and crackers). And sweets.
I shudder at the number of calories we consumed.

Rule #3. Family/friends.
Duh. This is a given.

Rule #4. Football-related games.
My parents have two Super Bowl games for us to play. First, a grid with all of our names randomly written on squares. At the end of each quarter, you take the last number in each team's score to see who won a goodie from the basket of prizes.
The second game is a football trivia game, which usually requires the men-folk to tell us women-folk the correct answers too. Not because they know everything about the sport, but because a good number of the answers involve watching the game to see what happens.

Fine, it's all the bets in Vegas that we're playing for.

Rule #5. Commercials.
Seeing as how I was either eating or sleeping (with Cole curled up in my arms) for most of the game, I missed out on the commercials. Luckily, the really good ones live on forever and have been shown on T.V. ever since the big game.

So there you have it. Five rules that will guarantee a good time on Super Bowl Sunday!