Yeah, the Jets lost AFC Championship Game to the Colts on Sunday, but is wasn't as bad a day for me as you might think. One thing that made the day really nice was that Michael watched most of the first half of the game with me. He's not really ready to start following a game yet, but he is starting to ask some questions about the game, and it's fun to have him around.
He lost interest by the second half ( which is a way was good, because the Jets were winning 17-13 at halftime, but lost 30-17 ), but he was really fired up for the game earlier in the day. As I noted on my facebook page, he asked me to get him a Mark Sanchez football when we were at the mall the day before the game ( He's holding the football in the photo above. BTW, The bear's name is Boozer, after the Jets' Super Bowl III hero Emerson Boozer. ). On the morning of the game, he crawled into my bed to wake me up at about 6:30 AM. When I asked him why he was up so early, he told me "We have to watch the Jets game today, Daddy!". I told him we didn't have to rush, because the game wasn't until 3 PM.
Later that day, he was playing with Peter in the basement at about 2:45. I reminded him the game was starting at 3:00, and I headed upstairs to watch the game. At 2:59, I heard his little feet sprinting up the stairs in order to make sure he didn't miss the game
So yeah, parenthood is hard at times, but it's times like Sunday afternoon that make me really happy to be a Dad? :)
BTW, I decided to post the photo below just to give you an idea of what I look like from behind when I watch football with my "lucky" football on my head. Unfortunately, the football hat didn't work as well as it had last week.
Oh, one more story about Michael and the football game. When I was putting Michael to bed, he asked me why the Jets had lost. I told him the Jets had lost because a lot of their players had gotten hurt. Michael looked at me with a face full of concern as said ...
"Who hurt them?"
He's such a sweet boy. :)
BTW, the photos below are a good representation of how he falls asleep each night. He tends to read in bed until he falls asleep. Click on the photo at the bottom to see what he was reading that night.
2 comments:
I wasn't able to follow the game "live" online, but my first reaction when I saw the final score was, "The football hat DOES have limits." Oh, well... this season really turned out a lot better than (almost) anybody expected or hoped.
Glad you had a good day with Michael. It's a shame that the game didn't actually get called by the NFL at the half, now that you mention it. %-}
Z
P.S.: I am reading a good non-fiction book right now -- I just have to remember it for you for almost an entire year...
lol nice lucky football cap!
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