I actually was a little bit of late bloomer in becoming a Harry Potter fan. My third grade teacher read us the first book in our classroom soon after it came out and I really liked it, but he never read another one to us since one of the mothers of a kid in my class was opposed to it being read in the class. I don't know why I never read the next book when it came out since I have always been an avid reader. Maybe it was the crazy girl in my class who made Harry Potter seem like a freaky cult as she worshiped Hermionie and chewed out anyone who would refer to Voldemort by anything other than He Who Must Not Be Named or You Know Who. But I had a lot of people tell me I would really like the series, so finally, for my 13th birthday I asked for the first four books in the series. After that I was hooked. I flew through the books, wondering how I hadn't read them before. I especially remember reading the third book, Prisoner of Azkaban, as it was my favorite. I remember where I was when I finished it: on the bus to Albuquerque for a school field trip. The fifth book had come out earlier that year and I got that book for Christmas. I remember that Christmas morning I was playing with my brand new Harry Potter Lego set when my dad came in and asked, "I know I just gave you the book as a gift, but do you think I could start reading it?" In the previous months my dad had been reading the books to Wes every night in the rocking chair in the living room. But one night my mom and I noticed that after their time reading Wes had already gone to bed, but my dad was still out there. We went out to the room and sure enough my dad was out there reading ahead in the book and he looked up at us with a guilty smile and a little laugh. From that time on, he kept two bookmarks: the spot where he was with Wes and the spot where he was by himself. When the last two books in the series came out I read them on the day they came out and read them all the way through. I have reread all of the books several times.
My copies of all the booksOther than the first two Harry Potter movies(since I wasn't an avid fan yet) I have seen all of them in theaters, and the last three movies(ever since going to college) I have seen at the midnight showing. To prepare for the last movie Samuel and I had gone back and watched all the previous movies in order. It is pretty cool to see all the same cast grow up with the movies, from when they were just little kids until now...
For the three midnight showings I have gone to I have had a special t-shirt, courtesy of Kylie's dad. And for the sixth movie and for this last movie(7th movie part 2) I have thrown a Harry Potter party to celebrate.
For the sixth movie, Kylie and I threw a Harry Potter party at our apartment with lots of awesome Harry Potter treats and some Harry Potter Scene-it ...we had lots of people come and it was fun!
We had chocolate frogs, licorice wands, cauldron cakes, acid pops, and more!
In the movie theater with Kylie and my cousin ChloeThe seventh movie(part one) came out last November. Rachel designed the shirts and Kylie's dad printed them.
I made butter beer, a Harry Potter cake, and pretzel wands
We waited in line for about five hours!It's pretty hard to believe there won't be any more books or movies coming out, but the next thing on my Harry Potter list...
Harry Potter World Theme Park!!
Harry Potter World Theme Park!!
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