Funny what brings a mom and daughter together, isn't it?
Jen received the first Harry Potter novel when she was 11 years old, the same age as Harry was in that first novel.
Jen read it. Becca read it. I read it. Not only were my children hooked, so was I.
I have always loved fantasy -- I read the Lord of the Ring Trilogy in high school, I love the Pern books, and anything to do with Merlin and Camelot has me weak in the knees.
As each new book was announced, we'd pre-order it so that we'd have it the very first day. By the time Order of the Phoenix came around I was ordering three copies of each book.
And then there were the movies. We've all seen them, many times. Own each one on DVD. Pre-ordered Deathly Hallows Part I. Counting down to Deathly Hallows Part II in July. Remember when my kids bought The Tales of Beadle the Bard for me?
We had loads of Harry Potter stuff from the late, lamented Warner Brothers Store -- I still have a couple of t-shirts....
Jen borrowed appropriated her father's Harry Potter Scene-It game...
Becca was home for spring break last week. And one of the cable stations had a Harry Potter marathon going on. So of course we sat together and watched...it was the first time in a long time the two of us just sat and watched a movie together....
I love this post! We are Harry Potter fans here, too, and it's wonderful to find other parents who are as into it as are their kids. I am also glad -okay, ecstatic - to know that y'all are as into the books as the films. No film as ever been as great as its book, but HP comes pretty darn close. I am so desperately sorry for any child whose parents have forbidden Harry Potter. How much would you want to bet that those families have Disney on their shelves. . . . . Well, I digress. I do that a lot. Thank you for sharing your HP obsession with me, for I am possibly the biggest, and oldest, fan in the world.
Posted by: Mamacita | March 23, 2011 at 03:33 PM
Mamacita, I am glad to meet another Harry Potter fan!
Posted by: songbird | March 23, 2011 at 04:52 PM
Nice! And every time I come here I stop dead, are those really your daughter's names? I don't use my girls real names in my blog, but I'll let you guess why I always stop when I read your girls names. Great taste! Lol....
Posted by: Leanne | March 24, 2011 at 12:28 AM
Give The world full of loves! The Great Loves will be giving back to Human!
Posted by: MBT | March 30, 2011 at 04:55 AM
Thanks, Leanne
Posted by: Songbird | March 30, 2011 at 06:42 AM