Last night I went to Kidsbook’s Harry Potter party at Van Dusen gardens. We lined up around 10pm, got in shortly after 10:30 and wandered around the park. They did a pretty good job — they had tons of employees dressed up and hosting different games. I won a bookmark, a door hanger, a poster, some stickers and tatoos — all Harry Potter themed of course. I had my picture taken with Dumbledore, and took some pictures of Sirius, Harry and Fawkes. They had a live band and were giving away tons of Happy Planet juice, Ice Age water, Blenz coffee and candies. Then we counted down to midnight, and picked up the book.
We then went to a 24-hour coffee shop and picked up a large coffee. We headed home, and I started reading the book around 2:30am. I finished about 8 am this morning. It was such a great book! I am totally in awe with what J.K. Rowling has done. All I can say without giving anything away is that she has managed to tie up all the loose ends, and a majority of the questions we had. WOW!! I can’t wait until Wil finishes reading the book so that I can re-read it more slowly.
So, since I was up all night, I was busy with the kids this morning as I had to pick them up from grandma’s house and take them to Chinese school this morning. I didn’t get to bed until 2:30pm this afternoon and managed a 3 hour nap. I’m tired and will probably go to bed early — but it is so worth it!
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