Harry Who?
On Friday night, the kids' Uncle Patrick (AKA: my best friend) had a brilliant idea. The Scholastic bookstore in SoHo was having a huge street bash to celebrate the release of the last Harry Potter book. Uncle Patrick thought the kids would love the activities, performances and face painting, so we took the subway downtown after he got off work.
We had to wait in a line that wove down three city blocks. At first my son didn't want to enter the gate because he was afraid of the huge, moving Womping Willow tree, but he was soon distracted by jugglers and magicians.
The kids made wands. They saw the first issue of each book in the series. They left their very own Muggle messages on a huge wall. They posed with the Womping Willow. And then we got in line for the face painting.
Forty-five minutes later we neared the front of the line and Uncle Patrick read the sign to the kids.
"Full face painting only! No small pictures! You can have your face painted as a Witch, a Wizard, a Werewolf, a Unicorn, a Dragon, a Giant, a Dementor, a Death Eater, a Phoenix, or Harry Potter."
And my daughter loudly asked, "Who's Harry Potter?"
Oh, did I not mention that the kids haven't read any of the books or seen any of the movies? I thought they were going to throw us out of the place.
While Uncle Patrick choked on his shame, my daughter quickly decided on a unicorn.
I guess I'll have to break out the first book now and start reading to them. Maybe by the time we're ready to read the last book, the kids will be old enough to handle The Deathly Hallows.
We had to wait in a line that wove down three city blocks. At first my son didn't want to enter the gate because he was afraid of the huge, moving Womping Willow tree, but he was soon distracted by jugglers and magicians.
The kids made wands. They saw the first issue of each book in the series. They left their very own Muggle messages on a huge wall. They posed with the Womping Willow. And then we got in line for the face painting.
Forty-five minutes later we neared the front of the line and Uncle Patrick read the sign to the kids.
"Full face painting only! No small pictures! You can have your face painted as a Witch, a Wizard, a Werewolf, a Unicorn, a Dragon, a Giant, a Dementor, a Death Eater, a Phoenix, or Harry Potter."
And my daughter loudly asked, "Who's Harry Potter?"
Oh, did I not mention that the kids haven't read any of the books or seen any of the movies? I thought they were going to throw us out of the place.
While Uncle Patrick choked on his shame, my daughter quickly decided on a unicorn.
I guess I'll have to break out the first book now and start reading to them. Maybe by the time we're ready to read the last book, the kids will be old enough to handle The Deathly Hallows.
Labels: "pop culture", activities, friends, kids, life at home, summer, travel
posted by Major Mom at 10:57 PM
Karen is a military wife and stay-at-home mother to a seven-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son. A Boston native who’s lived in the Shreveport-Bossier area for eight years, she spends most of her time volunteering at her kids’ school, supporting her husband, playing with her friends and watching her hair turn gray. In between, she writes about her life here on her blog.
2 Comments:
Funny stuff and cute picture. My 19 year old would have loved to have been where your kids were. Still, she had a blast with her buddies. They all dressed up in costumes... I guess her generation is the one that grew up with Harry and your children are the next generation.
I hope some author comes along with an exciting series for your children to grow up with.
The first girl in line for the book release that night in NYC was a 19 year old girl who had started reading Harry Potter when she was 9. She waited in line for two days.
I also hope another author comes along but it's hard to imagine anyone topping J.K. Rowling.
Post a Comment
<< Home