It’s Harry Potter’s birthday! Harry’s story played a prominent role in my kids’ childhood. I read all the books aloud to them, having read them all myself already. We threw an elaborate Harry-Potter-themed birthday party when our eldest turned 11 (the age at which magical children receive their Hogwarts letters to commence their wizarding education). That party is where all the pics but the birthday cake art come from.
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The first movie was released when Rader was a baby, but by the time the last movies were coming out, we could take the whole family to midnight showings, sometimes in costume. (The kids were too little, but I attended a couple of midnight book release parties as well.) We even spent a night in a Harry Potter hotel (Georgian House - Wizard Chambers) and a magical day visiting the sets of the Making of Harry Potter at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London when we were in the U.K. in 2015 (totally worth it; you should go).
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Birthday cake art by NyaaSlade at DeviantArt
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