A Very "Harry" Weekend

I'm finally back to posting after a packed weekend with tons of activities, a lot of reading, and very little sleep.

On Friday I took Lydia, Megan and Grif to Jump Zone for some highly entertaining bouncing and sliding. Jump Zone is a place that has about 7 inflatable bounce houses with everything from slides to obstacle courses. The kids, as well as I, had a blast. The only down side was the fact that a lot of people thought to bring there rugrats there that day and there were quite a few that seemed to have no manners whatsoever. As for the 3 that I took, yep you're right, they were angels. I love these kids.

Friday night we had FX at the church which is a sort of family worship experience. The after dinner activity for the night was making table top corn hole games and enjoying ice cream sundaes. It was pretty cool and kept us, well me, occupied so time went fast before the big Grand Hallows Ball at our local bookstore.

Yes, that's right, Friday night was the big release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Every bookstore was having some type of extravaganza before the big release. Jenny, Monica and the kids, Lydia and I all sprinted over there after FX. They were having a costume contest, so I dressed Lydia up as Ginny Weasley. She looked great if I do say so myself. Considering the number of people who came up and commented or took pictures I wasn't the only one to think this. While we were getting her costume we also got Meg and Grif some items. Considering that Lydia had had a pretty full day, not to mention the pretty full week, already she did great as we were waiting for the book. I finally got my copy at around 12:35am and then the race was on to get home and start reading. Lydia most definitely fell asleep on the way home and was a little disoriented when we got there. As soon as I had her safely tucked away I dove into the book.

I know there are a lot of mixed reviews about the book, but I for one loved it. I read it so fast and was anxious through most of it that I really need to read it again for its full effect. But, yes, it was definitely worth the wait. I stayed up until 3am that night and read a little in the morning before Lydia woke up, but then I was a good aunt and spent the day watching movies with her and having what she called a "lazy" day. I finished the book last night after I got back home from dropping her off to my parents.

All in all it was a great week. I know Lydia was worn out and the feeling is mutual! I had a blast and wouldn't trade it for the world but now I'm ready to get back to some routine and regular sleep!