Book Release

Tonight (really Sunday morning at 12:01am) the latest Harry Potter story was released in book stores. Way back when the original 7 Harry Potter books were coming out pretty steadily, there would be release parties at the bookstores where everyone would celebrate and count down to midnight and the official time to sell the new books. In 2007 I went to the release party  for what we thought would be the last Harry Potter book.

(Me and Angie in 2007)

Tonight Thomas went with me, Joe, and Angie to the release party for this book. 

He had the time of his life! He got sorted into his house at Hogwarts, played a game with strangers who are also huge Harry Potter fans, got a lightning bolt face painted on, made a wand, got a necklace with his house badge, got a Harry Potter badge, and answered lots of book trivia questions. He also had his first frappucino and LOVED it!

Just for reference, here's my almost 7 month old Thomas back when the last book was released, and him today.

And both of us back then and today. :-)

I'm so glad I got to share this experience with him and that he had so much fun hanging out in a bookstore until midnight!