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At dinner tonight, Gillian asked John and I, "Who likes Harry Potter?" John raised his hand. And I said "I do!" She looked at me and said "You gotta raise your hand." So I raised my hand. Then she asked "Who likes Frozen?" Gillian and I both raised our hands. She looked at me and said "You can't like both." I said "Yes I can." She said "Nope. My game. My rules." She wasn't happy that I liked both but she quickly moved to something else. 

Laughing

Tonight, I read John a chapter out of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." At the end of the chapter, the Weasley twins  were teasing their older brother about getting dragon dung sent to him at the office. Here's the passage:

So I read it to John and he laughs. Daddy says "Do you know what dragon dung is?" John said "No." Daddy asked "Then why are you laughing?" "Cause I bet it's funny!" This kid. You got to love him!

10 seconds

I am reading John "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Tonight we got to the part where Harry gets to test out his new flying broom, the firebolt. I read "Harry saw the Snitch dart out behind Wood, and within ten seconds had caught it tightly in his hand." John said "What? That's like, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten! That's fast!"

Family movie

Tonight we ate pizza in the living room and watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I know. It doesn't sound that exciting. But it was. John was super excited to see all the characters that we have read about come to life. He jumped on the couch when he was excited and hid his face when he was scared. It was amazing watching him enjoy the movie and remember parts from the book. My favorite was when he questioned why they would have to cut parts of the book out of the movie. Perfect night. 

Harry Potter

A few weeks ago, I started reading John "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." I did the same thing last year. But he really didn't really get into it. And it was hard to keep his attention. So I started reading it again. He loves it. He remembers what I read about and questions everything. Daddy asks every night about what we read. And John will give him a little synopsis. "He played quiddich and he caught the ball in his mouth! And he didn't fall!" "They had a dragon and they had to give it away!" "They had to go in the FORBIDDEN forest. And there was something drinking unicorn blood. And you know what? That's no good. You only get half a life!"

Last night, we finished the book. He told me "Harry Potter, the boy who lived twice! Two times he beat you-know-who!" I told him that there are movies of each book and that when we finish reading a book we can watch the movie. He is looking forward to seeing the movie, but he was very excited to start the second book tonight. I am very excited that he enjoys our special time together reading one of my favorite books.