Kai and I have been reading Harry Potter at night for over two years. It is my Kai time. He is the middle child, and because of his super responsible personality, sometimes I feel like he gets less of my attention. Reading to him at night has been my attempt to keep close and make sure his needs are being met. Plus, I just really enjoy it.
Because we finished all the books, I gave him a trip to California for Christmas! We invited Sadie along for the ride since she is a huge Harry Potter fan, and I felt more comfortable and another adult:)
We LOVED Harry Potter Land!
Butterbeer was everything we had ever imagined!
The wand sorting presentation was magical. They pick one kid from the audience to be chosen for a wand and Kai wanted to be chosen so badly. I even said a prayer he would be chosen and ran and bought him a shirt because he said he probably would have a better chance if he was wearing the slytherin shirt we saw....and he was chosen!
Highlight of the whole trip.
We spent two days at universal studios, Harry Potter Land was definitely the best part. We also spent one day visiting The Getty, which is an amazing art museum, and we went to Griffith Park and Observatory.
(rolling down the hill in the amazing gardens)
(lots of famous artwork-amazing!)
Griffith Observatory was another highlight.
It sits on top of the mountain and you can look out over LA. Quite the view!!
If you look off to one side you can see the HOLLYWOOD sign. Sadie and Kai thought that was fun to see, but the observatory was beautiful!
I watched a movie called LA LA LAND just before we came. The observatory and the park are in the movie, so it made it so much more fun to see.
We had a great time! I had to navigate a lot of new places and it was really good for me. We stayed in Dave's sisters' apartment while they were in Utah. So nice of them to let us use their house. It was a perfect location. Loved spending time with these two. Grateful for Dave, my mom and Dave's mom, who stayed with the other kids so we could come. Lots of effort went into making this trip happen for me. It was a great way to celebrate all our reading!!!
Now we need a new book!
