Harry Potter Village

Rockwell and I finished reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone!! He really enjoyed it. We went to the Harry Potter Village at South Towne Mall last week to celebrate reaching our goal. 

Katie and Kenzie met us there, which made it that much more fun. Rockwell adores Kenzie.

It was mostly just a souvenir shop, but they did have a little quidditch game you could play.

 

Luckily it wasn't busy at all when we were there. A wizard did a wand demonstration in Olivander's Shop, and that was really cool. He did a spell to turn on lights in the shop, then did a spell to turn on Christmas lights. He asked the kids to help with the last spell. They made it snow. It was awesome!

  

I bought a wand for Rockwell. He chose Voldemort's, and loves it! I am so proud of him for sticking with the goal we set and not complaining at all. That is a big book for a 7 year old!

  

On the way home he practiced casting the 'Lumos' spell and the 'Alohamora' spell with his new wand.  I would turn on the car lights and unlock the doors when he did them. I figured he knew what I was doing. Apparently he did not though! I dropped him off at Brig's to play on the way home, and got a message from Aubrey a few minutes later about how cool his wand is and that her kids love Harry Potter too. Then a few minutes later she texted again saying Rockwell was feeling pretty frustrated that his spells weren't working. Not my finest parenting moment, I guess. Whoops! Aubrey came up with a reason why they weren't working at her house though and he was fine after that. Haha!

Christmas Break

Our Christmas break was nice and relaxing this year. We spent a lot of time playing with the new toys. The weather was really warm and we were able to play outside a lot. I was glad the kids were able to get some time on their new gifts from Santa.

  

  

We took bikes and balls over to Paul's school on one of the colder days.

  

  

  

  

I took the kids to see Coco. It was a really cute movie!

Playing with Christmas Toys

We always have fun playing with all our new toys after Christmas. Damon loves his new play dough.

Tessa loved creating her fairy garden and watching it grow.

Rockwell has loved building rockets, helicopters, and giant bugs.

  

Damon loves using his drill to build colorful designs.

Tessa carries Cosmo around with her everywhere now.

Rockwell loved cracking open his geodes and using his magnifying glass to look at the crystals.

  

  

Tessa and Damon are adorable singing for us. Tessa introduced herself as Tessa and told us what song they were going to sing when they did their first show on Christmas Day. Once Tessa was finished with her intro, Damon held his microphone up and said, "Hi. I'm Damon Barth." I didn't realize Damon knew his last name, so he had me laughing pretty good. It was so cute!

Christmas with Marmie

We had our family party with the Barth-Robbins family on New Years Day. It was fun to see everyone again. We had a yummy lunch, played together, and opened more presents. 

  

All the kids loved playing with their new slime.

And Rockwell loved having a light saber fight with Uncle Matt!

It was a fun party that wore Damon right out. 

Christmas Day

We had a wonderful Christmas morning opening presents with our little family. Santa left a new bike upstairs for all the kids to share.

He left a skateboard for Rockwell and Tessa, and a motorcycle bike for Damon.

  

Everyone was excited with the gifts we got and had fun watching each other open them. We spent the morning playing together with all our new stuff.

  

  

  

  

We went to the Clark's that evening. It was a fun night with dinner, playing, and even more presents. I forgot to take a single picture that night, but luckily Grandma Clark had some to share with me.