Brandon and I were in college when Harry Potter first arrived on the scene. If I remember correctly the night 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' was released we had wandered over to the Fred Meyer just a few blocks from our houses for a midnight beer run. When we got there dozens and dozens of little kids were lined up around the store. "What is wrong with these people?" I said as we strolled by a line of kids with two cases of Busch Ice. Brandon shrugged. "Why are all these little kids out, in this town, at midnight?" A passer-by leaned over, "One of those Harry Potter books comes out tonight at midnight." I had no idea who or what a Harry Potter was. I couldn't of cared less really. All I wanted was the party to continue!
Fast forward to summer 2002, Brandon decides to read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. By this time our daughter is 6 months old and we figure since these books are still being released, and kids are still waiting in line at midnight to get them, it might be something we should know about. He started the book and could hardly put it down. It wasn't too long before we had all four that had been released. He was hooked and was urging me to join the fanfare. The 1st movie had just been released and he wanted me to know what he was talking about when he was speaking of the adventures Harry, Ron and Hermoine had. So I watched the movie, and it was pretty good. Then I decided to read the books. He was right. I couldn't put them down. I read all four in about 3 weeks.
Since then we were right there with the 9 year old fanatics desperately wanting the next book to be released. So of course we couldn't wait when Lilly, and later Logan, were old enough to be interested in these books. We've tried a few times, sadly barely making it past the first couple chapters before they lose interest and ask that we read something else. It's heartbreaking to these two 32 year olds who have read the books numerous times! But tonight.....tonight we told Logan to pick out a new chapter book for us to start reading at bedtime. To our surprise and delight he came down with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. "Let's read Harry Potter," he gleamed, "why haven't you guys read these to us before. We've only seen the movies." (Leave it to Logan to "forget" the past!)
And so, we read the first two chapters. The kids snuggled up, listened intently, and Logan drifted off at the last paragraph of chapter 2. We are so happy! Brandon and I both share a love for reading and having our kids get interested in a book series we love is fantastic. Yay us!
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