Harry Potter Party

It's been a really relaxed, low-key summer so far due to my ankle injury - makes it really hard to go anywhere.  So, while I've been recuperating, I've tried to think of fun things to do with the kids at home.

Thanks to Pinterest, I found the idea of having a themed movie night.

This morning, the kids found the following invitation posted on the wall:

I pulled out a few Halloween decorations for the dining room (I contemplated rigging up a bunch of floating candles from the ceiling but this is a low-key summer, remember?)

Then, I asked them to put on any Harry Potter clothes they could find and come for our feast/supper.

Our menu consisted of:

Shepherd's Pie

Butterbeer

Pumpkin Cakes

with a dessert of

Knickerbocker Glory

I had a slight problem with the butterbeer:  When I tried to stir the softened vanilla ice cream into the cream soda, I had a volcanic eruption.

But it was delicious, once it settled down.

Before we began our meal, we had a sorting ceremony and everyone got sorted into their Houses.  Shae and Maira went to Ravenclaw, Connor to Gryffindor, Hudson to Hufflepuff and I got left with Slytherin.

Maira brought her Pygmy Puff to the table with her.

Hudson brought his Norbert the baby dragon to the table with him.

Shae wore her Hogwarts shirt and Harry Potter glasses:

Here we are enjoying our Knickerbocker Glories.  This is a layered dessert with pudding, jello, ice cream, raspberries and blueberries.

After our feast, we settled down in the living room to watch the first Harry Potter movie.  Hudson and Maira hadn't seen it before.  They really liked it and they just had to cover their eyes for the Voldemort scene at the end...Hopefully there won't be any nightmares tonight!