Magically 11

Eleven. Harry Potters 11th birthday is a pivotal moment where he learns he’s a wizard and receives his Hogwarts acceptance letter. Arabella decided to have a Harry Potter themed birthday… and she wanted to invite friends! We printed a letter similar to the one above and sent it to her friends. It was on beautiful award paper and sealed with a wax seal. She was able to invite 10 friends. She invited: Korina, Lexi, Amira, Arya, Sethanne, Bella, Jacqueline, Alice, and a couple of other friends from GS. 6 of them showed up! We didn’t get a photo of all of them together… I’m not sure how I missed that but we did get a photo of most of them.

But let’s back it up a bit. On the night of the 26th I had soooooo much to do. So much decorating and prep work went into this. Cleaning, decorating, crafting, etc. In no means was it professional but I had so much to do and I hope that it made her feel as special as she is. I stayed up until 4AM decorating. Thank heavens I had help because I could not do it on my own. The backdrop kept wanting to tear and was such a mess but we finally got it to work. By 3 am when I was stringing the letters my fingers were so tired and I kept dropping them but I finished and I was pretty proud of the outcome.

On the 27th we had her family birthday. JJ came and brought her a whole pack of magic feathers. The cousins came and gave her a bunch of cool goodies. We had pizza and ice-cream cake with her face on it. She seemed to have fun. Then on the 28th was her party with all of her friends. They sort of watched the movie but they mostly just ran around like crazy pre-teens. Popcorn was everywhere, they drank butterbeer out of tea cups, and probably ate more sweets than they should have.

Each kid was sent home with a wand, a small owl, a little calming potion, and any of the snacks that they wanted to take. I would say for her first party it was a hit. She did decide to be Ravenclaw for the day but insists that in her heart she is a Hufflepuff. I’m okay with that.

The whole Family took a sorting quiz and here is how it panned out:

Grammy: Ravenclaw

Grampy: Gryffindor

Daddy: Hufflepuff

Mommy: Ravenclaw

Arabella: Ravenclaw- but choose Hufflepuff

Elijah: Skewed his quiz so he could be Slytherin

The two littles… are undecided.

Eleven!!! How is she eleven you ask?!? I don’t know. It just happened. I remember when she was just a tiny squishy who loved dancing and dressing up and wanting to hold my hand. Now she’s into makeup, books, and trying to watch random people make things on youtube. She still wants to cook when she grows up. Her favorite color is still pink. But she has such a strong and beautiful personality that really shows how grown she has become. Hold on world… she is going to be a force to be reckoned with. She truly is little but fierce. Smart and kind and strong. AND… now she steals my clothes that I wore when I was in my late teens/ early twenties. HAHAH! How has this happened?!