Harry Potter...The Last One

Last night Caleb went to a Harry Potter Party to celebrate the opening night of the last movie. And I am afraid this will be the last time my boy will play dress up as Harry:( 

Today Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is the last of the movie series to be released. I know its silly to be so sad about this but I cant help myself. See, my little {big } boy now, loves Harry Potter. He loved Harry from the moment we watched the very first movie The Sorcerer's stone together. That spawned us to be very freakishly loyal fans of the movies and when Caleb was old enough him and I began to read the books. Caleb loved Harry and the imaginative world that he lived in. Witches, wizards, goblins, magic, flying, potions, monsters, all of it created another world for Caleb to play in. And he did. ALL THE TIME. He was always wearing his little glasses and was known for using pencils or sticks as a wand. He was Harry Potter for 5 years in a row for Halloween! He would play countless hours of imaginative play time as Harry and Ron casting spells and fighting the evil Voldemort. As a mother, I grew to love this in my boy. Watching him play was just too cute. He would make the funniest faces and would seem so serious about it. He and I found a common interest to bind us forever. We read the books together, watched the movies together and were always talking about Harry and his adventures. The year that the third book was released into a movie, I took Caleb and Aubrie at the time was just a baby, back before you could buy tickets for the movie online, and we waited in line at the movie theaters at 6am until they began to sell tickets. Another year we went to a midnight release party at the local bookstore to get the new book which at the time was The Order of the Phoenix. I cannot tell you how many birthday parties we had that were Harry Potter themed! Harry Potter has become more of just books and movies to us, its a part of who we are now. I know that sounds so crazy but Caleb grew up with Harry. For the past 10 years its been a part of our lives. So today I am feeling sad to see this great story come to an end. I am so excited to see it and for me and my boy to experience the last one together.

My little "Harry". Caleb was three in this picture. The first time he was Harry Potter for Halloween.