Hogsmeade!

All of the rooftops are covered in snow. Daddy thinks they did that partially to make you think it's not actually quite as hot as it really is...

Sometimes it even has real smoke coming out of it.

We all took turns posing in front of various shop fronts (most of the shops are for show/you can't go it). This is my interpretation of an owl.

Mom's excited about quills and parchment.

Amiee's wanting Hermione's Yule Ball dress.

Daddy's mulling over all of the books in Tomes and Scrolls.

Brad's wishing he was a Seeker. He hasn't quite come to terms with the fact that I'm the Seeker. He can be anything else he wants on the team except Seeker.

Paying for lunch at the Three Broomsticks. It is GOOD food, too. Not your typical amusement park fare. The ribs are particularly excellent.

This was lunch. There was a LOT of it...and this doesn't include the bowl of salad.

Brad decided to finish off the salad. It was too much work to put the last little bit onto his plate, so he just ate straight out of the bowl.

Trifles. Exceptionally yummy.

Lamp post at the bottom of the "Dragon Challenge" ride.

Lamp post near Hagrid's cabin.

Ollivander! They do a little show inside of his wand shop.

Mom with McGonagall's wand...

Dad with Dumbledore's...he wanted the elder wand for some reason...

Me with Hermione's...

Amiee with Luna's (Luna's her favorite)...

and Brad with Sirius'. He took his pose very seriously.

Brad's first experience with Butterbeer.

I caught him doing this a few minutes later. I think he liked it.

Gilderoy Lockhart's "Travels with Trolls"

The "Monster Book of Monsters." It would occasionally snap. Yikes!

There's more to come! We took lots of pictures. Kat, I wanted to make sure you had a good sampling of what's available before our trip in the future. :)