It's no secret that I love Harry Potter. I wrote my senior thesis about Narnia and Harry Potter. I have so much respect for the message of HP, the literary genius of J. K. Rowling, and the cleverness of the plot. Goodness, my bff, Kat, and I talk about the books regularly. Like, we still debate parts of the stories and analyze characters (we are so cool and we know it, y'all). That's why we're friends.
It's also no secret that my family loves The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios (Islands of Adventure). It's wonderful. It's magical. It's such a happy place.
As this is Amiee's senior year, my mom masterminded a Brassart/Boston Boswell trip to visit Hogwarts for Amiee's Fall Break. Mom scored some major awesome deals, and we had the best of trips! We had fast passes, fantastic meals, and great family time. Claire was SUCH a good bear. She rolled right along with everything and charmed the crowds. We took turns carrying her in the Baby Bjorn, and she would actually take naps in it while we wandered around the park. We would just pull her little sun hat down over her eyes, and she would drop right off. And, little sidenote: Universal has some really nice nursing mothers rooms available. We were grateful for that.
One of our favorite things we did was eat breakfast at the Three Broomsticks restaurant in Hogsmeade. We've eaten at the restaurant several times, but we'd never had breakfast there. It was amazing! One of the best breakfasts. If you ever get the chance, you should definitely do breakfast at the Three Broomsticks. Mmm yummy.
We have several favorite rides around the parks (outside of the Harry Potter section), notably the Hulk, the Cat in the Hat, and Spiderman. This year, we rode the Revenge of the Mummy for the first time and thought it was a fun little ride. We also rode the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit...and Daddy's lanyard with all of his passes/meal cards flew out of his pocket, from underneath the harness, snapped apart, and was lost. Seriously? Yes. It took a little bit [read: lots] of work and encounters with some less competent followed by very helpful and kind customer support folks to get it all worked out, but we eventually got everything back.
On our last day, Amiee had a bit of excitement at lunch. However, you'll need to ask her about it. :)
We had just the best time. I'm so thankful that we had the chance to all go together! Thanks, Mom and Dad! BEST VACATION EVER!
We are such adventurers.
Seuss Landing is one of our favorite parts of the park!
Amiee, posing with the Lorax.
Bear, pre-carousel ride.
Carousel! (she was happy...I promise)
Welcome to Hogsmeade. Oh, Hogsmeade...we love you.
Yay!
Hogwarts
Group shot. Please ignore my awkward shorts. I was Post-Pregnancy Awkward Clothes Girl.
Photo shoot! Please check out Bearsy's face.
"I'm tired of this hat."
All smiles.
Such a ham, isn't she? She's rockin' her "Katy's Krew" shirt in support of our friend, Katy Z, who battled a brain tumor this fall.
We all love Katy and are so thankful for her good recovery!
Sweet baby face, captured by Nana.
Hanging out in her stroller...this was shot through the leg hole of her high chair cover that we draped over her stroller. You do whatcha gotta do.
My favorite shot from the trip. Great job, Mom!
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