We Have a Harry Potter Convert
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przedUp until this week, Ros has shown absolutely no interest in Harry Potter. Her daycare teacher has been reading them the first book, and she's made a point of telling me she goes off and does something else in the room so she doesn't have to pay attention to it.
That changed this week, when we had this conversation.
Ros: Mommy, do you like Harry Potter?
Me: Not really. Do you?
Ros: No.
She then launched into a detailed description of the first book. A really, really detailed description. Which was occasionally interrupted by me.
Me: Are you sure you don't like Harry Potter?
Ros: No, I don't. And do you know how Harry got on the Quidditch team?
By the next day she was quizzing the Sweetie on Harry Potter trivia and admitting that maybe she liked Harry Potter. The day after that she was sure she likes Mr. Potter and wants to read the first book at home because they're reading it too slowly at daycare. And a day after that she agreed to give the first movie a try once she'd read the book.
So it looks like we'll be visiting the Harry Potter set in London. And when we mentioned the Harry Potter theme park in Florida Ros was miffed.
Ros: Why didn't you tell me about the park when we were in Florida?
Me: Because you told us you didn't like Harry Potter when we were in Florida.
I'm not fond of the Hogswarts crew myself (except Hermione!) but I have to admit I'm a little bit pleased that Ros is showing a budding fannish interest in a fannish text.
So, does anyone know how much time one should allow for a visit to the Harry Potter sets?
That changed this week, when we had this conversation.
Ros: Mommy, do you like Harry Potter?
Me: Not really. Do you?
Ros: No.
She then launched into a detailed description of the first book. A really, really detailed description. Which was occasionally interrupted by me.
Me: Are you sure you don't like Harry Potter?
Ros: No, I don't. And do you know how Harry got on the Quidditch team?
By the next day she was quizzing the Sweetie on Harry Potter trivia and admitting that maybe she liked Harry Potter. The day after that she was sure she likes Mr. Potter and wants to read the first book at home because they're reading it too slowly at daycare. And a day after that she agreed to give the first movie a try once she'd read the book.
So it looks like we'll be visiting the Harry Potter set in London. And when we mentioned the Harry Potter theme park in Florida Ros was miffed.
Ros: Why didn't you tell me about the park when we were in Florida?
Me: Because you told us you didn't like Harry Potter when we were in Florida.
I'm not fond of the Hogswarts crew myself (except Hermione!) but I have to admit I'm a little bit pleased that Ros is showing a budding fannish interest in a fannish text.
So, does anyone know how much time one should allow for a visit to the Harry Potter sets?
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Date: 2015-02-03 01:43 pm (UTC)I think I've been lost in that same area! Sally and I were mucking about looking for Top Gear Stig pens on the Strand, as you do, and then I broke off to go to a War Horse performance at the New London theatre. I'd forgotten my A to Z that day, and I'd never been to that theatre before because it had been playing Starlight Express for eons and I had no interest in that, and before I knew it I was hopelessly lost. I finally resorted to taking a black cab, and it turned out I was only two blocks away. The cabbie took me for free, I'm sure because I looked a bedraggled, frustrated mess by that point. I shall keep my eye out for a robe shop next time I'm in the area, this time with my A to Z. ;-)