Actually it only happens once, and we are planning to make a proper big deal of it.
So we have spent the better part of the last two weeks putting much of our energies into creating a fabulously magical birthday party for my sweet girl's eleventh.
Any proper Harry Potter fan will already know that the eleventh birthday is a big deal; the age at which a young witch or wizard will receive their letter of acceptance into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
This could so easily get way out of hand- between my obsessive compulsive tendencies, my genetic predisposition to over-doing things (especially decorating), my secret desire to be a party planner, my tendency to get lost in fantasy worlds, my own love of (and desire to believe in) Harry Potter and Hogwarts, family and friends coming in from out of state just to celebrate with us, and a strong desire to make this a truly magical day for my daughter as she gets her (surprise) letter from Hogwarts, (along with a ticket to The Magical World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios at start of term this fall)- needless to say, I am having a hard time finding a boundary here between having a birthday party and recreating every detail ever mentioned in seven Harry Potter books!
I mean, is there really a difference?
Somebody please say no!?!
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