Ruby was at her tenth birthday party, discussing the merits of favorite books with her two best friends, when I overheard this mind-blowing conversation. Girl 1: Harry Potter is the best series of all time. No book is better than Harry Potter. Girl 2: I am Malala is better. Girl 1: That’s crazy, Harry […]
Category Archives: Harry Potter
Beauty and the Beast is Just the Latest Disney Movie Christians Should Boycott
I don’t know if you have heard the news, but the new live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast is featuring a gay character. Of course Christians around the country are planning to boycott, with one theater already reportedly refusing to show the film. Because it’s not just that the movie features a “sin,” but it […]
The Night Voices
Edward was creeping down the stairs again as I tried to finish reading Ruby her story. My wife took the turn this time and brought him back upstairs as I continued with Harry Potter. It was unusual for Edward to be out of bed; we had won a long and hard bedtime routine battle and […]
Twelve Adventures: #9 – L’International des Feux Loto-Québec (FIREWORKS!)
When I was 19 years old, I accidentally stumbled into the L’International des Feux Loto-Québec, ruining fireworks for me for the next decade at least, and I have been trying to find my way back ever since. This past weekend, as millions of drunk idiots expressed their love of the United States of America by trying […]
The Harry Potter Arms Race: A Cold War of 3rd Grade Proportions
A short while ago I wrote a post about when to introduce your child to Harry Potter. The early books are so light and fun (comparatively), but the later books get very dark, very quickly. So we had this great idea of starting them with my daughter when she was almost 9, and then reading […]
The Tragedy of Unfulfilled Potential and Unmet Expectations
I was very sad when I found out that Alan Rickman had died. Just days after we all publicly mourned David Bowie, suddenly we were faced with the loss of yet another of our beloved cultural icons. I was sad for selfish reasons, as we always are, because now I would never see him in […]
The Age-Old Harry Potter Timeline Question
Since the dawn of recorded history, parents have been asking the same questions over and over again. No matter how many books are written or advices given, it seems that there can never be a true answer to these queries that will have parents awake in bed until the wee hours of the morning. “What […]
50 Things Only 10-sies Kids Can Understand
Signs that you were raised in the greatest generation, with a childhood from 2010-2019! Suck it, children of the 20’s! 1) That Sofia the First had the best theme song of all time (sorry, Doc McStuffins)! 2) Frozen is the greatest movie in the history of cinema. 3) Marvel only came out with two or three movies a […]
Hogwarts Party Crashing
When I found out that one of the kids from my church was turning ten today, I was very excited. Ten is a very exciting birthday. You get an extra digit! Ten is awesome! But I suppose I probably would have left well enough alone under normal circumstances. And then I found out that she […]