Our UU church did Quidditch as well. We used a big jingle bell for the Snitch, and an adult would throw it into the field while the kids were playing. It was a lot of fun! I’m not sure how you could keep the Snitch moving. I keep picturing it on the end of a fishing line, getting cast out into the game (like fly fishing), but I’m afraid the string would be too big a hazard.

Jen–More wonderful ideas!!!! Thank you!

There are some good harry potter recipes out there to try too. Dragon snot was a particular favorite of my kids (lime sherbet and 7-Up). It was amazingly easy to come up with fun activities for the various classes once we got in the groove. Have fun with it!

Jen

Mattman, I really love B&W movies too! The more romantic the better. Could it be we have found yet another thing in common??

Okay, so tonight we were watching the Colbert Report and Blake and Aiden walked in just as one of his comedians yelled something like, “You don’t have any balls!”

Blake asked, “What did he say?”

My husband answered, “Nothing.”

And Aiden yelled out, “Balls!”

Yes, at three years old, balls is a word Aiden is very familiar with.

As for context, someone told Blake last year that antidisestablishmentarianism is the longest word in the dictionary. That so impressed him (he’s a word-dude, has always been a word-dude since before he was a year old) that he immediately learned its spelling and meaning and then begged his second grade teacher to give it to him as a spelling word (she individualized their spelling words to meet their own levels). She refused for a while but finally gave in. He’s been obsessed with the word ever since and uses it whenever possible.

Essential reading for the culturally literate! JKR is brilliant.

ps - you have to give us context for: antidisestablishmentarianism