Quidditch In The Park

Yesterday Eric and I spent some time downtown. The weather was beautiful, so we walked around quite a bit. As we passed through The Common, Eric spotted a Quidditch game. A. Quidditch. Game. What great fortune! In case you're living under a rock, Quidditch is a made-up game from the Harry Potter series that's played while flying on broomsticks. These days there are leagues and they play competitively. On broomsticks. On the ground. You better believe I took pictures.

Unfortunately, we couldn't hang around long enough to see the snitch in action. I wish we could have though, because I've heard that sometimes they glue a yellow ping pong ball to a cross country runner and try to catch him. I would have loved to have seen that. Click here to see a video about the sport (via @evolution20).

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Just Hangin' Around

On Sunday we went to the Museum of Science. I love that place; the exhibit explanations are informative and most are interactive in some way. Plus, there are kids everywhere (and they're hilarious). It's a fun way to spend a Sunday.

We went to check out the Harry Potter exhibit, but of course we spent time in the rest of the museum as well. The Harry Potter exhibit is about the movies and it is pretty cool. I think the best part was seeing the costumes up close and personal. I really wanted to wear some of them! The details are so impressive. Really gorgeous. Photography wasn't allowed, which is why you're looking at a picture of a bat instead of Dumbledore's robes or Hermione's ball gown.