Hogwarts Adoption

Harry Potter, First Day Jitters, and…me?

Hi Everybody! My name is Betsy and I met the Finks back in college (when Darren was the only Fink). I have been following them and their journey with their precious children through social media, and ...

Chapter 11 – I’m nervous. Here’s how to help me – Kids’ Discussion

Harry Potter Gets Nervous with Game Day Jitters Wow. We finally got to read about a Quidditch match. I know that the kids in our house either want to be seekers or chasers. I personally would love to ...

Chapter 8 – Parent Discussion – A talk about behaviors

Chapter 8 is the introduction of two polar opposites in Harry Potter’s life – Professor Snape and Hagrid. The differences in moods are so obvious in the chapter that even the youngest of m...

Chapter 7 – Kid Discussion – The First Night is the Scariest.

Well we have finally made it inside Hogwarts and are ready to see what house Harry is sorted into. If you are like our family, we knew that Harry would not be sorted into Slytherin the whole time. We ...

Chapter 6 – Parent Discussion – Have Fun With Your Friends.

In Chapter 6 of The Sorcerer’s Stone we are finally getting to see Harry off to Hogwarts and away from his dreadful life at the Dursleys’ home. This section again fills the senses with del...

Chapter 6 – Kid Discussion – Who should you be friends with?

  Harry is finally going to Hogwarts and getting to eat as much candy as he wants. I have to admit that I want to try a pumpkin pasty. One thing that our whole family agrees on is that Bertie Bot...

Chapter 5 – Parent Discussion – You’re beautiful- that’s for sure.

If you have already read the Chapter 5 – Kid Discussion, you know that our family saw this as a thrilling chapter. It’s the complete opposite of the paranoid-filled and fearful first four ...

Name the Transfiguring Adoption Owl

Help Us Name Our “Transfiguring Adoption” Owl: Our adoptive family is having so much fun creating discussion blogs for other foster/adoptive families. However, we have so much to do with w...

Chapter 5 – Kid Discussion – What Makes You So Special Anyways?

Diagon Alley. I don’t think that I have met anyone that has read The Sorcerer’s Stone that didn’t want to walk through the magical archway behind the Leaky Cauldron and enter this ma...