A Volunteer Saturday

Many Hands Make Easy Work

Oh. My. Goodness!  I can't believe it is June 30!!  Time just flies by!  And it looks like we had one post on May 1 and now one on June 30.  Yikes!  And my volunteer Saturday actually happened before Easter.  😲

Back on April 2 Little Zion hosted a volunteer event partnered with Caring for Friends to pack 500 snack bags.  While waiting for the truck and our guide to arrive we started another project...filling Easter eggs.

Once the truck arrived, we set up the lines, opening the boxes of snack supplies.

Then I helped Xyra.  She was the runner to keep the supplies up and the lines moving.  The team worked so well we packed all 500 bags in an hour!  There weren't a lot of us either; only about 20.

Check out this pile of cardboard!  The contents of all these boxes are bagged up and will be given to 500 people so they have healthy snacks to help them through the day or week.

We took all the cardboard home and put in the recycling bin.  

It was a great day!  Do you like to volunteer?  What kinds of things do you do to help others?

Thank you for stopping.  Your continued support means a lot to us during these blogging lulls.  

Warmest wishes!  Stay safe and well!

Mini Adventure #25

Crafting with Lady Vanyer and Lady Webby!

The Newest Mini of the Family Explores Three Rooms

Hi!  I'm Kamini.  I stowed along as Xyra went crafting with Lady Webby under the guidance and tutelage of Lady Vanyer.  Lady Vanyer gifted each a blank room for their birthdays.

This was Xyra's from the beginning of the session. 

I helped hang a photo.

Lady Webby finished her room.  It is so very cozy!   

She said it's not quite finished; it needs a lot of books.

Lady Vanyer is working on a kitchen.

And Xyra, she's making a home office.

Some tweaking was done when we got home.

Which is your favorite?

Thank you for stopping by!  Come again soon!  Have a lovely day!

Easter 2022

Happy Easter!

April 17 we celebrated Easter.  Orthodox Easter was April 24.  There are five more Sundays in the Easter holiday!

I got to go to church with Xyra on April 17.

The church was so pretty

Loved the carnation cross!

Then when we got home, Mel and I played with Star and watched her with her first Easter basket. 

A fun day celebrating the resurrection.  Christ is risen!  Christ is risen indeed, alleluia!

Do you celebrate?  What did you do that day?  What is your favorite thing about Easter?

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a great day!

A Visit and Experience

Kaya Heads to the Franklin Institute

Harry Potter:  The Exhibition!

Oh. My. Gosh!  So much fun!  This was an awesome day!

As we made our way to the exhibit the ramp was decorated with Hogwarts banners!

Gringott's vault door.

The book that started it all.  Please note as this exhibit is traveling through the US they are displaying the US version of the first book not the UK version.  Kind of goofy, but better than having the HP non-book fans question the Philosopher's Stone.

This was cool.  We all had wristbands and when you tapped them to certain places it tracked your experience.  Here is Xyra on the Marauder's Map.

The portrait hall was cool.  They really moved!

Go go Gryffindor!

Hanging out in the great hall!

The classes were fun!

We successfully repotted our mandrakes.

Divination was a favorite!

What Xyra saw in the crystal made her smile, but she won't tell anyone what it was.

Intersting artifacts on the way to Hagrid's hut! 

Then it was off to Newt's case.

This is a bowtruckle tree.

Dumbledore's office

And the finale!

Ob-vi-ous-ly I won.  😁

If you're in Southeastern PA anytime between now and September 18, 2022; make The Franklin Institute and the Harry Potter Exhibition one of your stops.  The exhibit is outstanding and the rest of the institute is amazing as well.

Thank you for stopping by!  Come again soon!