Practice Feast

Just to be sure that the night of the Great Hall Feast would go as planned, family rehearsed the dinner tonight. Starring grilled pork chops (shown here before the grilling), menu items came straight from the books. Lucky us to be here for the sampling!

HP Takeover

The Great Hall of Hogwarts has banners for all four houses and portraits of staff members. The brick wall is up and ready for students to enter the train platform beneath the sign. The quiz sheets for sorting new students into houses wait for answers to determine futures. Even though the party is two weeks away, the fun is in full swing.

Sunday Brunch

For all our work transforming the house from Christmas to Hogwarts, we celebrated with brunch at the family's club. For beverage, daughter highly recommends the bloody Mary made table-side; granddaughters tout the hot chocolate with double whipped cream. Then the five of us managed to sample every offering on the buffet tables.

Before we left, granddaughters renewed their acquaintance with a nutcracker they call Bob.

Somehow we must work off this meal to be ready for the practice Hogwarts feast tonight. Impossible! I hope to substitute romaine for whatever is on the menu.

Sunday Church

Ready for church, granddaughters quietly occupied themselves with iPad and Kindle. Their Cherub Choir sang a two-song medley at church this morning as the featured music. First graders stand in first row and third graders on third row. I'm counting on you readers to find our girls.

Still Saturday

After a filling lunch of Minn-Mex (not that different from Tex-Mex), we continued weekend fun. I knew my procrastination period was about to end and my brick wall assignment would soon commandeer my day.

Younger granddaughter dressed up for a friend's birthday party having a Justin Bieber theme. Not a fan of his, she came home claiming the party had way too much of his music.

Older granddaughter took advantage of a quiet house and spent time reading but also taking a few breaks to supervise my project. I learned that bricks must have some uniformity but not too much, be dark and heavy looking but not too much, have some texture but not too much, etc.

I had the basement to myself (except when quality control supervisors came down to check), worked on the brick wall until finished, and then came upstairs to reward myself with adult beverages. All who viewed my handiwork proclaimed it as genius art, and I graciously accepted the praise. Tomorrow is certain to produce more decor and accessories to transform the house into the world of Harry Potter.