Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to Friday Favorites & link-up. (Note, next month I’ll be doing Friday Favorites on the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month.) I’m glad you could join me! Here are this week’s favorites. 🙂

Since I have seven faves, I’m also linking up with Kelly for 7 Quick Takes.

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This Week’s Fave Body Wash for Guys/Boys

Everyone soap

When Brian first got cancer years back, we switched from our traditional soaps to brands that were phthalate free and plant based. Brian didn’t want anything too flowery smelling so I got him the Everyone Soap for Every Man in the cedar and citrus fragrance. He loved it and since it can be used as body wash and shampoo, it’s one less product I have to buy. Personally, I love the way he smells. 😉 Plus, now that the boys are getting older (and let’s face it, smelling of stronger boy sweat) I’m ready to switch them over to the soap as well.

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This Week’s Fave Catholic/Christian (& Pop Culture) Books for Kids

I love books that engage kids with something fun that they love (ie Legos and Minecraft) and teach them something valuable at the same time. I bought these two books for my boys (ages 11, 9 & 7) and they love them. I love that they are learning about God and their faith.

Catechism of the Seven Sacraments (Lego Style) by Mary O’Neill Kevin O’Neill

Back of Book Description:

Join your friendly guides Fulton and Cynthia on a biblical adventure as they journey from creation to salvation and discover the importance of God’s sanctifying grace. Set in a vivid comic-book format with stunning photographs, this book makes profound theological concepts accessible to both the Catholic and the curious, the child and the adult. Following Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s teachings on Covenant Theology, this book sheds light on the parallels between the Old Testament and the New Testament and the sacraments instituted by Christ that we experience today. Readers will develop a deeper understanding of salvation history, discover how to participate in God’s covenant, and learn how to obtain grace through the sacraments, which are essential on our lifelong journey to the Eternal Promised Land.

A Peek Inside:

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The Unofficial Holy Bible for Minecrafters: A Children’s Guide to the Old and New Testament by Garrett Romines & Christopher Miko

Back of Book Description:

Minecraft has swept the world by storm. More than one hundred million games have been sold. Parents of children who play Minecraft will love this fun, educational collection of Bible stories. With the world of Minecraft as a backdrop using vivid, full-color screenshots, children will experience the Bible as never before. Authors Garrett Romines and Christopher Miko are teachers who have used Minecraft to create imaginative worlds in their classrooms. Now, they have created Bible stories with virtual blocks to produce vibrant, 3-D worlds filled with adventure and astonishing imagination. With fascinating scripture and narrative simplified to teach young readers, this is the perfect gift. The images created are not only of magnificent, vast terrains often found in Minecraft but also feature artfully re-created Bible characters, such as Adam and Eve, and superb designs of the pyramids and Noah’s ark. A range of biblical characters such as Jesus and Pharaoh are offered in fun, colorful scenes kids will treasure. Engaging stories including the Tower of Babel and the story of Abram and Lot, to name a few, are here. With over 470 images, young readers will explore the story of creation, the journey of Abraham, David and Goliath, Moses’s great journey, the birth of Jesus, the Last Supper, and many more stories! The Unofficial Holy Bible for Minecrafters makes the Bible more entertaining, engaging, and accessible for children than ever!

A Peek Inside:

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This Week’s Fave Quiet Time Activity

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Letter Writing

I have always loved writing and receiving snail mail but seriously, who’s got the time? However, I just finished reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which I loved, and the entire book is a collection of letters and correspondence. It stirred up such a longing to write a letter that I dusted off a few old pen pal addresses and wrote some letters and notes.

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This Week’s Fave Back to School Activity

School Supply Shopping

I always loved back to school shopping as a kid and that love has never gone away. I took the kids to get their supplies and is it just me or do those lists get longer every year?! We’ll be eating all the meals in our freezer to help pay for it. It probably didn’t help that I had a few back to school purchases as well. (I knew I should have stayed away from that Staples clearance shelf.) As for the movie, I mostly do digitals but I got the Blu-ray since A Quiet Place was one of my top faves of 2018. And the dark chocolate? No explanation needed.

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This Week’s Fave Local Find

Sharp Corners Sports Card Shop

My 11 year old has been collecting football cards for a couple years. He kept asking me if they had any card shops and I told him I didn’t think they had sport card shops anymore, except in the larger cities like LA or San Francisco. I was curious and googled it and was surprised to find out there was a card shop right here in Monterey. We visited the shop and the owner was really friendly and loved to chat. He said there were only around 250 (I think that was the number) card shops left in the US. Luckily, he’s been in business for over 20 years and he knows his stuff. He asked Andrew who his favorite teams were (the Packers and the Chargers) and he helped him find the cards he was looking for and gave him advice about how to buy the best packs. Andrew was ecstatic and that made my mama heart very happy. 🙂

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This Week’s Fave Youtube Video

Evolution of Dance

This video is old but the boys and I can’t stop watching it. They loved the dancing and want to try a few moves.

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This Week’s Fave Giveaway

Planner Goodies Birthday Box

I love giveaways and I love planner goodies so I thought I’d remind you that there is one week left to enter the Birthday Box Giveaway! Good luck!

Okay, that’s it for now!

Those are my favorites of the week! What have you been enjoying?

Have a great weekend!

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