Menu Plan Monday: May 5th Edition

Monday: Honey and Herb Chicken (prepared at Dream Dinners)

Tuesday: One pan chicken and potato bake

Wednesday: Frozen Pizza

Thursday: Beef Noodle Bowls

Friday: Meatball Subs

Saturday: Dinner from Out

Sunday: Cider Braised Pork Chops (prepared at Dream Dinners)

Now that's what I call a meal time prayer!

Three year old Molly often loudly demands pesters requests that we say a Hail Mary (or rather a "Holy Mary" as she calls it) after we have already prayed before meals.

To appease her, we will often do just that then. And really -- what harm is there in saying a Hail Mary, right?

Tonight, just her and I said it, and I kept stopping before the last word or so, and waited for her to fill it in. She was really doing a great job. And, then I said,

Pray for us...

dinners

Now, and at the hour of our...

desks. Amen. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Eric turned to me and said, "Well, at least we know why she thinks we should say a Hail Mary before meals." You know...because we're asking Mary to pray for our dinners and all.

Winner of $20 Amazon.com Card and Autumn Daisy Studio Pick Your Own Prize

I am SO sorry that I haven't had a chance to pick the winners before now for this drawing! It ended while I was out of town, and then this week had an extra emotional CRHP (Christ Renews His Parish) Discernment meeting that later involved it seeming like I was emailing with tons of people, as well as a few extended phone conversations, as well as Eric having surgery yesterday morning. Whew!

Anyway...so, here ya go!

I used Random.org to pick my numbers for me. I picked the Amazon.com winner first, and then the pick your own prize from my Etsy shop second.

The Winner of the Amazon.com $20 gift certificate is:

Comment #210 -- Frances from Loving and Serving

The Winner of the Pick Your Own Prize (in stock items only) from The Autumn Daisy Studio is:

Comment #12 -- M.A. from Houndstooth and Nail

Congratulations!

And, thanks so much to everyone that visited during the contest! I didn't get a chance to visit blogs of those that visited, but I was SO interested when people left something interesting about themselves in their comment as I requested. I definitely know that I will be going back and visiting some blogs!

13 Paperback Children's Books that I Randomly Pulled Off the Shelf (Thursday Thirteen #11)

13 Paperback Children's Books that I Randomly Pulled Off the ShelfWe have tons of kids books, so I just walked over the shelf and grabbed a handful. I ended up with 15 from my random grab, but one wasn't really a kids book, but an activity book, and since there were two Dora books, I just got rid of one. So, here is what I grabbed:Quick note first...yes, they are all associate links to Amazon. But, I really just wanted a handy way to have the pictures and allow for anyone to read reviews. So, no pressure to buy anything!

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