Category: Pollywogs Place Homeschool

Embracing a Slower Pace: Simple Habits for a PEACEful Year

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Hey everyone, I hope you are all doing well. We are coming out of a cold spell here, and happy to see some warmer temperatures. We have not set any New Year’s resolutions as we want to develop some lasting habits and routines that help draw our family closer. We will continue to work on routines that we have established, while adding new ones slowly.

I have a lot of plans for our family, home, and blog this year, and I pray that GOD will lead me in a way that I can inspire others and help them to create some simple habits that lead to a peaceful year. We will be focusing more on intentional living, making rest more of a priority, and creating a more peaceful rhythm for our family.

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Top 10 Favorite Blog Posts of 2025

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I just wanted to take a moment to thank you all for your love and support. This year has been very challenging as we had an unexpected health crisis mid-year… right after we had torn our master bathroom out. This meant that went on the back burner, but we will be starting that in the next week or two as it is a NEED now more than ever. We had planned to make it handicap accessible for Shyanne, and we really need to make it happen ASAP.

We also welcomed a new grandbaby to the family this past FALL. We have spent the last two months just preparing our hearts and homes for this holiday season so we can make special memories for our families to look back on.

This year has been full of memories from our Biblical Feast Celebrations to the fun Hobbit Day Feast. We also held a Winnie the Pooh themed Baby Shower and our annual Polar Express... don’t forget St. Nicholas Day and our Bethlehem Dinner as well. I forgot to take pictures this year. We’ve also had quite the year with our garden and we started working on making new videos for our YouTube channel too.

We have also been blessed to have my mom visit with us as we haven’t seen her in quite some time. Our routines and schedules have changed quite a bit as we have added new people to our household, but we are steadily finding a new normal. We look forward to the coming year as some of the family plan to move closer which means we will get to see the little ones even more!

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Special Holiday Meals: January Edition

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This time of year seems to be a little busier for us, so I thought it might be helpful if I just got all my special meals and recipes gathered for the month. I checked the menu plan and have made a list of the holidays that we want to celebrate.

If you haven’t seen our Perpetual Meal Plans yet, then you really need to check them out, as they have all kinds of special and unique holidays listed. Now is the time to start making your bucket list for Fall things, if you haven’t already.

Special Winter Meals with Recipe Links

You can also check out our Holidays tab and the January Holidays post for even more ideas!

Don’t forget to add upcoming birthdays onto your Meal Plan!

Here are a couple of links that you might find helpful:

Grocery List

Blank Meal Planner

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St. Nicholas Day 2025

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Whew! This year is flying by at warp speed! I completely forgot to update you all about our St. Nicholas Day this year, but I did post a video on YouTube that I will post below.

We let the kids make their own Santa Pancakes with fresh fruit and whipped cream… yummy! We also had a few things in their stockings, as well as a few little candies. We read the book, ‘Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend.’ I will link it below.

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Delicious Maple Syrup Recipes for Cozy Winter Days

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Maple syrup is just one of those things that reminds me of the snowy winters in Pennsylvania… makes me a little homesick. I can remember going on an overnight field trip, and we got to tap some Maple Trees… then we had a big breakfast of pancakes and syrup that they had made beforehand… it was so good!

I sure don’t miss the cold, but I do miss the syrup, so I have to get some every so often and make good use of it. I like it on my pancakes and French Toast, but the kids like it more when it is used as a flavoring. We also like to use it to sweeten our coffee!

Here are some of our favorite recipes:

Maple Glazed Brussels Sprouts

Creamy Maple Frosting printable recipe

Smoky Maple Walnuts

Sourdough Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Crockpot Pumpkin Butter

Easy Chia Pudding

Do you have any favorite recipes using Maple Syrup?