Plan Once, Eat All Month! Introducing Our Perpetual Meal Planner

Are you tired of sitting down every week trying to figure out what to feed your family? I know how overwhelming meal planning can become, especially when life gets busy!

Years ago, our family started using a simple system called perpetual meal planning, and it has made such a difference in our household. I’ve shared some of our original meal planners here on Pollywog’s Place over the years, but recently I decided ours needed a little updating.

So, I got creative and designed a brand-new Perpetual Meal Planner Printable Bundle, complete with charming hand-drawn elements, coordinating pages, and plenty of practical tools to help make mealtime easier!

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How to Trace God’s Promises This Advent: Introducing Our New Jesse Tree Family Devotional!

The Christmas season is often filled with bright lights, busy schedules, and long holiday to-do lists. In the middle of all the beautiful busyness, it can be easy for our hearts—and our children’s attention—to drift away from the true wonder of the season.

If you are looking for a simple, meaningful way to gather your family around the Word of God this year, I am so excited to share our brand-new digital resource with you: The Jesse Tree Advent Family Devotional & Printable Ornament Packet!

Free Sample Jesse Tree MINI Study Outline and Printable Ornament Templates at the end of this post!

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Cultivating a Heart That Overflows with Joy

Hey there, dear friends!

As we flip the calendar pages and our homeschool rooms fill with the familiar hum of textbooks, lessons, and busy schedules, it is so easy for our days to get crowded. If we aren’t careful, the daily grind can slowly turn our family’s conversations away from joy and head-first into a cycle of simple routine—or worse, a bit of daily grumbling.

I don’t want a home that just marks tasks off a checklist. I want a home where peace lives. That is why I am so incredibly excited to share our brand-new family project with you: The Abounding Heart: A 31-Day Family Devotional Journey.

This 31-day study is crafted explicitly for families with preteens and teens to help shift our focus off what the world says we lack, and place it firmly on the incredible wealth of God’s goodness. Divided into five weekly themes, each day provides a foundational King James Version verse, an intentional discussion question to spark real conversations with your older kids, a practical daily application task, and a brief family prayer to wrap up your time together.

To make sure these structural lessons really stick, we have also woven in traditional hymn suggestions for your morning basket and weekly hands-on object lessons using quick, ordinary household items (wait until you see The Filter Test and The Lemon Test!).

Our goal this month isn’t just a temporary attitude adjustment. It is to build a lifestyle where our faith is deeply rooted, so that thankfulness naturally overflows into everything we do.

Ready to start abounding in gratitude together? You can grab your copy of the study guide below to print out and slip straight into your family’s daily binder. Let’s cultivate hearts that overflow with His praise—one beautiful day at a time!

May GOD Bless You!

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A Shepherd’s Dinner Guide

Hi friends! 

As we prepare our hearts and homes for the winter season, I am always on the lookout for simple traditions that bring the accounts of Scripture to life for our children. If you are looking for a beautiful, low-stress way to experience the humility of the first Christmas night, I can’t wait for you to try hosting a Shepherd’s Dinner. We’ve done this for a couple of years and it is so amazing!

The idea is incredibly simple: you turn down the house lights, gather on the living room floor with your favorite cozy blankets, build a “campfire” out of fairy lights or candles, and share a rustic meal together. It is a beautiful way to step into the boots of the humble shepherds who were the very first to hear the good news of our Savior’s birth! 

Our First Shepherd’s Dinner

To help your family build this memory with ease, I have put together a complete Shepherd’s Dinner Guide as an optional bonus inside our new free study bundle. Here is a quick look at what I’ve prepped for you: 

  • A Simple Hostess Guide: Easy tips on setting a peaceful, candlelit field atmosphere on your floor. 
  • Wholesome Menu Ideas: Quick, finger-food concepts (pork and shellfish free!) to create an abundant “Vigil Board” or shepherd’s charcuterie platter. 
  • Interactive Discussion Script: Heartfelt questions to ask the kids while you eat, leading right into a cozy family reading of Luke 2. 
  • Printable Keepsakes: A beautiful printable invitation with blank fields to customize your night, plus a family reflection sheet to record your favorite memories! 
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Day 24 — Know When to Reach Out

Scripture — Romans 12:18 KJV

“If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.”

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