Holidays – Page 17 – Pollywog's Place Blog

Special Holiday Meals: St. Nicholas Day Menu & Traditions

Published on November 22, 2025December 20, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog2 Comments

We try to take off from our regular homeschooling for the Advent season, and this is one of those fun things we do to get everyone into the Christmas Spirit. We will also have some studies about St. Nicholas and maybe do a few fun crafts as well. We also like to put our Christmas Tree up on this day as well!

Special Winter Meals with Recipe Links

ST. NICHOLAS DAY FEAST

BREAKFAST:

Santa Pancakes or HERE

Scrambled Eggs, Bacon or Sausage

OJ or Hot Cocoa

DINNER/FEAST

St. Nicolas du Pelem Pork with Mustard & Apples, Veggies, Soup,
Cheese platter, Garlic Bread, Fruitcake
Black Forest ‘Good Works’ Cake
Punch, Eggnog

ST. NICHOLAS DAY FEAST Download

Light of the World Advent Study: A Family Journey Through Scripture, Nature, and Worship

Published on November 21, 2025December 2, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog7 Comments

Hey friends! I know I’m cutting it close with this, but I’ve worked hard to get this finished before the Thanksgiving holiday, so we would have it ready for the start of ADVENT. It has been a labor of LOVE, and I am so thankful to be able to share this with you.

I have put together this Advent Study to use for our homeschool during the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. We always try to do some sort of Advent Study, and I wanted to try to put one together… I did just that, and I think it’s going to be AMAZING!

This study can be as simple as like, but we have included:

Scripture & Bible Study

Integrated Learning with lessons:

Language Arts
Math
History
Science/Nature
Hymns
Art
Preschool Activities

Family Activities, Reflections, and Prayers

Without further ado, I will post the links to all the parts… I did break this down into weekly units, covers, and a study guide to make it easier for me to save them on the computer and upload… Hopefully, this helps with the download part on your end. We will try to post links and resources as we go through the study so that you can follow along, if you like. The only thing is that you will truly need to FOLLOW the blog to be able to see these posts!

Post Links and Resources:

Light of the World Advent Study

Continue reading →

Easy Sticky Buns

Published on November 19, 2025October 5, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

Who doesn’t love a good breakfast pastry? Cinnamon Rolls are usually the hands-down winner around here, but this is a way to take them up a notch… if that’s possible. I use one of my cinnamon roll recipes and just add a couple of extra ingredients and another step or two to elevate them to a new level of mouthwatering!

Our favorite recipes can be found here:

Sourdough Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

Everyone’s Favorite Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

Note: You probably won’t need to make the glaze for your rolls!

Continue reading →