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Ultimate Holiday Planning: A 12 Week Strategy

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Here are some posts that I put together last year about Getting Ready for the Holidays, maybe they can help you have a less stressful holiday season this year. I will update posts as I change things but they may give you a starting point.

You can also print out the Event Planning Guide or the Planning Notebook under the Printable Library Tab to help you get started with your plans!

Getting Ready for the Holidays Weeks 1 & 2

Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 3

Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 4

Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 5 – The Week Before Thanksgiving

Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 6 – The Week of Thanksgiving

Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 7 – The Week After Thanksgiving

Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 8 – 3 Weeks Before Christmas (St. Nicholas Day)

Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 9 – 2 Weeks Before Christmas (Polar Express)

Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 10 – Week Before Christmas

Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 11 – Week of Christmas

Getting Ready for the Holidays Week 12 – Week after Christmas (New Year’s Day)

You may also find a printable grocery list handy:

Weekly Meal Planning and Grocery List Printable

Special Fall Meals and Recipe Links

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I just realized that I never made a post for the special summer meals and recipe links but here is the one for Fall… I do believe that a lot of the recipes were on the blog but this just makes them easier to find.

If you haven’t checked out our Perpetual Meal Plan – Fall 2024 then you should do it NOW! It’s completely FREE and a lot of the recipes can be found right here on our blog. Plus we’ve got lots of ideas for those special meals that happen during September, October, and November. Hopefully, you will still have time to grab the items you need for the upcoming meals!

Special Holiday Meals: October Edition

** When we made these meal plans we didn’t know we’d also be hosting a baby shower and wedding but you can find those menus on other posts… so much excitement this year and having a menu plan in place has allowed us to make so many special memories!

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Special Summer Meals and Recipe Links

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I just realized that I never made a post for the special summer meals and recipe links but here it is better late than never… I do believe that a lot of the recipes were on the blog but this just makes them easier to find.

If you haven’t checked out our Perpetual Meal Plan – Summer 2024 then you should do it NOW! It’s completely FREE and a lot of the recipes can be found right here on our blog. Plus we’ve got lots of ideas for those special meals that happen during June, July, and August. Hopefully, you will still have time to grab the items you need for the upcoming meals!

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Spring is in the air!

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We can see the signs of Spring all around us as the fruit trees and bushes are starting to bloom, the birds are nesting, and our animals are having little ones. We can also see the pollen everywhere but it reminds us that everything is starting fresh and new for the year and it is kind of exciting.

One of the things that the kids always look forward to are these Empty Tomb Rolls at Easter. Since I’ve been studying more about the Holy Days vs Holidays I’m not sure how our Easter will look as I am really leaning more into a Passover celebration. These will still be great to help teach the kids about the resurrection while spending some quality time with them.

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What is Leap Year?

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Did you know that the calendars we use today have not been the calendars that have always been in use? Calendars have been revised many times over the ages by various leaders, governments, and even the church! As a result, the number of days in a year has changed many different times. My kiddos have had some questions about Leap Year so I thought I’d share of of the answers that we’ve found.

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