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Hello Friend,

Happy Valentine's Day! We are having a really fun week here in Wisconsin. My four youngest children attended a Homeschool Valentines Bowling Party! I mentioned a little about it here in this post...

​Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookie Recipe​

The Party

It was at a bowling alley that is in a town not far from us. My two youngest children were bowling on the same lane and really had a great time and enjoyed the pizza and soda pop that was offered at the event.

The Valentine's Day Boxes

Our homeschool group has been doing this party since my oldest was in Grade 1. She is now 25 years old! Each child brings a box they made to hold valentines and they set them out on the tables in the bowling alley. At some point during the party, the kids each put valentines (often along with candy, toys, pencils, erasers, etc.) into each other's boxes. The children do not write who they are "to" - just the "from" line is signed. They are advised by the homeschool group to each bring 35, although we have over 70 kids attending.

My children really enjoy making the boxes, having fun at the party and taking their box home with lots of treats and notes inside. I love being able to see my homeschool mom friends and talk with them while the kids are bowling. I was able to get pizza and pop for a smaller fee, since I was not bowling.

***In case you are thinking about doing this for your local homeschool group. This party was at a not busy time for the bowling alley, from 10 am to 12 pm. Each child paid a fee that included up to 2 games of bowling, shoe rental, 2 slices of pizza and a refillable cup of soda pop. The owner of the alley was kind enough to set out ice water and cups as well. There was a sign up genius thing that each family needed to go and assign their kids to a lane, with up to six kids at each lane. By the time I saw the sign up, there were hardly any spots left and it was only a few hours after sign up! If you have a large homeschool group, you may want to do this more than one day during the week of Valentine's Day to get more people in.

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Miranda and Mason intend to take their boxes to our local Fair this summer as there is a category for those items to be displayed in.

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Our weather is not so good here. Today, it is expected to be very bitterly cold and tomorrow there will be more snow here in Wisconsin. If you are in the same boat, be sure you are prepared in case your power goes out. It can happen!

​Prepare For Power Outage Checklists​

I highly recommend you do something on the "Daily Preps For Any Power Outage" page every day. Then, when the next Power Outage comes, you will be ready. Or at least more ready than you are right now. Print these 3 pages right away to have on hand.

Need Some Quick Printable Valentines?

You can get our Gnome Valentine Printable. If you don't have color ink, they still look great in black and white. You could then color them in or your recipient may have fun doing that.

Have a joy filled day!

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