http://www.fortburns.com Mom. Dad. 2 Boys. 1 Cat. Total chaos! Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:49:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of my dear friends, Theresa is moving to North Carolina. Her last day here will be Friday. :-( As a going away gift, our Game Night Group met to get a picture of the group. Jill is the only one missing. B took these pictures (Thank you, my ... http://www.fortburns.com/2008/10/04/game-night-group/ There is a major difference in being able to "get out about town" with just 1 child vs. 2 children! For example, I was able to: 1.  Get J's hair cut on Tuesday AND take him to story time at the library 2.  Take J to the dentist AND the eye doctor on ... http://www.fortburns.com/2008/10/04/1042008/ One of the joys of going to school is meeting new friends.  For the past few years, C and J have been playing with children that live next door or just with each other.  We had to go to school to learn that a very sweet boy lives just down ... http://www.fortburns.com/2008/09/29/new-friend/ This morning we went to church.  First B and I dropped off C and J in their respective Sunday School classrooms and then B and I went to our Sunday School class.  After Sunday School was over, B and I fetched C from his classroom to take him to "big ... http://www.fortburns.com/2008/09/28/he-is-listening/ Every now and then I refuse to purchase any groceries except the utmost necessities (milk, eggs, MEAT!, etc.). I know it is time to purchase a full load of groceries when I run out of the luxury items.  Today was the day to find out that it is time to make ... http://www.fortburns.com/2008/09/27/pantry-clean-up-thyself/ I think it was back in February, near Valentine's Day that K-Love Radio had a contest for people to send in their love stories and a famous singer would make a song for them.  I don't remember who the singer was.  I did, however, enter the contest with this essay...   Many ... http://www.fortburns.com/2008/09/26/a-love-story/ http://www.fortburns.com/2008/09/25/cs-first-book-that-he-has-read/ A while back, C said that he wanted a Transformer Star Wars Death Star.  As it is a pretty big request, I told him that he would have to earn it. (As an aside, if you click on the link above, note that I did not pay that much for the ... http://www.fortburns.com/2008/09/25/my-son-the-reader/ You cook something in the oven at church and set off the fire alarm resulting in a fire truck coming to the church, along with the fire chief and an ambulance... This evening at AWANA Cubbies, the opening craft was to give the children some dough (from canned biscuits) and let ... http://www.fortburns.com/2008/09/24/how-to-know-if-you-are-a-really-bad-chef/ A while back, B took a really awesome picture of a toy Optimus Prime (a character from Transformers).  Here is the email that B sent to me this afternoon regarding that picture... On Sept 24, 2008, at 3:13 PM, BB wrote: Hey, if you know where the little Megatron figure is (the ... http://www.fortburns.com/2008/09/24/e-mail-conversation-with-b/