I would start out with one lamp and put it maybe a foot over the area where the chicks will be, with a thermometer you should be able to find the right distance. Fried chicken is not as good with the feathers on, ;)

Shane's now moved on to new movies. We were watching the Disney Movie, Dinosaur a lot last week. He watches Cats & Dogs everytimg we go to Jer's dad's. This week he's watching a Bob the Builder movie that my Mom bought him for Christmas. He does learn stuff. He'll mimic things in the movies and say new words. It gives him quiet time where he'll sit down and just watch and learn. Gives me time to clean up the previous messes he made. It's not all bad. They'll get tired and move on. My Dad had several girlfriends over the years and I remember one girl made us watch 101 Dalmations all the time and his last girlfriend's boy at 2 loved Backdraft! ~Leslie~

I'm biting the bullet and looking for a new receiver with at least six HDMI 'ports'. I don't think we will be 'streaming' anything unless the offerings improve for our 'demographic'. LOL Today AT&T emailed me, touting their "U-Verse" -- which sounds like it would replace the DirecTV HD-DVR they already provide us, bundled with landline and internet. The promo seems aimed at people who need 24/7 'connectivity' via hand helds...or music. I doubt they have any wider selection movies on offer than what I saw on Amazon and Netflix. Any DVD's we get from the library that are longer than a movie have two-week check-outs. We're in town a couple times a week anyway, so detouring a block to the library is easy. We still sometimes check out 'real' books, too. LOL

Google...family movie reviews. Scroll to the one that is put out by "PLUGGED IN.COM" All my friends use this site to check out whether a movie is appropriate BEFORE they take their kids to any movie. It give a very in depth review of the movie including exactly which cuss words are use, and how many times it is used, it will list exactly any sexual scenes in the movie, the positive things in the movie, and the cons that may make you wish to steer clear of the movie with kids. it will also give you tips on discussing parts of the movie with your child that you may feel is wrong. for instance...if the kid in the movie lies, but in the movie he is rewarded for the lie, it gives you tips on discussing that scene with the child. Under family movie reviews if you google this...there are a few other good sites that give good, in depth explanations of what to expect, so that you are not blind-sided at a movie that uses in-appropriate jokes, humor, situations that you did not want your kid to see. "Plugged in" is one of the best ones, but there are other good ones too. Tell your friends about the sites too so that they too can double check movies before they bring the kids.