Science Projects At Their Best

This past weekend Chad and I decided to revisit our childhood and carve some Halloween pumpkins. The night went quite well actually. We broke out all the supplies, drew the faces on our pumpkins and proceeded to carve away. Much to our delight, our pumpkins came out quite nicely. We both felt good to know that our 'mad pumpkin' carvin' skillz' from childhood had not vanished over the years.

So we did the whole bit. When we were finished, we took the pumpkins out to the front of the house and even conducted our very own pumpkin lighting ceremony. Boy were we proud. And to make the situation even better a neighbor walked by and complimented out fine work.

Our smiles quickly turned to frowns as I discovered that after we had brought our pumpkins in for shelter from the fires, apparently extreme climate had caused the perfect scenario for a mold farm inside our pumpkins.

Needless to say the fruits of our labor was very short lived...there's always a bright side though right...well in this case I believe the moldy pumpkins have at least made for some interesting pictures.