on “Kids By The Dozen”, a TLC show, the other night we saw them do an experiment with an empty milk jug and a candle.  you light the candle, and the kids (or you - depending on their age!) hold the milk jug and hit the bottom of the jug.  they watch how the air, if aimed correctly, and hit with enough force can blow out the flame.  the kiddos loved it!
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 we used food coloring in water with some marked down walmart carnations.  and on bill nye the science guy we saw them split the stems and put each side of the split stem into two different colors of dye.  we were going for half and half, but my stem-cutting skills need some work.  but that was pretty cool to see anyway, how the amount of color on the petals is directly related to the amount of stem that is stuck in the dye.
and from one experiment to another, our oldest …

(picture taken november 22)
i walked outside to take the update picture and realized my rotting pumpkin had escaped from the porch.  the boys were playing soccer with it in the yard.  so i figured we had somehow lost the integrity of the experiment.  and when they asked if they could chunk it into the woods i said, “sure, why not.”  farewell, batman jack o’lantern.  thanks for the good times.

once again, i missed a couple days in there.  oh well, looks like we’re still rotting nicely.  kinda reminds me of those bitter beer face commercials.

it has a new home now.  i no longer want to touch it to move it, so this is where it will rot.  at least until daddy finds out that it’s on the porch and not in the grass.  it lost it’s top due to a 2 year old’s meddling.  but the squish face has been done all by itself.

didn’t get around to recording this either on the weekend.

the beginning:

after being dropped:

after carving:

questions asked by me: 
what’s it feel like?  inside and out?  “hard on the outside”  “soft on the inside”  “eww, gooey.”
what color is it? “orange, yellow”
what’s it smell like?  “gross”  “eww”

                                     the other day my hubby and i were watching mythbusters and they were testing ninja myths.  they made this goo that amazingly he nor i had ever heard of before.  cornstarch and water.  a non-newtonian fluid.  VERY cool.  anyway, after daddy played with it for FOREVER we turned the kids loose with it outside.  i got a day and a half of quiet while the kiddos loved it.  they experimented with more water, less water, letting it dry out completely, and on and on and on.  we watched the show together and talked …