A professional scientist?

As you may recall, if you read my blog, that Taylor decided to find out which kind of soda would rot your teeth the fastest. His science fair project did well and he won at his school level, moved on to the district level where he did well enough to advance to the next level. It was held at BYU. Once again it wasn't the most convenient event to take him to - it was held over 2 days and we of course had several scheduling conflicts but we made it happen. Taylor was so excited to go and there was no talking him out of this fair - because of two things. He got to skip school and they served lunch. His standard response when asked if he wants to go to something is, "Do they have refreshments" The answer to that question always determines if he wants to go. , In fact I was praying for a new revelation during conference last weekend - I was hoping they would start serving refreshments at church. Many Churches do it, we could serve hot chocolate and danishes in the cultural hall after primary - I bet attendance would go up. I know that Sunday would surely rise from 7th to somewhere near the top on our kids list of favorite days of the week.
Well Taylor went to the fair - ate a bunch of pizza and snacks and walked away with 3rd place in his division. There were several 3rd place winners but out of 1000's of projects it was a great accomplishment. 3rd place also wins 20 dollars, so he has now been paid for his scientific mind- does that make him a professional scientist- I am not sure, but it sure made for a real celebration at the Carter house.