Goose Bumbs Stay Out The Basemenet

A family is dealing with the father/husband being an out-of-work scientist who is working on experiments in their basement. From the moment the story begins, the mother has to leave to go tend to a family member out-of-town. While the mother's gone, the children start noticing changes in their father but are scared to mention them.  Being children, they are curious about what their father is doing in the basement even though he has told them to stay out.