Almost Halloween

It has been a busy week with 2 Halloween carnivals, 2 Halloween parties, and 2 Halloween costumes to for the events.
Owen decided to go as "Chooper," a character from his imaginary "Galaxy of Mexucon." Chooper is half boy half dragon. The people who owned our house before us left some tent poles behind. We had been using them to make bed tents to keep out the summer, midnight sun, but one of them snapped, and as time would dictate, midnight sun is no longer an issue. Owen figured out how to make some wings out of them with masking tape and cardboard. I helped him finish the costume on my day off this week, by completing the second wing and covering the wings with colored paper (red on the back). Surprise, Surprise, Spencer decided to go as an Active Life Explorer (a treasure hunter). His costume was of course easy, because he wears it every day anyway.Wyatt's last minute costume is called "Commercialism" by Kolin of course. Don't worry, we will still be celebrating Christmas this year. Which, as an aside, if anyone wants to blow the bank and visit Bethel, we will be here with some time to spare, and are planning on adding some walls upstairs to create an office/guest room as well as separate rooms for the boys-- our next scheme to make our house seem bigger and be quieter.
Kolin is not big into costumes, but as adviser of the student council, found himself as a target in the dunk tank at the BRHS Carnival. We all took throws. Owen and Spencer had special rules and dunked their dad without much difficulty. I was not as lucky with my throws.
In other news, I got the skin cancer on my lower eye lid removed and to the best of my knowledge, I am no longer harboring malignant cells on my face. Despite the location, I managed to get away unmaimed. Kolin says he can't even see the scar, and being that he is not terribly observant, I believe him.