Greetings from Minneapolis! We were delighted to get a cell phone call from Sonic headquarters in NY telling us that the costume had arrived and Cookie was happily transformed into Sonic in the suit.

Thanks for the kind words, John. I was truly concerned about creating a project for him not having seen anything but pictures of both Cookie and Sonic. I haven't even played the game (shame on me, right?). I hope you find a way to make the mask work by snapping or basting it in or finding a suitable substitute.

Again, it was our pleasure and we are looking forward to your blogging a picture.

We bought smoked cheddar, smoked swiss, smoked bacon cheddar and white cheddar curds at the Mall of America . . .I absolutely hate shopping, but we had a great deal of fun looking through the Joe Cool Shop, Big Dogs and the Lego store. . .Joe and I both love Legos and were amazed at the new pieces that are available to today's inventors/builders. (Is that a vintage Erector set the helicopter was built from? too sweet!)

We were hoping we would find a gourmet kitchen store to purchase a new coffee/espresso machine now that World Market opened a store in Omaha that carries Medaglia D'Oro. . .

A bottle of Canei Vino Blanco is waiting for Joe to come back to the hotel room with dinner . . .in the spirit of vacation, I just ate dessert first. Joe bought truffles for a surprise and had me close my eyes as he popped a luscious dark chocolate morsel in to my mouth. . .

Good night all. . .