I never thought to look at a craft store for a sonic costume pattern as I am about as Home Ec challenged as one can be. Once I attempted to sew with help from my friend Kay and as far as I got was trying to pin down the pattern before throwing all at the wall and deciding to stick to simpler pursuits. Any help with the Sonic dilemma would be appreciated. This is the pathetic discussion I hear when someone asks Cookie about what he will be for Halloween:

Person: What are you going to be for Halloween?
Cookie: (sporting a very sad and forlorn face). I don't know.
Person: There's nothing you want to be?
Cookie: Yeah--Sonic, but Mommy says they don't make him any more.
I don't know why, he's the best. Nothing else, I want to be.

On the other hand, I took Mojo to the store to get his Spiderman costume. I was most excited because they had it in his size and for $ 10.00. Unfortunately, it was one of those party stores where all the costumes are in the stockroom and they have pictures with numbers and you ask for the number you need. Mojo stood looking at the sign and says--I don't want to be Spiderman. I want to be a gunner. (Joseph calls all things army and camaflouge gunner--he was looking at a G.I. Joe type costume). I told him I didn't believe that the semi-automatic the kid had strapped to him came with the costume. Mojo says--but its in the picture. Which made me realize that it was not the costume that had him enthralled, but the way to circumvent my no toy guns rule. I then said that even should it come with the costume--I would allow him to carry it for Halloween and then the gun would go away. Mojo then said--No I don't want to be a gunner.

That's quite a nice dog you all have in Nebraska. I looked at Tarka quickly and thought John had posted something about Octo the wonder dog from upstairs. I wish we could have a dog. My family had Chocolate Labs and I loved them. And I'm one of those people that think dogs and boys are like peanut butter and jelly. I've even done research on breeds. I'm partial to Labs, but John Paul fell in love with an American bulldog we saw and they seem like a pretty good dog too.