The minions descended upon us last night and we managed to get through it all with some left-over candy and a few cans of Plato. We saw lots of pirates and witches and escape from Alcatraz and the grim reaper, princesses. Of course the best costume went to one of our neighborhood kids who came a Wonder Woman – she was the only WW we saw last night.

Many said we had the best house. Of course they were not influenced by the Scary Berry Cosmo’s we had for adult escorts of the kids. They may have been influenced by Edward, our mechanized butler with flashing eyes or the flying bat.

And Presley, our dog, did wonderfully with company we had including a skeleton, army man, a banana and a monkey complete with tail.

Now time to clean all that up and get ready for Thanksgiving! I love this time of year!

This weekend the bus passed the all important “Kid’s Test” – you know, where they use it as a fort, to play house, raid Grandpa’s snacks, open and explore every drawer and cabinet at least three times. And don’t forget, flush the toilet, drink all the cold water in the refrigerator, turn on the fan and want to spend the night by themselves . . . No way on that one!

So it went. We played monster where I was the monster and 3 little girls were trying to keep out of the bus (Sprinter). Of course, I had the key and lock control – there are 4 doors and only 3 of them which resulted in a lot of high-pitched screams and me trying to hide my laugher.

The most coveted seat when we went somewhere was not, of course, next to Grandpa. It was the marine toilet! I have to have seat belts added for that!

Now I think we are about ready for Alaska. Most system tests have been done. Need to clean up the windows and all the Goldfish crumbs, restock and we are looking good for lift-off in T-37 days.