Sleepless in Minnetonka

Not a good night, last night. The resident wild-life decided to have a Possum Party up in the attic. This seemed to involve strapping woks to their feet and doing the can-can along the entire length of the house. It's quite bizarre as the whole area is insulated with papier-mache, so we're not quite sure what surface they are cavorting against. The agency handling all this sort of thing is a bit hopeless - they seem to take several months and numerous phone-calls to sort out anything. However, they are coming on Wednesday to look around the roof-line and bung up any holes. The handy-man called me today and said could I phone him to make sure that the squirrel was out before they got started. I suggested that maybe a trap would be a more sensible solution, in lieu of any wild-life actually having access to Outlook.

10 kids were away from school today in the class below T's,and 6 away in her class. It was very quiet at picking up time. At the first sign of a sore throat and oinking she is staying at home.

We had a nice time at the weekend though. They always have the organized Hallowe'en events the week-end before the 31st. We missed out last year, but this year went to Hyland park, where they had a lovely lit path-way through the wooded paths, with little games on the sides, and puppet "trees" where the kids could knock on doors and, say, a turkey would pop out and give them a treat. T gave her skeleton outfit a whirl, and she was actually a little too hot. There was also a few mad scientists doing magic tricks and science experiments, a few brains to hold, pickled lizards to look at, and s'mores to make and eat.