He's making a list and checking it twice...

Wilson is very busy making lists of everything he might conceivably need on his holiday to The Canary Islands. 

He is a bit concerned that he doesn't have enough formal wear for Dinner at the Captain's Table, but I've tried to reassure him that a black bow-tie will see him through the most decorous and mannered of dining situations. 

Wilson opens his presents...

Here you see Wilson halfway through opening his Christmas presents. He's wearing his new vegetarian-certified faux-fur jacket while eating a box of imported chocolate-fed ants. 

Just after this photo was taken, he opened his main gift — which was a ticket for a sunshine cruise to the Canary Islands for him and a friend! 

I'm really hoping he'll choose me as his travelling companion, since I'm quite as fed up with this weather as he is…

Boxing Day!

We all had a lovely time on Christmas Day! The Stone Brothers were allowed indoors on condition that they didn't frighten Antony or Tiny Toy (who were both very brave about this) and everyone ate and drank too much. 

One of Wilson's highlights of the day was pulling his giant cracker, with him at one end and everyone else at the other!

W gave me a pair of ODDSIES! and a new set of Journals. I can't wait to start using them, but you won't get to see them until the first one is filled at the end of January. That's the journals, not the ODDSIES! obviously!

Wilson had a Dr Who Sonic Screwdriver and some other toys, but was most excited by his main present from me. 

I'll tell you what that is tomorrow…

Happy Christmas from us all!

Wilson has hung up his stocking and placed a glass of milk and some reindeer treats by fireplace. Now he's gone to bed in hopes that the night will pass more quickly… though I won't be surprised to see him up again in a few minutes complaining that he's too excited to sleep.

There won't be any update tomorrow, but I hope you'll hear from us again on Boxing Day.

   

In the meantime, we all wish you a Very Happy Christmas!

We wish you a Happy Christmas!

Wilson and I would like to wish all our friends a Very Happy Christmas and, as Wilson puts it, A Merry New Year!

A Christmas Tradition

Wilson and I have been to our local for our traditional last-Sunday-before-Christmas drink. Well, it's not actually a tradition yet, but if we do it again next year it will be.
 

W settled down with an Irish Coffee and I with a Barley Wine, and he related a story his friend Bob had told him. It seems that an acquaintance of Bob's had bought an apple pie, and when he bit into it, he found it was full of live ants!
 

'What are the chances of that happening, eh?' he asked. Then he smiled and shook his head ruefully, saying, 'Some people really do have all the luck!'