Things we did in December. By Bessie

Penny, Frank and Bertie came to play for the day.   Apparently that's called a playdate but that sounds lame.    We took them up the hill to the big house and to see the horses in the field.   Bertie weed under the Christmas tree but Penny and Frank were very good.

Aunty Mic, Uncle Rob, Ben and baby Louisa came to visit us the Saturday before Christmas.  We had never seen a human baby before, we like baby Louisa.  She was a bit scared though and cried when we shouted hello at her.  We all went for a walk, baby Louisa got to sit in a pram.  I wish I had a pram.

The Sunday before Christmas was the Branch Christmas party.   It was loads of fun, there was a fun dog show and we did win some rosettes but I can't remember what in.   Lotty came second in prettiest girl, I do remember that.    We didn't win the fancy dress though, we was absolutely gutted, we have never been beaten.  I blame Mummy.  Cos Daddy was in bed with the flu the whole of the week before she didn't have time to make us decent costumes cos she had to work every day and then do all the at home stuff too so she rushed our costumes the night before.  We went as a primary school nativity with teatowels on our heads and a hush puppy dolly as our baby Jesus.  Mummy says it was supposed to be ironic, I say it was just plain lazy.  Serves her right.

There was a vet there doing eye testing for the Basset Health Group so we all had our eyes tested by the sexy (according to Mummy) and under dressed (according to Daddy) vet.    My eyes were 90% abnormal so I very high chance of glaucoma but vet said that was expected in ten year old houndy.  Lotty's eyes were worrysome, he said she got bad eyes for a young dog and will need testing again in a year.  Carly's eyes were perfect.

We saw another baby at the party too and now we are all experts at babys and we would have babysitted and taken the baby on the field for a run about and everything but Miss Zoe didn't offer to let us and Mummy said it was rude to ask.

For Christmas I got a blue dolphin and Carly got a sheep and Lotty got a choklit flavoured bone.  It wasn't real choklit, it just smelled like choklit.   Mummy said it smelled like plastic and slobber but what would she know.  She's no scent hound.   After I ripped up mine and Carly's presents we all lined up for a chew of Lotty's bone and I was first in line but then I fell asleep and missed my turn.

This is what the humans got for Christmas:   Tom got a new coat and a game called cards against humanity and a controller for his PS4.  Katie got a laptop and perfume.   Bryn got a remote control helicopter and a pedal for his guitar.   Daddy got a tablet computer thingy and Mummy got a giant slowcooker and Daddy framed three really lovely basset pictures for her.  They have pride of place in the hall now so they the first thing you see when you walk in.  Actually, not the first thing.  The first thing is the dead parrot holding the collection of leads.   So the second thing.  But anyway...

Mummy made a big fancy dinner, but not in the slow cooker but she says every other meal from now on will be cooked in the slow cooker.   Katie and Bryn say they are moving out.  As Katie is not a vegetablist any more she didn't have a pot noodle for her Christmas dinner, which made a nice change.

After lunch we went for a walk and then Daddy and Bryn played with Bryn's helicopter in the field and we watched.

On Boxing Day Grandma and Grandad came to stay.  We had another christmas and it was loads of fun.  We played Cards against Humanity and Trivial Pursuit and we went for walks and we had another christmas dinner.

Mummy went to Aunty Spam's on the 29th cos it was Aunty Spam's birthday.  They went to the pub and then Ryan made buffet tea and they played games and did loud stuff and Aimee had to make a formal complaint about the loudness.