Christmas 2000 poem

Oh no.  Not another tacky Christmas poem from the Watsons

We’ve had a Merry old time

Since our last Christmas rhyme.

And we hope the season finds you

Without A reason to feel blue.

 

So now, the Happy news let us relate

The activities old and New so great.

(Was there enough news in the Year

To do a whole page like this? – No fear).

 

Of all the well developed proclivities

Of our family towards outdoor activities,

From skiing to camping to hiking,

We really enjoyed our trips sea kayaking.

 

For the tenth anniversary of their wedding

Neil and Wanda to Belize were heading.

We had so much fun travelling by kayak

We wanted the girls to try it when we got back.

 

So this summer we hopped in the car and

Headed to the west coast of Vancouver Island

In the greater vicinity of Barkley Sound.

Where seals and Gray Whales abound.

 

Despite rookie mistakes somewhat humbling

We overcame all our beginner’s bumbling.

Due to our partnership with the family Wood.

Everything turned out as a dream vacation should.

 

If since the summer to us you’ve spoken

You’ll have heard of the group of islands Broken

Of all the stories with which our friends we regale

The most exciting is when we saw a Gray Whale.

 

One of the things our girls think mighty fine

Is anything slightly related to matters equine.

What we refer to, I’m sure you know this of course,

Is that Heather has taken up riding a horse.

 

So now our dinner time back and forth banter

Is taken up by discussions on how to canter

And the topic that comes up second most

Is how to properly tack up and post.

 

A sure sign time continues its parade

Is that your baby begins the first grade

Into Hannah’s head Mrs. J has been feeding

The essentials of counting and reading.

 

This means, as you can plainly see,

That Heather is now in grade three.

She does the home work she oughter.

But she would rather read Harry Potter

 

Our dog has needed lots of veterinary care.

From hormones, to help a patch of missing hair,

To glaucoma and tendonitis of the shoulder

(Poor Kayla is getting a little bit older.)

 

Part of each of the girls’ birthday wishes

Was for their very own Siamese Fighting Fishes.

With names like Starfire and Moon you’d figure

These fishes would be an awful lot bigger.

 

To the workplace Wanda’s thoughts sometimes roam

During her first whole year full time at home.

But no job could provide such lovely pearls

As spending all this special time with her girls.

 

The latest from our downhill skiing scene

Is Heather’s success in Nancy Greene.

She has shown much courage and pluck

While learning to schuss and to tuck.

 

Not one to be happy with second place,

Hannah too will be putting on her race face.

She set joining Nancy Greene as one of her goals

In return for earning her first set of ski poles.

 

Wanda is planning a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada.

But of the slots she is planning to play nada.

This lady’s idea of hedonistic desert fun

Is doing her second marathon run.

 

In March we moved to our new home in Kelvin Grove

Which has an ensuite with fixtures coloured mauve.

The need for renovations really started to peak

Once we found out the bathroom had a leak.

 

Wanda puts up with my rhymes somewhat punny

But doesn’t think the previous stanza at all funny.

But our house purchase will again seem sunny

Given the judicious application of lots of money.

 

We would like to end with a sentiment already told

By words previously outlined to you in letters bold.

And wish you on the eve of the millennium’s first year

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.