It all started when I asked for a Bumblebee. Carolyn answered on behalf of the universe, and Bumblebee appeared:

After that, Talk Like a Pirate Day brought about the world’s first pirate herb garden, containing a pirate ship lovingly hand-crafted from balsa wood:

After the pirate ship, Carolyn secretly worked on yet another balsa project. Then, just before Christmas (because she couldn’t wait), I was given a small package that contained this:

I shall never, ever, ever incinerate you, my weighted companion cube