You should definitely do a full color peacock, and we talked about the phoenix at IConn. Maybe a Russian firebird? Not sure if that would be visually much different from the phoenix.

Becket actually wants the dragon more than the ties. He's a weird boy. I found him walking around with the dragon and ignoring the ties dragging along behind him. Stupid cat. Once he fixates on something it's lodged in that pecan brain for all time.

Guy is adorable! Did you get him at that place that was in the little house up on the Serengeti? I never really looked at their stuff - maybe that was a mistake.