Do you know what today is? It is my 6 month birthday! Maybe my human will take me to the pet store and let me pick out a toy.
I am also feeling very special because I got my new TICA registration certificate with my human’s name on it! That means that when she takes me to cat shows, she is official. (I was already official — before now, it had my breeder’s name where my human’s name is now.) My first show with my human is next weekend and I am looking forward to helping her, since I am way more experienced at being shown than she is at showing.
I have even more to show you — my human got her Certificates of Excellence from the Cat Writers Association contest. She earned seven this time! The cool thing about the Certificates of Excellence is they are exactly what they say they are — writing and art that she entered in the contest were judged to be excellent. With the Certificates of Excellence, you are not competing against other writers, but judged on your own merit. The competition part comes when the final scores for each piece are compared to others in the same category. The piece with the highest score in each category wins a Muse Medallion. We won’t know who gets the Muse Medallions until the CWA conference at Barkworld in early November.
The one Certificate that made her the happiest was this one, for Sparkle’s blog. Yes, it is my blog now, but when it was being judged and scored, it was still Sparkle’s. So she earned it. It really should just have just her name on it, and not my human’s.
Binga was happy because her picture got a Certificate of Excellence in the Photographic Art category. This image is available in the Designer Cat Zazzle shop as a card, like the one you see here, and also on postage stamps!
I just want to say — I think she is taking this smell test thing a little too far.
Happy half birthday , Summer !
And BIG ConCATulations to your human !
XOXO
A belated happy six month birthday, Summer! My human says “My! Doesn’t time fly!” Which is a kind of rhyme MOL. Many ConCats to your human on the awards too and it is quite right you attribute to Sparkle. That is very unselfish of you 🙂 xox
Happy half a year! And congrats to your human
Those are all totally pawesome awards! I hope you get something fun for your 6 month day, you deserve it for working so much at such a young age. I’m 6 yrs and don’t have a job, but you seem to have a few. Have a great weekend.
Wow – you must be so proud to carryon the hard work done by Sparkle. I can see you have the same dedication and commitment. Keep an eye on your uman – she may need sme training (Mum says they all do but with time they become quite proficient)
ConCATulations to your human on the certificates. No greater tribute and commendation could there be for her skill, care and commitment to her work than this. Well done.
Phoebe
wow what a busy week,and look at you 6 months old already!woohoo,xx Speedy
HUGE congratulations on your well-deserved awards!!!
And the sweetest of birthday wishes to you, Summer !
XO
Happy 6 months birthday and congrats to your human!
Purrs xx
Athena and Marie
Wow, many many congratulations to your human! And to the memory of Sparkle, what a nice tribute that award is.
Congratulations on all your accomplishments. You’ve accomplished so much in just a few months. And congrats to your mom for her writing awards!
Wow! You are a kitty of excellence fur sure!
And at so young an age…Happy Half Birthday to YOU!
Congrats on all those awards to you and your furmily.
Hey Summer! Wow! 6 months old and yous so furry well trained! That is totally excellent. and that yous has your Mommy’s name on the TICA papers is wonderful. Now mes must concatulate your human! Wes knows what a wonderful writer she is and she is a exceptional photographer too! Wes LOVES her photos.
Now Summer, since yous the newest cat in the house, you MUST puts up with the bigger (and older) cats sniffing yous. When yous big enough, yous can whaps them if yous wants!
Kisses
Nellie
Concats to you and your human!!
Happy 6 months old to yous little Summer and concats to Miss Binga who is such a pretty Tortie girl..Miss Janiss..you has been through so much this year..you deserves the happiness of all those special papers and one for our precious Angel Miss Sparkle..Little Miss Summer is just beautiful and a sweet treasure to help heal your aching heart..and ours too..Hugs to everyones..
Happy Half a Year old Summer! We are so excited about all the wonderful awards your Mom and Sparkle have won!!! Have paws and fingers crossed for the Muse Medallion! Binga’s Photo is beautiful 🙂 I would get tired of that sniffy thing too Summer.
Marty
Happy 6 months Summer, and concats to your human.
Happy 6 Month Birfday and congrats on the Certificates!
Congratulations to your mum, she is very talented. A whole six months, how the time flies by. Love the card
Happy 6 months birthday, and huge concatulations to your mom ! Purrs
Concats to you and your mom on all the certificates! They are well deserved and we think you should get some treats AND toys!
Happy 6 month birthday- I hope you get to pick out a toy. Congratulations on all the great awards- even Binga, I suppose she is going to be full of herself now.
Happy half-year birthday, Summer! And conCATulations to you all on those certificates of excellence. They confirm what we’ve always known … you are excellent!
Happy 6 month birthday and concats on all the awards your human won!!! Good luck next weekend! We are keeping our paws crossed for you!
Happy half a year old Summer! We hope you get the toys and a few treats too 🙂 Congratulations to your Human Janiss, she done good! :p
the critters in the cottage xo
Congrats and Happy 6 months birthday.
congrats and good luck.
All great news. Thank you very much for sharing and warm wishes.
Happy SixMo, Summer — *and many, many more!* definitely applies. ConCATs to your human, too, for all of the acknowledgments of her excellent writing and art abilities, and for being officialized into the world of cat showmanship (showwomanship?). Our servant has the pedigree and other papers for her mom’s cross-eyed, kink-tailed true Seal Point meezer, who has been at the Bridge for yonks. Anyway, he was quite a boy. And as for Binga, everyone knows Tortis rule. Don’t they?
Happy 6 month purrday Summer! We think you are doing so much and getting out and about and it all sound so exciting and fun! Concats to your human on all of those awards!
Happy 6 Months! I see you’re wearing your pretty harness in the photo shoot. Concats to your human and to Sparkle (sniffle) too on the awards. TW’s friend won a bunch of MUSA Awards long before you and even Sparkle were born.
Concatulations! And happy six month birthday!
Pretty girl, happy half year and CONCATULATIONS on all the excellence awards, well deserved
Wow Summer! Most of us just get a birthday. You sure do have a lot of celebrating to do today. I hope you get to go pick out a new toy and maybe a treat too.
Are you going to be registered in CFA, too, or only in TICA? You know…the Westchester show is a TICA show…
I am already registered in CFA – I just don’t have the paper yet with my human on it, just a copy of the original one so far.
Happy 6 month birthday, Summer! You’re growing up so fast! And congratulations to your human on all those certificates – so well deserved.
LOTS TO CELEBRATE SUMMER. I KNOW YOUR HUMAN WILL DO VERY WELL NEXT WEEKEND WITH YOUR HELP. CONGRATS ON GETTING ALL YOUR OFFICIAL PAPERS TOO
HUGS MADI AND MOM YOUR BFFF
So much wonderful news today! Happy six months to you Summer. Congratulations to your human for her achievements. I’m guessing the Certificate for Sparkle’s blog will be a special memory. Best wishes for your first show together.
Happy Six Month Birthday sweet Summer and a big congrats to your human from all of us!
Well happy days at your house, yes? Concatulations to everyone…Special cat, Special human.
Happy 6 month birthday and congrats on all the new paperwork!!
Wow, Summer, what a great day. So many good things happening. Tell Mom Janiss concats on all those awards and her certificate to “show” you. We think you should get some extra treats for your half-birthday and to celebrate all these cool things. Meowargh, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
Happy 6 month birthday and conccats on all the awards!!!
That is a lot of pawsome news you shared! And we just know you will rock that kitteh show, too.
Congratulations to both you AND your human on your special achievements!!!
Congrats to your human on all of her certificates! We are sure you will do well in your show.
Happy 6 month Birthday, Summer! And congrats on all those Certificates of Excellence! That’s pawsome!
Happy Six month Birthday Summer. We are so glad that you found such a good home. We can’t wait to see pictures of you at that cat show. We know that you will teach the Mom a lot of stuff and will win all the ribbons. You do take the best pictures.
Happy half birthday! I hope you get to go shopping and I hope we get to see photos. And concats to your human for all the awards…that’s really cool!
So many things to celebrate today! Happy SixMonthDay, Summer! And we look forward to hearing/seeing all about the show, and many more to come!
It looks like Binga is “warming up” to you fast!
Purrs,
The Chans
Happy half birthday and congrats to your momma on da awards.