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You are here: Home / Diary / Paws Up for My Secret Paw!

Paws Up for My Secret Paw!

December 17, 2019 By: Summer Samba41 Comments

somali cat with secret paw box

My Secret Paws gifts arrived over the weekend, and I was quite excited! In case you don’t know what this is, the cat blogging community does a “Secret Santa” sort of gift exchange every year, only it’s called Secret Paws. We have different partners each year, both for giving and receiving.

somali cat with card from secret paw

This year, I got a package from the critters from Broken Teepee — kitties Sherpa and Harry, bunny Cappuccino, a variety of ducks and chickens, plus the human in charge of the blog! They all live on a farm in Montana.

Somali cat looking at secret paws gifts

Look at all the presents here! It’s pretty awesome, especially considering that my human and I agreed not to give each other gifts this year.

somali cat licking catnip toy

Right on top was this awesome catnip fish. I gave it a bunch of licks before my human handed it over to Boodie. Mainly because I know she’ll drool all over it. I mean Boodie, not my human.

cat toys from secret paw package

There were more toys too — appropriately, a bunny, a chick and a duck! The bunny bears quite a resemblance to Cappuccino. Plus a tube of primo catnip.

somali cat and rag doll mix with cat treats

And look who showed up… just in time to check out the treats! We got two huge bags of freeze dried chicken! Like, really huge! And yes, we got some right away.

somali cat paws with goat milk soap

My human got a bar of goat’s milk soap. They used to have goats on the farm, and they still have some of their awesome soap.

somali cat with Mr. Waffles Loves Design book

She also got this book, Mr. Waffles Loves Design, featuring one of the cats I follow on Instagram.

somali cat in Priority Mail box, with Secret Paws gifts

Thank you to everyone at Broken Teepee for these fun gifts! My human was also excited about the box because she needed one exactly this size so we could send our Secret Paws gifts to our recipient! This saves her a trip to the post office.

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  1. Timmy Tomcat says

    December 27, 2019 at 3:49 pm

    What a nice box of gifts and what a nice box too

    Reply
  2. caren gittleman says

    December 19, 2019 at 9:19 pm

    those are most pawesome prezzies!!

    Reply
  3. Catscue Catmom says

    December 19, 2019 at 5:43 pm

    Beautiful thoughtful gifts, so nice. Enjoy sweet Summer and Boodie!

    Reply
  4. Christine Carroll says

    December 19, 2019 at 7:00 am

    Wishing you lots of fun with the new toys.x

    Reply
  5. Julie McDonough says

    December 18, 2019 at 10:49 pm

    Great gifts Summer.

    Reply
  6. CRAIG S. C. OKAJIMA says

    December 18, 2019 at 7:36 pm

    Great to see Boodie! She is looking pretty!

    Reply
  7. Teddy says

    December 18, 2019 at 2:34 am

    Oh my what a wonderful box of fun you got from your Secret Santa friends! Lucky you and lucky Boodie as well sharing all the goodness.

    Hugs, Teddy

    Reply
  8. Emma and Buster says

    December 17, 2019 at 7:05 pm

    Whoa, what a pawsome package. Full of goodies for you and Boodie to enjoy. Happy Holidays to your Mom.

    Reply
  9. SELINA says

    December 17, 2019 at 6:29 pm

    Let us know what kind of catnip that is! It’s oj my Xmas list!!

    Purrz!
    Selina

    Reply
  10. Fraidy Cats! says

    December 17, 2019 at 6:06 pm

    how fun! You received some very nice pressies, Summer! you are lucky to be able to open them before CHristmas. everything came in a very nice box – too bad you couldn’t have hung on to that longer 😉

    minnie, hollie, sharpie, ditto, TL

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  11. Samantha says

    December 17, 2019 at 5:20 pm

    So many pawsome presents!

    Reply
  12. William's Kith & Kin says

    December 17, 2019 at 4:59 pm

    What fun! It’s too bad you don’t get to keep the box, though.

    Reply
  13. Ellen Pilch says

    December 17, 2019 at 4:24 pm

    WOW! You and your human both scored. Those are great gifts.

    Reply
  14. Barbara Mauldin says

    December 17, 2019 at 4:13 pm

    Great gifts, Summer. I know you deserved every one. Enjoy the new toys!!

    Reply
  15. Dirisha says

    December 17, 2019 at 3:54 pm

    Wow secret paws sounds fun!

    Reply
  16. LESLEY CASTLE says

    December 17, 2019 at 3:32 pm

    And it goes without saying that your friends are lucky to have you and your Mom as friends too!

    Reply
  17. LESLEY CASTLE says

    December 17, 2019 at 3:32 pm

    You are so lucky to have such awesome friends!

    Reply
  18. Brian Frum says

    December 17, 2019 at 12:52 pm

    Those really are super nice goodies and it’s nice to see Boodie in line for the treats!

    Reply
  19. The Swiss Cats says

    December 17, 2019 at 11:48 am

    Those are great gifts, box included ! Purrs

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  20. Memories of Eric and Flynn says

    December 17, 2019 at 11:48 am

    Those are all lovely gifts, and those treats sound very tasty too.

    Reply
  21. Cathy Keisha says

    December 17, 2019 at 10:38 am

    Whoa! You guys scored getting your gifts from the farm! TW loves her soaps and was just wondering if her shop was still open. We finally mailed our package yesterday. I think TW went cheap this year but hope the kitty/kitties like them.

    Reply
  22. LauRa says

    December 17, 2019 at 10:19 am

    What a lovely box! The Broken Teepee tribe are such nice folks & creatures!

    Reply
  23. The Dash Kitten Crew says

    December 17, 2019 at 10:16 am

    Cool gifts and the drool joke made us giggle!!!!

    Reply
  24. GinaV24 says

    December 17, 2019 at 10:09 am

    Wow, lots of great gifts! So glad you got to lick the catnip fishy before it went to Boodie. Hope you, Boodie and your human have a wonderful holiday.

    Reply
  25. Pat K says

    December 17, 2019 at 8:52 am

    That is a really nice set of gifts you received. Boodie
    certainly knows when to show up. Obviously, she is tuned
    in to what’s happening. How exciting.

    Reply
  26. Katie Isabella says

    December 17, 2019 at 8:37 am

    I loved seeing your gifts and seeing Boodie!

    Reply
  27. SELINA says

    December 17, 2019 at 8:29 am

    Awesome package! Glad to have that rare “Boodie Sighting”!

    Enjoy!

    Purrz!
    Selina

    Reply
  28. The Poupounette Gang says

    December 17, 2019 at 8:25 am

    That looks like a great Santa Paws gift pack. We used to do it years ago and then we had a really bad experience and stopped. Maybe we should start again next year.

    Purrs,
    Tama and Genji

    Reply
  29. Eastside Cats says

    December 17, 2019 at 7:53 am

    Wow, that’s some good stuff, Summer!
    I had a quick image of your person drooling over that catnip toy…LOL!

    Reply
  30. Melissa & Mudpie says

    December 17, 2019 at 7:26 am

    What a pawsome Secret Paws package!!! This is one of our favorite parts of the season, but I always make Mudpie wait until Christmas morning. I’m mean like that LOL

    Reply
  31. the ISland Cats says

    December 17, 2019 at 5:08 am

    Those are some great gifts! We heard Sherpa even sent some spit along with with that catnip fish.

    Reply
  32. Purrjamm cats says

    December 17, 2019 at 4:58 am

    Pretty cool gifts! And we so love those freeze dried chickens! We always have some on hand. Woohoo! Purrs

    Reply
  33. The Florida Furkids says

    December 17, 2019 at 4:52 am

    Great Secret Paw package. We’re glad your human didn’t drool on that toy!

    The Florida Furkids

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    • Katie Isabella says

      December 17, 2019 at 8:38 am

      Heeeeee

      Reply
  34. Laila and ANGEL Minchie says

    December 17, 2019 at 4:41 am

    OMC! Great gifts! Love all the little farm animal toys!

    Reply
  35. Hanna says

    December 17, 2019 at 3:13 am

    What fun!

    Reply
  36. Miss Ki and Jean says

    December 17, 2019 at 2:21 am

    You got so many nice gifts!. An exchange is a great idea. Enjoy those freats!

    Reply
  37. Emmit and Mimi says

    December 17, 2019 at 1:28 am

    What fun! Our human lady did a secret Santa at work and one of the fun things she got was “crazy cat lady” Band-Aids MOL!!

    Reply
  38. Mickey's Musings says

    December 17, 2019 at 1:06 am

    Oh boy! Those are some pretty cool gifts!
    We think you and Boodie will have some fun playing and snacking 😉
    Purrs,Georgia and Julie

    Reply
  39. The kitties of purring pines says

    December 17, 2019 at 12:22 am

    Wow! Summer that’s some great gifts!

    Reply
  40. LESLEY CASTLE says

    December 17, 2019 at 12:22 am

    Ooh, how exciting! What nice gifts! And the box it all came in is just icing on the cake!

    Reply

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