Tomorrow on the 23rd is Sammie’s 5th birthday.  So in honor of it, I finally dug out the only photograph I have of her as a kitten (remember I got her as a rescue), and took a photo of it so I could post it online.  What a little bugger she was!

I don’t have a big celebration planned, just a can of her favorite “stew” and a nice relaxing day.  For early Christmas/birthday (late birthday for Ari), I got both Sammie and Ari new collars and name tags off of Etsy.com.  Their collars were getting a bit dingy, so I found cute leopard print ones to get.  Decided to get them some new spiffy new tags as well, better than the drab “made by a machine” Petco ones.  I will try to get pictures of them up!

I wish I could get away with taking naps in the afternoon sun like Sammie!

She is back to napping on the cat condo in her “kitty,” so I think it must have something to do with the time of year/change of seasons… as she avoids it all summer, but sleeps there in the fall and winter.

Sammie looks so sour in this photo, makes me laugh:

Maybe she dislikes me sticking a camera in her face all the time!

In other news, Ari got a great new product to test out as part of his job as a “Feline Consumer Product Test Driver” for The Bengal Bulletin.  It is the Kitty Calisthenics ball from Petlane, and you’ll be able to read his complete review in the next issue of the bulletin!

Here is Ari looking rather business-like.  I think he takes his job very seriously!  (By the way, Sammie holds the same job, but unfortunately she couldn’t be bothered with the Kitty Calisthenics ball, just not her style!)