I know what you all are thinking. We have hit triple digits in the number of days since this all began and Lauren still hasn’t made a blog post just about her cat. Don’t worry it is time to right this wrong, and what better time do to so than for Katniss’s 5th birthday!
I’ve heard of a wise philosophy that you should take any excuse to party. This year I decided to throw my cat a birthday party.
The preperations for her birthday began about a week before the party. I decided that since it was her special day, she should have a special outfit to wear. I picked up some cotton fabric at JoAnn’s and made her a little birthday dress. This was a great excuse to try out a ruffler pressure foot for my sewing machine. It is a neat little device that automatically pleats your fabric at a stitch interval of your chosing.
Once that was done the next part of party planning was to send out the invitations. Under normal circumstances, I would have loved to invite you all, but due to social distancing I kept the gathering small. Sorry you all missed it.
The last step was decorations. I went minimalistic this year, and bought two balloons from the dollar store.
They were a big hit with the birthday girl.
Now that everything is set it was time to party! We did Korean bbq on some tabletop griddles…
… forced Katniss to wear her party dress …
… and then ended dinner with some birthday cupcakes. I had to help Katniss blow out the candles.
But what would a birthday party be without presents? Katniss really got spoiled this year, Logan made her an abosultely amazing cross stich, and she got some treats from mom.
Happy birthday Katniss! Hope you all have an excuse to party before the end of summer 🙂
Bonus Content: Katniss’s Origin Story
Katniss and I go way back. So far back, that I knew her mom as a kitten! Katniss was born on July 27th 2015 to single mom Legalos. Legalos is the cat of my friend in my hometown. I remember when she was a little kitten, and when she grew up to be a beautiful cat. So beautiful that I said off handedly that if the cat ever had kittens I would want one. My friend remembered it, and when irresponsible teen Legalos snuck out of the house and came back pregnant, I was first in line for one of the kittens. Katniss was born in a litter of two, just her and her brother.
So we know who the mom is but who is her father? My friend and I like to think her father was a cat we called Mountain Cat. He was a brown Maine Coon mix that belonged to my friend’s neighbors. The neighbors for a while were landscaping their front yard, and almost everyday my friend and I would see Mountain Cat sitting on top of the mountain of dirt in the front yard. Hence the name Mountain Cat.
When I first met Katniss she was a little bit older than the photos shown here. About two months old. She wasn’t quite ready to be seperated from her mother, so we decided to wait until Thanksgiving for my mom to drive her across the desert to me when she was visiting for the holiday. Below is the first picture I ever took of Katniss on her first night at my place. She was already making herself at home!
And this is the first photo I ever took together with Katniss!
To end I will share some fun Katniss facts:
- She looks cross eyed but it is only one eye that is derpy.
- Her goal in life is to be as chonky as possible.
- If you walk past her while she is eating she will sad meow at you, and put on a very concerned face as if you are going to take her food away. Despite the fact that never once in her life has food ever been taken away from her.
- Her favorite thing in the world is her most beloved wet food treats.
- Everyday when I come home she runs up to me, starts meowing, and will only stop when I pick her up and give her a hug.
Song of the day: Some relaxing vibes