We had such fun this week, it was daddy’s turn to have a ‘lockdown’ birthday, it was just us celebrating with each other but we spoilt him rotten all week. I really don’t mind it being just us and I’m getting quite used to having mummy and daddy around all day every day. Normally mummy and daddy would leave us alone for a few days to go to see their mummy and daddy and have a big celebration without us. They always came back and say they didn’t pawty without us but I know differently. When they go away we always have our Aunty or Uncle look after us but we still manage a big get together and invite all our friends round, how else would all the cat litter get to every far flung corner of the flat? When they’re away we do all the things we’re not supposed to do, run over all the furniture, chase each other, eat each other’s food (wait, we do that anyway) and generally create havoc. Surely they must do the same when they go away?
Anyway, this year is different so we knew daddy might be a bit sad at not seeing his mummy and daddy and the rest of his family and friends so we thought we should make him feel extra special and loved. We made daddy a special birthday card from us all to cheer him up and let him know just how much we love him. We all chipped in and I think it turned out really well. When mummy and I went out for walkies later on I wore my special pawty bandana to celebrate, this is only ever worn on very special occasions and a birthday is definitely a very special occasion worthy of a special outfit, you can see it in the birthday card.
When he went to bed the night of daddy’s birthday all four of us snuggled up on the bed all night long, we made sure we cuddled in really close so that he couldn’t escape us. We made sure the he had to stay in bed for just a little bit longer in the morning until we let him out from under the covers that we had pinned around him. He said it was the best present he could have wished for, to have us all on the bed all together. This must be true as he moaned and groaned when he got up, saying something about his legs had gone to sleep as we had tucked him in so well, I’m pretty sure this must be a good thing if his legs got a good nights sleep as well as the rest of him.
Daddy got cards and presents 🎁 so we helped him open those and of course we got to share in the excitement too. I love presents. One of daddy’s presents came in a box and you all know cats love boxes so daddy said I could have this as my present and left me to happily play with it, leaving daddy to play with his present. As his present wasn’t a box I wasn’t really paying attention to what he got but I could tell he was happy so I carried on checking out my box. I love it when mummy or daddy has a celebration day, they always share it with us all and so we get to have fun and presents too, it’s a whole family event.
I also thought it would be nice if we helped make sure daddy’s seat on the sofa was kept warm for him whenever he got up to do something so Millie and I hopped up there to keep it warm for him when he got up. I also made sure that daddy always had someone to snuggle with all week so Peppar, Millie and Angelin were put on daddy snuggle duty to make sure daddy felt just how much we all love 💕 him. So that mummy didn’t feel left out I curled up on her lap every so often just to show that we love her as well.
As it was daddy who was having a birthday he got to choose a birthday meal, he chose shepherds pie and we all got to share it. It would be a special treat if mummy and daddy weren’t so caring and always shared their food with us so we can try whatever they have. We all know that we like shepherds pie as it’s daddy’s favourite meal so we’ve shared it lots before but then as a special treat later in the week we all had a steak dinner. Mummy ‘accidentally’ cooked a bit too much so there was plenty left for us to have too. I’m not particularly food oriented but I really love steak so I wolfed down my portion, hoping to then be able to have a sneaky nibble of one of the others but daddy was being a spoil sport and keeping an eye on us all so we all got our fair share and there wasn’t any nibbling of anyone else’s.
Then to keep up with the celebrations I thought that no pawty is complete without a bit of dancing so daddy cranked up the hi-fi and put on some of his favourite tracks. I love music and I’m a bit of a rock chick and when daddy put on some of the best tracks to dance to I just couldn’t help myself and gave in to the urge and had a dance in the hallway where I thought no-one was watching….I was wrong, they were watching me and worse still had filmed my carefree dancing. I’ve only put the video on here because it’s daddy’s birthday and it made him laugh seeing me. I don’t really care what I look like when I’m having fun as it just feels good to let go and be carefree for even just a little while. Then tired out I settled down for the night for a well earned sleep 💤 Happy Birthday Daddy.
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