The Name Game better late than never

Mom is a day late and a dollar short with the 4th of July name game but here we go anyway.

First: Mom because she is our Mom (luckily she decided to not put up a picure).

Mom's name is Cecilia aka, Ceal, aka Ma, aka Mom, aka *HiC

NO she was not named after the Simon and Garfunkel song of the mid '60's.. She is older than dirt. She was 21 when the song hit the airwaves. You would not beleive how many times a month she hears, "Cecilia you are breaking my heart'.

She was named for the Shrine of St. Cecilia in Italy. Her mom saw the name in a book.

Dad calls her Ceal...even though she cannot balance balls on her nose.

Sis calls her Ma, I call her Mom and the 4 AAAs call her HiC.

Second:

Madison, aka Diva, aka, Madi, aka Mads, aka Madstser (Dad calls me this)
I was listed at kitty M when Mom and Dad came to pick me out and they arrived w/o a name in mind...They just wanted a female, gray cat. They tossed about a million names such as Maggie Mae, Gracie, Asheley (both of these because I'm gray), Clancy (after the first Vet who checked me over). Dad didn't like any of those names. Then lo and behold Madison came to Mom, but she shortened it to Madi. They said it was harder to name me that my human sister....that should have been a warning to them that I would be challenging.

BTW: Thanks to Sammy and Andy's Mom for this lovely picture.

Third: Milky-Way: My human sis named him Milky-Way because the first thing he did when they brought him home was to drink a bowl of milk and his chest was as white as milk.

Nope none one in the house was into astronomy.


Fourth (but surely not last) was Toto the mighty mini Daschund. He, too, was named by my human sister. He came to live with the family when my humans sister was 3 years old.

She was and still is a big Wizard of Oz fan. Mom told me she tried to convince my sister that the real Toto was not a doxie but she would not change her mind. Mom even tried to get my sis to name him Otto sinc he was German. Mom said it was pretty obvious that the family dog was to be named Toto no matter the breed, color or sex of said dog.

Toto lived up to his namesake. He was pretty much a tornado most of his life. He was full of energy and always stirring things up!!!

Thanks for stopping by:

Madi and Mom