Dear Pam,
You're the only one that actually added the cartoony dimension. Thank you for that, I love it! My colleague will be here in about two hours so I'll give you more feedback then. I hope he finds he professional enough! Could you try making other simple characters to give us a wider panel of what you can do, I'm sure that would help you reach top 5 ;)
Good luck and excellent job so far! Thank you!