Cat Cafe

Shortly after the new year, Alice was talking about a cat cafe that she'd seen in a video, and Grace and Juliet had also seen the same one!  Sadly, it was in Japan, or somewhere abroad.  When we told Billy that there was one in the Lansing area, he scheduled a family visit for that afternoon!

In true Grace fashion, she planned her outfit cat-fully.

The cafe is set up that you enter through what is a regular coffee shop.  You order your drink, which we had prepaid when Billy set up our visit time, then you can take your drink into the cat area (but the cats are not allowed in the cafe area.)  

There is a double door that buzzes loudly if you have both doors open at once. You aren't supposed to mess with sleeping cats, and the kids did a good job obeying this rule!  

William, Emily, and Grace each got time with a kitty in their laps.  

We were in the room alone for the first ten minutes or so, but then a group of college kids joined us, and the sparse number of cats who were active (most of the cats were hiding or sleeping) was now further split.  So, Alice and Juliet didn't get much interaction with the kitties.  

Even with the inactive cats, the kids had a good time! They are scheduling to move into a new building, much closer to us, so maybe we can go early on a weekday in summertime, so everyone gets more kitty time.

later days

edit 2-11-25: backdated for continuity.