While I'm sure they don't approve of the number of cats we have, they do treat them as family. We get cards in the mail from "the cats" (my mom) all the time.

For Mother's Day, my mom helped all eight shop for a really cute pink jacket for me. "Thier" card was soooo cute, it was a Mother's Day card from the cat. Too cute!

My grandma and my mother-in-law buy presents for the kitties on Christmas as well.