We had our second, proper Christmas on Tuesday 28th as Team H felt well enough to drive 180 miles on Monday and had negative results. People still get coughs, colds and winter lurgies nothing to do with Covid. It would have been a waste of totally rearranging and child proofing the house if they couldn’t have come at all! With my son and daughter-in-law living with me it has tripled ( octupled? ) the amount of equipment needing protection from three and six year old boys, not to mention the mountain of Christmas presents they had given each other.
A favourite children’s present, sent by Nanna in Spain via Amazon, turned out to be very popular. Seasick Sam is a game, along the same idea as Buckaroo, but they just liked playing with Sam. You see how much food you can stuff in his mouth before he is sick. We five adults had Secret Santa with all presents to be bought locally or in charity shops and we all came up with a great selection.
Writing did not take a back seat as six year old wanted to write his own Frightened Freddy Lego story and being six it revolved around vomiting, with Seaside Sam having a starring role and toilets. We took lots of screen shots and edited the pictures on the computer. When I suggested we start writing the story he said ‘I think I’ll make the story longer…’ who would be an editor!
The next day we edited more photos and whittled them down to 33. Then he narrated and I typed, no easy task with someone who bounces around like Tigger the whole time, whilst leaning on my desk… We printed it out and sent the photos to his mother’s ipad in time for the deadline of going home .
Times and Tides of a Beachwriter 
Seasick Sam, eh? Perfect for the six-year-old set!!
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Love this, Janet. I was giggling all the way through but forgive me if I say I’m pleased not to have 6-year-olds around at Christmas 2. ;D
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we were in a daze by the time they all left!
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My family have also had delayed Christmas Days… The kids enjoy it whenever it is don’t they plus it sounds like they had fun x
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Bodily functions and malfunctions are always very popular with children!
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Even a few hours with small children can be exhausting. When we had our grandchildren here on the 27th, I was on the verge of falling asleep when they went home at 9pm.
I think they would like Seasick Sam too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I think you should buy them Sea Sick Sam Pete!
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Seasick Sam, lol. My 3 grandsons would love that game!
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Yes, I had never heard of it. You must get one for them Stevie!
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Christmas is all about family. It sounds like yours was wonderful.
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Yes, made up for Xmas 2020 when Boris cancelled everything at the last moment!
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I love that the grandkids get involvedin the storytelling!
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A best-seller in the making! 🙂
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Cute Christmas cake:)
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Great story and Christmas Janet. And love how the grandies are interested in creating stories ❤
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Thanks Debbie. they were still talking an making up stories when they were in bed!
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