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, there would be dead bodies hereabouts!Date: 7 October 2015. Keeping in Touch with Grandchildren.
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I suspect all grandparents worry
that our Grands will forget us while we are off cruising. As for my
folks, they enjoyed showing my duo life on the waters. Still, I am
certain there was some concern the kidlets would forget their
Grandma and Grandpa on-the-boat. That did not happen, and here is how
my parents made sure of that.
Number One: As frequently as possible the Kidlets
came for visits to the boat.
That day was of course wonderful for my duo. Son and Kidlet enjoyed cruising, anchoring out and swimming from the boat. And too, it gave them things to talk to their friends about. None of their friends went on boat trips with grandparents who lived aboard a yacht.
And no, ours was not a Yacht though
she was quite nice.
Cruising on a yacht
was a Big Deal to the under
ten set.
As teenagers, they liked it even better!
Do not think the kids had their own *stateroom. Instead, they would fall asleep in the forward cabin. Later, when my folks were ready for their bunks, the kids would move out to the main salon. This couch was actually a hide-a-bed and folded out.*Stateroom: in a house would be called a bedroom.
This couch pulls out and is a
hide-a-bed:
Number Two: Magazines.
Grandma and Grandpa were smart. Instead of buying toys for my children, they paid for magazine subscriptions. A magazine arrives fresh and new at least four to six times per year. What could be better? And every kidlet I know loves to receive mail.
I have done the same with my Grand. She thinks mail is just the best thing in the world. I regularly send postcards, plus DVDs and books to her. The added bonus is that Every piece of junk mail in the box is "from Grandma on the Big Boat" so I get credit for all the ads that arrive too.
Yes, Princess Sarah does think Seaweed is big.
Sarah thinks I am
wonderful and I cannot wait to show her my world afloat.
Son loved clam dip on saltines. Nothing fancy... just
life aboard a 40'er.
Soon enough I shall take my Grand swimming off the
boat.
There will be none of that beach sand in the bathing suits for
us!
My two loved swimming with dolphin, fishing for dinner, collecting seashells from the bottom and lots of card playing in the evenings. What my kids were not so crazy about was travel. It was "boring" (and loud) however once arrived at a destination they were beyond pleased.
And even underway was okay. Son daydreamed of the day he would sail off over the horizon. That was fed with many books about adventures at sea.
Kidlet played with her dolly and pretended.
Both were encouraged to write in the Log Book. They would write "spotted pelican at 280 degrees" or "dolphins playing in wake at 1435 off XYZ Island"
In any event, if yours are far from you and the
day-to-day
interactions are curtailed, try ordering magazines.
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Magazines my two enjoyed: |
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The interests of my two were varied. They might try a magazine for a year and find it not to their liking.
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Mail is a great way to stay in touch and offers yours an opportunity to read for pleasure. Subscribe! And, as long as you are thinking about it, this
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Addendum:
Circa 2023. Amazon no longer offers
magazines the way described in this article. To get the paper
magazines sent to the babies we must go to each magazine's
website and buy there. Such is life, eh?
OR,
go to your local library virtually
(via the internet)
and download/read what you want for free.
Overdrive and Libby are two library based borrowing systems. I
have used both. Quite frankly this whole thing reminds me of the dystopian novels which state: You will own nothing and you will like it. |
What magazines to you subscribe to?
Are those in digital format or hard copy regular magazines?
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