Xmas break cancelled, how do I make it up to DS???

[winterwoe]

Hello all

Weve had a real run of it. My husband has had the flu last week, my dad has a kidney infection and now my daughter has croup. We’ve been waiting to go on this holiday to centre parcs de Haan for absolutely months. DS 10 has been saying every single day ‘26 more days to centre parcs’ etc…. I’ve had to cancel it as my dad is too ill to drive so my parents aren’t coming and my daughter has a temperature of 39 and is so exhausted it would just be mean to put her through a long drive…But DS is going to be really upset, this was his reward for working really hard at school and putting in months of extra work on his maths. He’s been so good. How can we treat him this weekend? Any ideas for doable things that will compare? It was the tropical cyclone which he wanted to do more than anything and obviously not easy to replicate!!!

And then rebook for the summer in exactly the same place, I am not a fan of letting dc down like this unless it was a total emergency op. Life threatening stuff and not winter bugs.

Thanks for all the responses.

We can definitely do the centre parcs trip again soon. It’s not cancelled forever, just right now. Could even try to do it again over Xmas hols if we are feeling up to it.

I cancelled because the plan was for my parents to look after DD whose 18 months whilst we went on the tropical cyclone and wild river etc with our son but now it will be us taking it in turns to do it with him and one of us in the lodge with DD. He really wanted the time with both of us as so much of our attention has been on baby. Also DD had croup last Xmas and she ended up in hospital on steroids so I was worried we’d be stuck in another country in that situation.

To be honest I also feel absolutely horrendous myself with a headache and heavy cold. DH feels crap too. This isn’t the trip we planned in any form.

Doing it over soon is not an issue though, it’s the disappointment of this weekend that we need to get through.

If you are just going in a few weeks op why do you need to do anything? It’s beginning to sound like pandering. Children need to be flexible. I wouldn’t promise anything if you are coming down with the flu. It’s not cancelled just rescheduled op.

So sorry this has happened.
i think he’s going to be massively disappointed, so let him express that.
is there anything you can do together so he still gets some parent tIme and attention? Maybe do a movie night of all his favourite films, get his favourite takeaway, etc? It doesn’t sound like any of you are well enough to go to a water park.

@ExquisiteDecorations not the holiday, the current location to send alternative ideas

Whereabouts in the country are you? That might help with suggestions

Are you anywhere near blackpool? They have a pretty decent water park with a water coaster that almost compares to center parcs.