Boxing Day with a very Spoilt child

I woke at 4 am, got back to sleep at 7:30 am and my alarm went off at 8:30 am! Bloody insomnia!!! So after only 2 hours sleep I grudgingly emerged from my pit to wake mother from her slumber, for today we are due at my uncles for about 10:30 am. I only realised as we were getting ready, the reason Uncle Steven wanted us over so early was because we are usually late for any gatherings!
We arrived to see Nan and Grandad sat on the floor playing games with Thomas, my 2 year old cousin (and an only child, very spoilt!). We all sat helping him play a game where butterflies fly up and out of an elephants truck and you had to catch them in nets, although he only seemed interested in watching them fly up and fall down!
At lunchtime we (the guests) were all shocked at the lack of discipline they were giving to Thomas. First of all he couldn’t decide which seat he wanted and was swapping for about 10 minutes whilst Uncle Steven looked on. Even whilst we were all eatting, he was more interested in trying to sit on his mum’s lap or get down to have a little run around, but the worst part about it the meal was when Thomas decided to chew all of his food up and spit it out onto the floor. His parents simply went and got a tissue to clear it up, no stern words said, no hands across bottoms, no nothing!
Crikey, if he was my son, I would have very sternly told him off, lectured him about good manners when you have guests and made him apologise to everyone present. And not only that but he would also be sat in a high chair! That way, you can still involve the child with the rest of the group and stop him from running about and trying to escape, well almost anyway!
Following lunch, we all exchanged gifts. My Nan gave me a a book, a DVD game and a purse, these were all taken from my online Christmas list. I was rather disappointed to see that the purse was actually red! I was sure, when making the list online, that it was pink! My uncle also got me a book, it’s a good job I am off work for the next few months as my reading pile has now grown dramatically!