I may have thrown a further spanner in the works this morning by

mentioning that Maureen’ son and grandson are on the way.  Maureen’s initial reaction has been concern that  she :’won’t know what to talk to them about’.

Perhaps I should have stuck to  my original thinking and let it all be a surprise when they turned up.  It may take more than a bit of singing along to YouTube to ease things along until their arrival in a couple of hours