Football catch

Sleep

Elliott had no nap today

He went to bed at 7.30pm and went to sleep quickly.

Food

Elliott had fish cakes, chips and peas for lunch with a yoghurt pudding.

For tea he had toast.

He had a biscuit for a snack in the afternoon. 

Toilet

He was brilliant with toileting today but had already done his poo!

Naughtiness

We had one time-out on a naughty step today for, as it normally appears to be, not listening to Daddy / escalating into deliberately not doing what Daddy asks - in this case I was asking him to go and wash his hands before tea - and he had been warned it was 5 minutes until tea. This turned into one of the longer time-outs and there was a lot of "battle of wills" going on, but I kept explaining that I had all day and we'd be there until he'd done his time-out properly and eventually I think he realised I was serious and gave up!

Activities

We went back to Downton and stopped off in Basingstoke on the way.

In Basingstoke we found a park and had quite a lot of fun running around - he seems to absolutely love racing and chasing, just for hours and hours almost!

After we got to Downton we mainly stayed inside and did indoor playing / puzzles. However we did go into the garden for quite an extended game of "football catch". His catching is really coming along, though he does seem to use his head quite a lot as part of the catching process at the moment (clutching our soft football into his neck or forehead to keep it stable). Still very impressive though, and his throwing is really accurate, especially when he wants it to be.

We also watched some Mr Benn (old school) which he seemed quite engaged by - even though the animation is, frankly, rubbish by today's standards.

To see photos of today visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/elliottsweekends/.