Mini FoF

Sleep

Elliott woke at 6.50am.

He had a nap in the car for about an hour on the way to Cambridge.

He went to bed at 7.40pm and went to sleep quickly in the tent, but I sat with him while he did. He woke up again at around 10ish but went back to sleep quickly after a few minutes of comforting and cuddling.

Food

Elliott had corn flakes for breakfast.

He had cheese and ham sandwiches for lunch with a yoghurt pudding for lunch.

For tea he had fish fingers, sausages, a barbequed burger, a roll with spread, some chips and some orange segments.

He had some wine gums in the car as a snack during the journey to Cambridge..

Toilet

He had one accident today during the day while he was in the paddling pools. He did no poos during the day at all though. 

Naughtiness

He was really good all day apart from one incident during when he first met Hannah and Jim's little boy Jack and pushed him a little. I had a stern chat with him and he was nice to Jack from then on. 

Activities

We went to mini FoF in Cambridge today at the Dawson's house.

We left quite early after breakfast a bit of packing. The journey went really well and we stopped off a couple of times at services for leg stretching and to break the journey up. He also fell asleep for about an hour even though it was still before lunch!

When we arrived Phil, Sarah and their 8 month old baby Isaac were already there, as well as Alex, Maz, Lucas and Julia. He was a little shy for a few minutes but soon warmed up and remembered the Dawson house from the last time we were there.

As it was a nice day we were out in the garden almost immediately for lunch and then onwards - and there was lots of playing with outdoor toys (tricylce, balls, etc), We also filled up some mini paddling pools which he really enjoyed splashing in.

During the afternoon Hannah, Jim and their little boy Jack (about the same age as Billy) arrived as did Chas and Billy. Elliott seemed really pleased to see Billy and they did a lot of playing together, but with some encouragement did let Jack join in and started playing with him really nicely as well. They included Lucas lots, but he was a little younger for some things (e.g. playing with footballs). He also did quite a bit of interacting with baby Isaac and when he did he was really gentle and patient with him.

We had some inside play time as well as being outside a lot as we wanted to make sure they weren't all in the sun lots of time (and I did use sun cream, which I have in his bag) - and inside we did playing with cars, other toys and even some group reading of stories.

He really enjoyed the barbeque and sat really nicely at the table.

After tea we went to a local park with Billy for a bit to run off even more energy - this had some really nice play equipment and he did his normal racing around.

Then it was bath time and time for bed in the tent - which he really took in his stride and seemed quite excited by. I did stay with him while he went to sleep in the tent and later at around 10pm he did wake up and call out for me, but in general he seemed quite taken by the tent and it's definitely a holiday option I'll be thinking about.

All in all a really fun day though, with lots of activity, fun and socialising (for us both!)

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