A day out with Thomas

Sleep

Elliott woke at 6.30am.

He had a nap in the car on the way home for about 40 minutes.

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

Food

Elliott had Special K for breakfast.

He had ham sandwiches for lunch with some raisins and I tried to get him to have some orange segments but he wasn't keen. 

For tea he had cheese on toast and a yoghurt.

He had some cake for a morning snack.

Toilet

He had no accidents today and a good poo with some attempted wiping himself.

Naughtiness

He was really good all day.

Activities

We went to the Watercress Line day out with Thomas today with Dave, Jo, Alice and Fi. We had a brilliant day with lots of riding on different steam trains and also children's entertainer, playgrounds, colouring, face painting (though Elliott didn't want to join in), transfer tattoo (he had James on his arm) and lots of grown ups dressed up as Thomas characters (the fat controller, a police man, etc).

He was really well behaved all day and also had lots of fun. He got on really well with Alice and Fi and when we were watching the children's entertainer he went up to the front and joined in with the actions, even though he looked a little shy at first.

The only downside of the day was that there was a bouncy castle slide that he wanted to have a go on, but when he got to the top of the slide he was a bit scared. I couldn't go up to help because of insurance rules so in the end the man running it went up and helped him climb back down the stair side. He seemed to take it in his stride though and I gave him lots of support and cuddles (which he shrugged off quite quickly and just started running around again). The slide was for ages 3 to 11 and I was a bit dubious as to whether he would like it while we were queuing, but he did ask if he could have a go and he seemed quite keen on the idea until he got up the stairs.

Other than that though an absolutely brilliant day.

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