Christmas Day

General 

Elliott was good for all of today, although unsurprisingly a bit hyper at times and very tired by the end of the day. He seems to have developed a bit of a sniffle, but seems much happier in general terms and wasn't subdued today at all, declaring his headache better.

Activities

In the morning he woke around 5.15am and then came to wake me up, but then said he was going back to bed as it wasn't morning yet so it wasn't time to open his presents. However about 20 minutes later he was back so we opened his presents from Santa - a Ben 10 Omnitrix, an Octonauts Gup, a Sonic remote control car and some stocking fillers (some mini Ben 10 figures, some cars, a tell the time game, a Gruffalo pencil, etc). After we opened Santa's presents we played for a while before having breakfast. Then we swapped more presents with Andrea as she left to spend the day with her family, and he got a Hex Bug Nano starter kit from Andrea which he has been really enjoying. After some more playing we went to Salisbury Cathedral to pick up Granny who currently can't drive because of a bandaged wrist. When we got back it was lunch time and he did really well with his roast lunch, though we did tell him it was chicken instead of turkey to help encourage him.

After lunch we opened the last presents and he had been given some books, some Angry Birds cuddly toys and Ben 10 crashing cars from Granny and Grandpa which he really loved. Then more playing, interupted by watching "Room on the Broom" on television which he really got in to. Finally it was bath time and he was really tired by then and fell asleep very quickly again.

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