Laser quest

General 

Elliott was really good today. There was a bit of noisiness during the meal at Marley's party but it wasn't surprising with so many boys together and they were all really well behaved in general.

Activities

We had a lazy start to the morning with some playing with Transformers and watching Transformers on the iPad. Then after breakfast and getting dressed we wrapped up Marley's presents and wrote his card. Then we did his homework together which was finding as many different combinations as possible to make 2 shillings with old coins. This was quite advanced again (shilling is 12 pence and there are various coins) but we found some different combinations and focused on the adding up part of the task which he did really well. There are more combinations to find so we'll re-visit sometime in the next few days. After homework we went outside and did some cycling and football before a small, quick lunch.

After lunch we went to Marley's laser quest party at Wokingham Megabowl which was really good fun. The usual boys were there (Charlie, Harry, Ishan, Chavez, Cody, etc) but Adam couldn't make this one. I joined in for the 2 games of laser quest which were really good fun. Elliott and I were on opposing teams for the first game and the same team for the second game so that worked out nicely. After the games of laser quest it was a late second lunch of chicken nuggets:

After the party we went to Wokingham library where we signed up for the summer Mythical Maze reading challenge. This is a scheme where children take out 2 books at a time to read over the summer and get a sticker when they return the books and after reading 6 books get a medal. It's all along a mythical theme and there was also a little quiz to spot pictures of mythical creatures in the library, write down where they were and win a bookmark which we did (there were 10 pictures to find). The first 2 books he's borrowed are Stage 2 books - "DC Super Friends Crime Wave" and "The Great Swimming Race". He also got a sticker for signing up for the scheme which went down well. After the library we popped into Andrea's Mum and Dad's house on the way home where Harry and Jack Jenkins were visiting with their Mum and Dad. We played out in the garden with balls and doing gymnastics - Elliott was doing really good cartwheels and handstands. Then it was back home for a snack, bath and after his bath he read "DC Super Friends Crime Wave" really well - it's a good level for him, but also a bit longer than normal so we left his new bookmark halfway through it for tomorrow. Finally it was Transformers on the iPad before bed time.