Ickworth House

General 

Elliott was mainly good today. There were a few moments where he got upset when we visited Ickworth House - one when he didn't want to leave the adventure playground and one when we were playing football and the Dawsons were winning. However these moments did not last long and he moved froward from them much quicker than he does sometimes.

Activities

In the morning we went to Ickworth with Alex and Lucas Dawson. This was really good. We played on the adventure playground there for quite a while and there were monkey bars there that Elliott negotiated very impressively - especially considering The National Trust recommended they were for ages 14 upwards:

After the adventure playground we picked up explorers packs and went to explore the grounds. We saw some butterflies and some birds before we came to the den building area where we built a den together:

Then we headed to Ickworth House for lunch in the restaurant and the boys had beans on toast. 

After lunch we went for a walk to the river and stopped to play some football in a field on the way which was good fun but did lead to both boys being upset about different things briefly. Then it was back to the adventure playground for a final play before leaving:

After we got home we did some handwriting practice and then a quick bit of bike riding in the yard outside the flats before having pizza for tea. Then it was bath time, another chapter of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and then bed time.