Brick 2014

General 

Elliott was really good today. I've also been giving him cough mixture which he's been taking very nicely.

Activities

After breakfast we got dressed and set off to the train station to get the train to London for Brick 2014 (or "Lego Festival" as we called it). During the train journey Elliott was really well behaved and did his Maths homework (division) really quickly and got everything right and the recording was very neat and clear. He also read his new Transformers annual on the train and we took it in turns to play games on the iPhone. After we arrived at Waterloo we had to get the tube to Canning Town and then the DLR to Custom House where the Excel centre and "Lego Festival" was. Elliott was really good on the tube and DLR:

When we got to the Excel the queue to get in was huge so we decided to have our packed lunch early while the queue died down. By the time we'd finished lunch we walked straight in to Brick 2014 and Lego heaven. We saw loads of amazing bespoke Lego models including towns, railways, space ships, pirate scenes, battle scenes, huge Star Wars models, a big Titanic, a Space Shuttle, Tower Bridge, the Shard, a McDonalds and loads more and Elliott found them really interesting:

There was also a presentation area and we watched talks and Q and As with one of the chief designers of Lego Star Wars 3 the video game and by 2 actual Lego set designers, both of which Elliott enjoyed. He even asked one of the Lego set designers a question after his talk - "how many different types of Lego mini-figure are there" (although the Lego set designer didn't know). We also saw the man from Officially Amazing awarding a Guiness World Record to the video game designer as Lego Batman 1 is not the most successful video game ever. Later on we bumped into the Officially Amazing man in the venue and he said hello to us which Elliott found pretty exciting. He also enjoyed competing in a dance off in a group of children to the left of the stage with children to the right of the stage (and the "Legettes") and his side won. So he got a reward Lego mini figure:

As well as the presentation area there were lots of interesting stalls selling second hand and specialist Lego and we bought Yoda and Watto Lego Star Wars mini-figure key rings for his school book bag. We also got some freebies including 2 Batman mini-figures and some Lego guns Elliott won by knocking down Lego Star Wars Angry Birds soft toys on a stall:

As well as all this there was also a silent disco which we almost went in but Elliott was a bit shy, some junior go karts we didn't have time for, a "race a Lego man" track we didn't have time for, a huge Toys R Us Lego store we didn't go to, a tasty snack zone we did go to and had free Bear fruit (and picked up 15 Bear fruit cards we haven't got yet), a Playstation Lego video game zone where we picked up some free Lego Batman 3 video game posters and an augmented reality screen that built Lego from flattened boxes on the screen:

There was absolutely loads to do and if we'd gone for another day we probably wouldn't have seen everything. Eventually we left around 4pm and the journey home was quick so we were home in time for a pasta tea, bath time and then bed time without it being too late. We both really enjoyed the "Lego Festival".