Car booty

General

Elliott was really good for most of today. Unfortunately he got upset at Andrea's Dad's house at the end of dinner because, after he hadn't finished his ice lolly and was taking a long time to eat the last part (over 5 minutes) I warned him and then gave it to Jack instead. He then got upset and started to wind himself up and we had to leave. I explained to him why Jack had got the end of his ice lolly and we talked about whether it was worth being so upset, but he had wound himself up quite a lot and it took about 20 minutes for him to calm down. I turned down the lights and left him in a more relaxed environment and he eventually was fine and said he understood what had happened.

Activities

In the morning we went to the Hawkedon parent's association car boot sale to help out for an hour or so. I was helping make bacon rolls and Elliott enjoyed looking around the stores and snaffling up a few bargains - two new light sabers and an Iron Man mask. Adam was also there as his Mum and Dad were selling things from their car boot and him and Elliott played together for quite a while. I kept half an eye on them and Adam was being totally fine so that was great to see. We even had bacon rolls for lunch there.

After lunch he played with his new toys and then it was off to meet Harry and Jack Jenkins in the park for some fun before roast dinner of chicken and beef at their house. Elliott also had roast potatos and some broccoli and most of his ice lolly for pudding, before it got a bit fraught and we had to go. After we'd got home and he'd calmed down it was bath time before we read some of his school book "Go Astronaut" and he recorded this in his reading record. Then it was time for bed.