General
Elliott said he'd had a good day at school, except he had a scrape just under his chin that he said had been caused by Cody. He was a little upset but when he discovered we were going swimming again he was much happier.
Activities
Swimming went really well and we did thorough drying afterwards to alleviate any adverse reaction to his cold. After we got home we played with Lego although because of flooding crisis I also had to field some phone calls so Andrea helped. He did some really good reading from his blue book but he didn't want to do any homework - though has promised he will do some tomorrow morning.
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Tea at Asda
General
Elliott said he'd been learning about China at school today and he came home with a paper plate coloured in with Chinese designs and a piece of art work showing each of the different Chinese animals that represent the years. We also showed Mrs Mahmood his lego R2-D2 which went down well. He had "tomato pizza" for lunch.
Activities
I decided not to go to swimming lessons today because of Elliott's cough so instead we went to Asda for tea as a treat. He was a bit upset about not going swimming at first, but I explained it was so he could get better and we had a good time looking at toys in Asda and having one of their kid's meals - he had a ham sandwich, cocktail sausages, some cake and a fruit shute. After we got home we finished off homework, although he was a bit distracted and although we finished his words we only managed to do one more shopping at the cafe sum. After bed time he did some really good reading with a longer book than normal and went to sleep well after cough medicine. Ironically he hardly coughed at all after school today.
Elliott said he'd been learning about China at school today and he came home with a paper plate coloured in with Chinese designs and a piece of art work showing each of the different Chinese animals that represent the years. We also showed Mrs Mahmood his lego R2-D2 which went down well. He had "tomato pizza" for lunch.
Activities
I decided not to go to swimming lessons today because of Elliott's cough so instead we went to Asda for tea as a treat. He was a bit upset about not going swimming at first, but I explained it was so he could get better and we had a good time looking at toys in Asda and having one of their kid's meals - he had a ham sandwich, cocktail sausages, some cake and a fruit shute. After we got home we finished off homework, although he was a bit distracted and although we finished his words we only managed to do one more shopping at the cafe sum. After bed time he did some really good reading with a longer book than normal and went to sleep well after cough medicine. Ironically he hardly coughed at all after school today.
Monday, 3 February 2014
After school cycling test
General
Elliott said he'd had a good day at school today, but he also said he'd been on the board for the last 3 days because he'd accidentally pushed Charlie. I didn't quite get to the bottom of this, but I suspect he has been in a bit of trouble recently for something - Mrs Parfitt didn't mention anything when I talked to her about the nurture lady though. He also talked about how no-one ever let him play his game and everyone always played Adam's game, but again I didn't quite manage to get totally to the bottom of what he meant. On a more positive note he seems to have really enjoyed some Star Wars time with Mrs Mahmood. He had meatballs for lunch and his cough sounds a bit better - still there but not as deep as before.
Activities
After school we wrapped up warm and went to Palmer Park for after school cycle club on the athletics track to keep working on cycling and confidence. This was brilliant and for an hour Elliott rode around the 400m oval pretty much non stop. He tried a slightly bigger bike than his Ben 10 bike for a couple of circuits as well (they have bikes there to borrow) and that went very well too. After we got home he had a packed tea and then wrote more words from his homework before bath, some really good reading and bed.
Elliott said he'd had a good day at school today, but he also said he'd been on the board for the last 3 days because he'd accidentally pushed Charlie. I didn't quite get to the bottom of this, but I suspect he has been in a bit of trouble recently for something - Mrs Parfitt didn't mention anything when I talked to her about the nurture lady though. He also talked about how no-one ever let him play his game and everyone always played Adam's game, but again I didn't quite manage to get totally to the bottom of what he meant. On a more positive note he seems to have really enjoyed some Star Wars time with Mrs Mahmood. He had meatballs for lunch and his cough sounds a bit better - still there but not as deep as before.
Activities
After school we wrapped up warm and went to Palmer Park for after school cycle club on the athletics track to keep working on cycling and confidence. This was brilliant and for an hour Elliott rode around the 400m oval pretty much non stop. He tried a slightly bigger bike than his Ben 10 bike for a couple of circuits as well (they have bikes there to borrow) and that went very well too. After we got home he had a packed tea and then wrote more words from his homework before bath, some really good reading and bed.
Sunday, 2 February 2014
Cycling at Ludgrove
General
Elliott was good for all of today, although we had sausage and mash for tea and for some reason he didn't eat his mash very well (or any peas at all). His cough still sounds quite bad so we skipped football but we did get some fresh air doing more cycling practice and he was wrapped up lots.
Activities
We had a lazy morning watching Lego Star Wars and playing with Lego Star Wars. After elevenses we went out to the private road by Ludgrove School and did some more adventurous cycling practice. This was really good and he was cycling over sleeping policemen and for long stretches. He did fall off once as he practiced trying to start cycling uphill but it was a very gentle fall at a standstill and he got straight up and got on with it.
After lunch we played with Hexbugs before starting his homework - this week's task is all about a café and adding up the value of different items so I think it combines Maths and learning about money. We did half of his words as well and he did really well at both tasks. After homework we popped round to Andrea's Mum and Dads where Harry and Jack Jenkins were visiting with their Dad and had some fun playing there and showing Harry his new light sabre. After a slightly frustrating tea he did bath, reading and bed time really well.
To see photos of today visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/elliottsweekends/.
Elliott was good for all of today, although we had sausage and mash for tea and for some reason he didn't eat his mash very well (or any peas at all). His cough still sounds quite bad so we skipped football but we did get some fresh air doing more cycling practice and he was wrapped up lots.
Activities
We had a lazy morning watching Lego Star Wars and playing with Lego Star Wars. After elevenses we went out to the private road by Ludgrove School and did some more adventurous cycling practice. This was really good and he was cycling over sleeping policemen and for long stretches. He did fall off once as he practiced trying to start cycling uphill but it was a very gentle fall at a standstill and he got straight up and got on with it.
After lunch we played with Hexbugs before starting his homework - this week's task is all about a café and adding up the value of different items so I think it combines Maths and learning about money. We did half of his words as well and he did really well at both tasks. After homework we popped round to Andrea's Mum and Dads where Harry and Jack Jenkins were visiting with their Dad and had some fun playing there and showing Harry his new light sabre. After a slightly frustrating tea he did bath, reading and bed time really well.
To see photos of today visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/elliottsweekends/.
Saturday, 1 February 2014
Anakin Skywalker's light sabre
General
Elliott was good overall today. However when I went to pick him up from Harry Jenkins' house just before we left he got upset about a toy swap that he instigated and kept changing his mind. He did calm down pretty quickly. His cough is also sounding worse again so we got some cough syrup and used Karpol drops at bed time for his pillow.
Activities
In the morning I went to pick him up quite early and we played with Harry and Jack Jenkins which was good fun apart from the toy swap moment. Apparently he'd been really well behaved and before we arrived they'd gone out scootering and done some exercise. We then went out for lunch at Pizza Hut which was very nice and he ate his plain pizza and garlic bread very well.
After lunch we went shopping with his pocket money and bought a light sabre he'd been saving for. He chose Anakin Skywalker's light sabre instead of Obi Wan Kinobe's but it was a hard choice. After this we did lots of cycling practice in the afternoon which he really enjoyed (and he was wrapped up very warm). After tea we did some reading of his school books and he went to bed very well.
To see photos of today visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/elliottsweekends/.
Elliott was good overall today. However when I went to pick him up from Harry Jenkins' house just before we left he got upset about a toy swap that he instigated and kept changing his mind. He did calm down pretty quickly. His cough is also sounding worse again so we got some cough syrup and used Karpol drops at bed time for his pillow.
Activities
In the morning I went to pick him up quite early and we played with Harry and Jack Jenkins which was good fun apart from the toy swap moment. Apparently he'd been really well behaved and before we arrived they'd gone out scootering and done some exercise. We then went out for lunch at Pizza Hut which was very nice and he ate his plain pizza and garlic bread very well.
After lunch we went shopping with his pocket money and bought a light sabre he'd been saving for. He chose Anakin Skywalker's light sabre instead of Obi Wan Kinobe's but it was a hard choice. After this we did lots of cycling practice in the afternoon which he really enjoyed (and he was wrapped up very warm). After tea we did some reading of his school books and he went to bed very well.
To see photos of today visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/elliottsweekends/.
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