Hotel Sendito Aequora Lanzarote

General 

Elliott was good today. 

Activities

After breakfast we finished packing and then headed to Gatwick Airport to get our flight to Lanzarote. When we'd checked in and got through secrurity we went to Nandos for lunch and Elliott had chicken breast with chips.

After lunch we boarded the aeroplane and flew to Lanzarote which took about 4 hours. Elliott had no problems on the flight apart from his ears popping as we landed and watched Transformers: The Last Knight on an iPad during the flight. After landing we showed our passports, collected our luggage and got on a coach which transferred us to our hotel, the Hotel Sendito Aequora Lanzarote. After we'd checked in and been shown to our room we unpacked quickly and headed to the hotel theatre to see the end of the evening's show which was Hollywood themed and involved the animation team dancing to Hollywood songs. Then we headed back to our room, brushed our teeth and went to sleep.

The Deadly Seven

General 

Elliott was really good after I picked him up and went to bed with no problems.

Activities

After I picked him up we went home and Elliott brushed his teeth and got ready for bed. After he was ready for bed he read some of his book "The Deadly Seven" and then sent to sleep.

The Cartoon Museum Superhero Animation Workshop

General 

Elliott was very good again today. 

Activities

We got up quite early today and after breakfast Elliott had a shower. Then we caught the train from Wokingham to Waterloo and then the Underground from Waterloo to Tottenham Court Road. When we got toTottenham Court Road Underground station we walked to the Cartoon Museum (near The British Museum) where Elliott was booked in for a Superhero Animation Workshop. He was a bit nervous when we first got there and asked if I would come in with him (which I was hoping to do anyway) but he soon lost his nerves when he sat next to soon to be new friends Dexter and Finn and the tutor announced they were going to be doing stop motion animation featuring Marvel Superheroes. At this point he seemed quite keen for me to leave so I left him to it with a packed lunch of peanut butter sandwiches, a cookie and some water.

At 3.30pm I arrived back at the Cartoon Museum to pick him up and he seemed to have really enjoyed his day, though was a little disappointed because the computer his team were using for their animation had errored and they'd lost the actual animation of Ghost Rider, The Human Torch and Ant-Man that they'd made. However he wasn't as disappointed as he might have been and seemed to have really enjoyed making the animation with card figures and backgrounds and he'd even got Finn's mobile number so he could say hello another time. After we left the Cartoon Museum we headed to Forbidden Planet (the big comic shop in the same area of London) and he enjoyed looking at the toys and comics there. They had quite a large range of Hot Toys for sale which he enjoyed seeing, though said they were bigger than he thought and so he was a bit put off by them. Then we headed back to Waterloo and had some tea before catching the train home. Elliott had a posh hamburger and fries. After we arrived back in Wokingham we drove home and he brushed his teeth and got ready for bed (we skipped his bath as he'd had a shower at the beginning of the day.) Then he read some more of "George's Secret Key to the Universe" before going to sleep.

Peter, Charlie and Alice Sladen

General 

Elliott was very good again today. 

Activities

After breakfast Elliott played some Clarinet with Grandpa again before we then went to the park in Dowton with the skatepark and he did some scooter stunts. While we were at the park we also played some cricket and attempted to fly the kite he made (althought there wasn't really enough wind). After we got back from the park we went to the Red Shoot Inn in the New Forest for lunch with Granny and Grandpa and Elliott had a hamburger for lunch and chocolate fudge cake for pudding.

After lunch we wnt to visit Peter, Carlie and Alice Sladen (Carla and Poppy Sladen were in Cornwall where Poppy is playing cricket:

 Elliot had a lot of fun playing with Nerf guns and we also played cricket in the back garden:

We stayed for tea and had some toast and sandwiches before driving back home to Arborfield. As time was getting late when we got back we decided not to have a bath or shower and Elliott brushed his teeth, got ready for bed and then read some more of "George's Secret Key to the Universe" before going to sleep.

Stour Valley Nature Reserve

General 

Elliott was very good again today.

Activities

After breakfast Elliott played some Clarinet and Piano with Grandpa before we packed to visit Stour Valley Nature Reserve near Bournemouthwith Granny and Grandpa. When we got to the Nature Reserve there was a visitor centre (The Kingfisher Visitor Centre) where there was a pond for pond dipping. So the first thing we did was see what we could find pond dipping (we found water snails, some larvae, water boatmen and various other pond life):

There was also an outdoor table tennis table by the visitor centre so we played some table tennis with Grandpa:

Then it was time for a picnic lunch:

We had ham and cheese sandwiche

After lunch we went for a walk by the River Stour to see what wildlife we could find and we saw some Butterflies, Dragonflies, Reed Warblers, Moorhens and other birds:

After we'd been walking for a while we turned back and headed back to the Kingfisher Visitor Centre where we had drinks (Elliott had a Hot Chocolate). Then we headed home and relaxed for an hour or so before tea watching Marvel: Agents of Shield. We had spaghetti bolognese for tea and then Elliott had a bath, brushed his teeth and got ready for bed. Then it was time for bed and he read more of "George's Secret Key to the Universe" before going to sleep.