Super slide

General

Elliott was good all day today. Some talk of new brother / sister but as you said due to Christmas play songs I think he might well be a bit confused as there was talk of you having Jesus in your tummy!

Activities

In the morning we went shopping.

In the afernoon we went to Dinton and then another park near Winnersh on the way to tea with Dave and Milly. This park had a brilliant slide, little spiraled that he really enjoyed. Tea with Milly and Dave was also a lot of fun.

Lots of singing again today.

Torch

General

Elliott had a naughty morning today after breakfast and so had a time out for repeatedly not listening and not getting dressed. He was very stubborn during this time out and it took a long time. Other than that though he was good all day and his voice is almost back to normal. A few coughs and sneezes but not too bad.

Activities

We shopping in Reading in the morning and looked at toys for Christmas and bought a torch for Gruffalo hunting. We also did more jigsaws, some train tracking and a small bit of French, though he was not keen.

After lunch we did some Nativity Play singing and then went to Goring where we walked a little up the Thames Path with the torch hunting for Gruffalos.

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Gruffalo hunting

General

Elliott was good all day today apart from being a bit reluctant to eat sausages at Dave and Jo's house. He was also sick soon after he woke up this morning, but had no temperature and was fine after this for the rest of the day.

Activities

We went scootering and shopping in the morning as well as watching some Justin's House, doing some jigsaw puzzles and doing some Nativity Play singing.

After lunch we went to visit Dave, Jo, Alice and Fi and Elliott packed all his cars into his bag to show Alice and Fi - plus we took the drum, guitar and recorder. We had lots of fun visiting and went for a walk in the woods behind the house with torches to go Gruffalo hunting. We didn't see any Gruffalos but we did see his chair! He played really nicely with Alice and Fi and was just a little reluctant with eating his sausage and mash, but we had already had pasta for lunch as I wasn't expecting to get fed on our visit!

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Mince pie experiment

General

Elliott was good all day today and went to bed nicely and without fuss at lights out. I think his voice became a little less croaky as the day went on.

Activities

We went to The Look Out in the afternoon and played outside and inside with the exhibits. We also tried a mince pie, though he didn't really like it after taking one very enthusiastic bite - his face went form expecting cake I think to looking like he was eating worms.

We also did some singing along to the Christmas Play tunes and some relaxed play at home after getting back.

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Toad Hall

General

Elliott was good all day today. 

Activities

In the morning we went swimming which was really good fun and he swam for ages.

In the afernoon we went to Henley where we visited Toad Hall Garden Centre. They had a really nice Santa's grotto all set up there already (though no Santa apart from weekends) so we had a look round and a look at lots of Christmas things (hats, presents, etc).

We also did some singing along to play music and a small bit of French.