All The Cool Stuff

General

Elliott was very good today and also didn't get up until 7am.

Activities

In the morning we went back to the skate park in Fordingbridge with Granny to show her Elliott's new moves on his bike. After the skate park we headed to Ringwood where he had a ham and cheese toastie for lunch in the Boston Tea Party there.

After lunch he had a look around the toy shop in Ringwood before we went back to the skate park in Fordingbridge where we did some filming of Elliott's circuit around the park on his bike:

After the skate park we went to a shop in Fordingbridge called All The Cool Stuff which specialises in Star Wars, Avengers, Transformers, etc and we both enjoyed looking around there. We bought a Wedge Antilles figure and the man in the shop gave Elliott a new Star Wars Lego poster. We got back to Downton in time for tea and Elliott played his toys for a while before we had sausages and mash for tea with some broccoli. After tea he had his bath and then read more of his Wolverine book before watching 10 minutes of iPad and bed time.

Moors Valley Country Park

General

Elliott was really good today. He did fall off his bike 3 times, but each time after initial upset, he got up, dusted himself off quickly and carried on. Also on the way out of Moors Valley Country Park I accidentally drove through the barrier (which fortunately it was designed for so no damage to it or the car) and Elliott was very upset and worried I'd get in to trouble with the police, but we told the people running the park and they were very understanding and I told him it was an example of where it's good to be honest (as we could have driven straight off and they seemed quite surprised we hadn't).

Activities

In the morning we went to Moors Valley Country Park to meet up with Matt, Harry and Bertie Higgins. We started the day off in the adventure playground which was a lot of fun:

Then we had packed lunch of honey sandwiches and bear fruit:

After lunch Elliott and Harry got their bikes out and rode around the lake there while Bertie followed the Superworm trail on the same route. After the trail finished Elliott and Harry did a lot of cycling in the open spaces there and Elliott fell off his bike a couple of times and has a scratch on his chest. However he was absolutely fine and very much enjoying himself:

After we left Moors Valley and we'd sorted out the accident with the barrier we stopped at the park in Fordingbridge with the Higgins boys where we played some football and Elliott and Harry rode their bikes around a skate park. Elliott was quite cautious and sensible on his bike in the skate park, but by the end he had mastered riding up and down the gentler ramps and was rightly pleased with himself. After we'd said goodbye to Matt, Harry and Bertie we went back to Granny's house where, due to how muddy he'd got cycling around, Elliott had his bath before tea time and we also trimmed his nails. Once he was clean and had put on some clean clothes he had spaghetti bolognese for tea before he read some of his Wolverine book before bed time.

Wolverine

General 

Elliott was really good on the car journey to Downton and after we arrived at Granny and Grandpas house.

Activities

After we arrived in Downton Elliott had a quick bath and then we ready his Wolverine library book together before bed time.

Food shopping

General 

Elliott was good after I picked him up. However he did get upset at one point because he'd traded his Luke Skywalker Land Speeder micro machine for a Vincent Kompany Match Attax card and although he started by saying it was a really good trade about half an hour later he decided it wasn't. So we talked about how if he trades things with his friends it's his decision to make and stand by and he did cheer up and before bed he did say he'd been too upset about it and it wasn't as important as all that.

Activities

After I picked him up we stopped at Sainsburys on the way home to do some food shopping and he was really good. When we got home he had a quick ham and cheese toastie for tea and then played with his Spiderman motorbike toy before brushing his teeth and going to bed.

The Force Awakens

General 

Elliott was really good after school again today.

Activities

After school we went straight to swimming where Elliott listened nicely and did well. After swimming we headed home and he watched the film trailers for Transylvania 2 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, both of which went down well and he giggled a lot during the Transylvania 2 trailer. Then he went to see Amelia for a while before tea time. After tea he read some of his library book about Wolverine and then it was time to brush teeth and go to bed.