Robot Wars

General 

Elliott was really good after I picked him up.

Activities

In the car on the way home we talked about Pokemon Go and he logged in to his account and started playing again. We stopped for a Mars bar for his pudding on the say and he caught some Pokemon while we were getting the chocolate. After we got home he showed us all his new Lego and we played with it before he had a bath. After bath time we watched some Robot Wars and then he brushed his teeth, went to bed and he played Subway Surfer on the iPad before it was time to go to sleep.

Summer holidays

General 

Elliott was good after school today and had a packed lunch.

Activities

After school we went home where we met Granny and Grandpa. We had a cup of tea while Elliott showed them his Star Wars micro machines (that he'd taken to school for games day) and his Stonehenge jigsaw. Then we headed in to town where Granny and Grandpa bought him a Ghost Rider Lego set as a well done for his good school year and we had his photo taken for his Blue Peter card. Then we headed back to the flat and he played cricket in the garden with Granny and Grandpa while I did some work. Then we headed out to Pizza Express for tea where we met up with Andrea. He had his classic dough balls, pasta burro and chocolate brownie meal. After the meal Granny and Grandpa headed home and we also went home. As it was getting quite late he got ready for bed without a bath and brushed his teeth. Then he started making his Lego set before it was time for bed and sleep.

Stage 5 swimming

General 

Elliott was good after school today and he had "Spanish version of pasta" for lunch. He did dawdle quite a lot around bedtime but after I was firm with him he speeded up.

Activities

After school we went home for ham sandwiches before his first Stage 5 swimming lesson. He was quite nervous about going up a stage. However after we got to Carnival Pool and he'd got ready he seemed ok and I walked him over to his new teacher who, by a stroke of luck, was the same teacher he'd had for Stage 3 which really helped. Stage 5 swimming was in the deep end and he seemed to be doing a lot of proper swimming. After swimming he had a shower and then I bought him a football magazine to say well done on getting on with trying Stage 5. After we got home we watched some Blue Peter and then he helped get the washing in again. After that he played with his Star Wars micro machines (which he is taking in as his game tomorrow for the last day of term) and then he brushed his teeth. Then it was time for bed and sleep.

End of year assessments

General 

Elliott was good after school today and he'd had meatballs for lunch. He also got his end of year assessments today where he did well in the maths and reading tests (above expectations for age group) and in his teacher assessments he was as expected for writing / grammar, punctuation and spelling / and maths and above age expected for reading.

Activities

After school we went to Tescos and did some shopping. I also gave Elliott £10 to spend after his good report and he bought some Pokemon cards, a Micro Machine Star Wars blind bag (which had a Jedi Interceptor in it) and a Teenage Mutant Turtles blind bag (which had Raphael in it). Then we went home and he watched Pokemon while I made ham sandwiches for tea. After tea he helped get the washing in and then he had a bath before playing on his guitar for a bit. Then he read his Star Wars book again before bed time, brushing his teeth and then going to bed.

Splat the rat

General 

Elliott was good today but was quite tired by the end of the day.

Activities

We had a good night's sleep as the family camping area had been moved away from the general camping area this year and so was nice and quiet. After Elliott woke up we went looking for breakfast in the Festival and found croissants which we bought and took back to the camp site. Then we packed away the tents and packed up the car so we could leave when we were ready. After we'd packed everything in to the car we went back in to the Festival and off to the children's area where we played more swingball, some splat the rat, threw more balls at the coconut shy (and Elliott knocked off some coconuts), Elliott did some more climbing and he had another go at archery:

After that we headed off to the swing rounabout ride and Elliott persuaded me to have a go on the ride with him:

Then we headed off to the Market Stage for some shade and we watched a band called Caspian's Island who we enjoyed and Elliott described as "loud". Then we went back to the main Truck Stage and Elliott had one last go on the Helter Skelter (during which he had to hold on to his hat):

He also tried on some groovy sunglasses at one of the stalls:

After the end of a band on the Truck Stage called Tax The Heat (quite hard rock so Elliott enjoyed them) we headed back to the car and stopped at McDonalds at Didcot for lunch on the way home. Elliott had chicken nuggets happy meal.

After lunch we drove home and when we'd got home we unpacked and then relaxed for the afternoon. Elliott drew Picachu the Pokemon and watched some Pokemon on the iPad. Then it was time for a much needed bath for him before ham sandwiches for tea and then some reading (his Star Wars book) before bed time. He went to sleep very quickly again.