Harry Higgins

General 

Elliott was was really good today. He has started to think more about starting secondary school and is beginning to be quite nervous. So we looked at the BBC starting secondary school website section and talked about being yourself and not taking notice of the myths.

Activities

In the morning we drove to Basingstoke where we met up with Matt and Harry HIggins. After coffee and hot chocolate we headed to the Vue Cinema to watch "Fast and Furious presents: Hobbs and Shaw": After the film we had lunch in Nandos where Elliott had a chicken burger.

After lunch we headed back to Arborfield for the Arborfield Fun Day. This was quite small with a few stalls and some music but Elliott and Harry found a stall where they could blend a smoothie on a bike:

They also went to the local park and generally had fun. After Matt and Harry left to go home we stayed at the Fun Day to listen to the music and Elliott had a hamburger for tea. After the Fun Day we headed home and Elliott had a bath, brushed his teeth and got ready for bed. Then he read more of "The Good, the Bad and the Deadly 7" by Garth Jennings before it was time to go to sleep.

New desk

General 

Elliott was was very good today.

Activities

In the morning we had a lazy time until late morning when we started putting Elliott's new desk from Ikea together. He helped by separating out the components, clearing space and helping with some of the assembly. We headed to Tescos after a few hours and got a Pepperoni Pizza for lunch.

After lunch we finished making the desk and Elliott helped by hoovering and moving his possessions about. Then we watched the first part of The Fast and Furious 8 before having cheese on toast for tea. After tea we spent time practicing tying a tie for the start of secondary school and this went well but I think more practice will be needed for him to get really confident. Then he relaxed for a while before getting ready for bed and brushing his teeth. Finally he read more of "The Good, the Bad and the Deadly 7" by Garth Jennings before going to sleep.

Dentist

General 

Elliott was was really good today.

Activities

In the morning Elliott had a bath and then we went to the Dentist and she was very complimentary about Elliott's teeth. Then we headed to Smyths Toy Superstore and went to Kentucky Fried Chicken for lunch.

After lunch we went to the Smallmead Recycling Centre to get rid of some old lamps and a hoover that had been hanging around before Elliott got his hair cut. Then we got the car washed before returing home. After we got home Elliott did some animating before having ham sandwiches for tea. After tea he had another bath (because of having had his hair cut), brushed his teeth and then he read some more of "The Good, the Bad and the Deadly 7" by Garth Jennings before going to sleep.

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

General 

Elliott was was very good today.

Activities

In the morning we went to Ikea where we bought a new desk for Elliott for secondary school homework. We also had lunch at Ikea and Elliott had Chicken Kiev.

After lunch we went to Sports Direct to buy some new black shorts for the new hockey season and then Sainsburys to buy some deoderant and school trousers and shirts. Then we dropped the shopping at home and went to Showcase to watch "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" which Elliott said he enjoyed but would rather not admit to it. After the cinema we came home and Elliott had ham sandwiches for tea before starting a new animation and then brushing his teeth and getting ready for bed (he's going to have a shower tomorrow morning). He read some more of "The Good, the Bad and the Deadly 7" by Garth Jennings before going to sleep.

Cricket highlights

General 

Elliott was was really good today.

Activities

We had a lazy day today and after breakfast Elliott played with his Rubix Cubes making videos, watching solution videos and even taking one of his cubes apart with a screwdriver to customise it. We also watched the cricket highlights of the recent Ashes Test Match win. We had sandwiches for lunch.

After lunch he carried on playing with his Rubix Cubes before helping me take the empty bottles to the bottle bank. We had spaghetti bolognese for tea and after tea he had a bath, brushed his teeth, got ready for bed and then read some of "The Good, the Bad and the Deadly 7" by Garth Jennings.