Henry at the Olympic Stadium

My husband surprised Henry and I last night with tickets to the Athletics at the Olympic Stadium this morning.  He had been trying all week to get some more tickets and was successful late yesterday evening!  So we had an early start this morning to get into Stratford, London.  We had a fantastic morning, although I was really tired as I had only 2 hours sleep last night.  Never mind Henry, I could here him chatting away all night he was so excited to be going again.

This is rather a picture heavy post, so I hope you enjoy it!

Not sure what this structure is, but it certainly caught Henry's eye!

Looks like someone else smuggled themselves into the Olympic stadium as well.  Didn't spot Kit there in my pocket.

The stadium was rather awe inspiring.

The Olympic torch burning brightly

Henry can't wait for all the action to start.

Not sure what caught Henry's eye, I think it was the young boy playing behind me.

Now can you imagine Henry's excitement when he saw the Henry sized Mini - I had to stop him rushing down and onto the arena and he pestered me non-stop to get him one, he thought it was so cool the way it took the disc's back to the start line.

He was sure there was someone in them driving them!

He enjoyed watching the women's hurdles and is all set to build some hurdles in the garden to have a go.

The men's 1500 metres also inspired him

Caught in action warming up!

Even though I had partly dreaded going out today as I have been a bit out of sorts lately I really enjoyed the day very much, as did Henry.

After the mornings events we took the time to walk around the Olympic park and enjoyed the gardens.

Henry wrote a message of support for Team GB and NZ and hung it up in the Olympic Garden, so if anyone is still to go - make sure you look out for Henry's message!

Henry wasn't sure what to think of the Alien

He certainly admired this though!

Enjoying a spot of wall climbing.

Strolling through the gardens

Now the highlight of Henry's visit must have been the three army guys 'begging' to pose with Henry running. ;-)

Thanks guys, you made Henry's day - sorry he wanted to keep his pin badge though, but he would have been distraught to have to give it up.

We discovered we had a stowaway from the Olympics when we arrived home....apparently Henry had suggested he come home with us

Henry at the Olympics - Ladies Gymnastics Sunday Morning

Bright and early Sunday morning Henry set off to the train station for the journey into London to the North Greenwich Arena for the first of the Girls Gymnastics.

Henry remembers he mustn't stand over the yellow line...

He is all kitted out in his gear, ready to support Team GB.

Now what were you told about standing on the seats in the tube Henry?

One advantage of being there nice and early was the crowds weren't too bad...believe me they got horrendous later in the day!

Henry makes sure we have good seats.

Now remember again what the announcer said Henry, no standing on the seats!

What a great view!  We will be able to see everything from here.

Henry is very excited and gets a closer look.

The kind American family make sure he doesn't fall off the rails as he stands to get a closer view of all the preparation.

The seats behind us did fill up, but there were many many empty seats later on, of which I have photos!  One section alone had over 180 empty seats.  Disgraceful.  So did the afternoon session which we had put down for in our application but didn't get.  We would have really loved to have watched the English, Americans and Russians.  Such a criminal waste of seats.

Next up just a few photos of some of the action.  I didn't have my main camera with my, just my little pocket camera, but even so I was pretty pleased with how the few photos I took came out.