Wednesday

Well, with Martin back at work James and I are getting ourselves back into a kind of domestic routine.

We started this morning with a stop at the toy shop, halfway up Peascod Street to the castle. He loves the 'bouncing animals' in the window. They are suspended on springs and seem to bounce all day long. It's a great way to coax him to walk 'just a little bit further!'

My plan was to choose a cafe within the old Windsor Royal Station concourse and treat ourselves to a coffee and babcino. It is a lovely, huge, restored station from the old days when one travelled in style. To my pleasant surprise the babycino was only 10p/25c. I was expecting to pay through the nose for frothy milk! But it was delicious and James behaved nicely and very much enjoyed his first babycino outside Australia!

We timed our stop so as to be up at the castle for the departure of the Old Guard at 11.20am. They delighted us with marching music. We 'chased' the Guard all the way down to the barracks - opposite our 'new' driveway. James was keen to watch the boom-gates go up and down so we loitered there for a while.

Home via the park (as usual!) for a rest then out at 3pm to visit the first of our short-list of day nurseries. This one was only 3 mins walk away and I was impressed. However they don't offer a 3 year old kinder program so the search continues. We continued walking up and around and down then I decided it was time to go home. We are doing a lot of walking and I really enjoy detouring down new streets and around corners. I have a few short cuts up my sleeve!

Martin came home from a busy day and James was happy to see him and his bed. As I will be in about 5 minutes...!