Friday found us training to Windsor. The only sight cuter than kids on their first airplane ride has to be kids on their first train.
“MOM!” exclaimed Miss Nomi. “That train has two fronts!” This observant preschooler was noting a train whizzing past us with an engine on the front and another one on the back. The Mommy explanation, “that’s so trains can go forwards and backwards instead of turning around”, was spot-on. Auntie Erin even attempted to demonstrate by walking forwards and backwards in the aisle, which was helpful but lost in the excitement of the next big thing.
“One more!” shouted Mr. Mo, as another train whizzed by ours. Those oncoming trains appear to be going really, really fast, and there are plenty of them.
“Moses, can you say ‘two more’?”
“One more!”
Preschoolers would have been satisfied to spend the whole day watching trains, and yet we had a castle to visit.
Windsor in winter is so much more pleasant than Windsor in May. In May, Opa and I stood in line for an hour just to get through the gate. Today— no line. No crowds.