As my last maternity leave starts to come to an end, I'm trying to squeeze as many memorable days in as I can, so last week my mum and I took Maggie and Charlie for an adventure on the train into Birmingham. We were treated with a gloriously sunny day with clear blue skies so Birmingham really was showing itself off.

Mum hadn't been into town for ages, so hadn't seen all the changes where the Pallasades and the old Library used to be, so we decided to visit the new Library and headed over from Colmore Row via Victoria Square. We stopped to look at the iconic 'floozy in the jacuzzi' fountain, and mum gave Charlie a coin to throw in and make a wish. When we asked what he wised for, he replied "a castle" and if that's not the best wish an almost three year old could make, I don't know what is.