Science Park For the Win!

Fast friends

 As promised, here I am again!

We are leaving La Roda tomorrow to make our way up the Medditerranian coast to Barcelona, where we'll catch our flight to LA on Wednesday.  I can hardly believe it's finally time to fly!  I have been prepping and packing for the last half of the week...and really at the moment I should be getting a few more things in order.

Even though we don't plan to leave until around 4pm tomorrow, I know the morning will fly by and Angelines is always very annoyed if we are rushed at the last minute.  In the interest of a good, smooth start to our vacation, I really shouldn't be long posting.

I just wanted to fill you all in on the lovely day we spent Wednesday with our friends from the States.  They made the drive from their rental place into Granada capital and we met at about 3pm in the Parque de las Ciencias--a science museum that is very kid friendly.  It's the perfect place to spend a hot afternoon.  We bought a season pass since we've moved to Granada because it is also a wonderful place to spend cold, rainy days. ;)

Tiger doing yoga...

After the first few moments of shyness, Emily, Sarah and Rachel were fast friends. It was such fun to watch them playing and interacting together.  Emily was so excited.  She knows her way around and was dragging Sarah from pillar to post.  Sarah finally said, "Stop pulling me!" We went through a music exibit, played in the water outside, visited the butterfly house, spent some time in the children's room exploring and then went to an exhibit about animals in motion.

The girls enjoyed it all, but I think they may have been most impressed with the stuffed animals in the last exibit we saw.  Rachel, who is just over 2.5, took one look at the leopard and said, "Look at that tiger doing yoga!" :)  Ha!  I think that was a highlight of the day for me.

All three of the girls are so inquisitive, bright and engaging.  It was fun to see their different personalities and the way they got along.  After the Science Park, we headed for dinner.  Finding a place that is ready to serve food at 8pm is more challenging than you might think!  We were the first to sit down at the lovely outdoor, enclosed terrace restaurant we found, and we were the only ones until around 9:15 when Spaniards slowly made their way out into the streets for the cool of the evening.  All through dinner the girls continued to play--hide and seek, tag, ballerinas, house...

It is too bad we aren't a bit closer to Granada to have been able to meet up again while they are here.  I did think about making the drive for a second play-date, but with prep for our own holiday, it just wasn't in the cards.  Still, these short, sweet visits are wonderful because the girls are left wanting more.  Emily and Sarah remembered each other from two years ago, so I am sure that this visit will stick in their minds.  I am sure, too, this is just the start of many visits yet to come.

The three muskateers (stooges??)

Keeping cool outside.

They held hands all through the museum--adoreable!