Thursday, July 30

What a nice morning we had.  Our first stop was to drop off outgrown/old clothes and shoes in a bin.  Hopefully it'll motivate all of us to do more of this decluttering before we finish packing up and head back to Denver.

Then it was off to my "corner coffee shop", Cafeteria Las Baleares, for a return visit for excellent toast, hot chocolate, coffee, jamon, and service.  Both of the workers were there, and it's been a fun 5 months seeing their friendly faces about once every week or two.  One even lives in our apartment complex, so I occasionally see him out walking his dog.

After a leisurely breakfast, we strolled to Mas for milk and then back to the apartment to stay cool during the heat of the day.  Luckily we had a bit of a break in the weather on Thursday.

It was Devon's date night, and he'd selected Scott to take on his date.  They were both so excited for their date!

They returned to Via Birra, where Scott had taken Rosa earlier in the week on her date.

Selfie

Devon had pesto pasta.  Scott had steak.  Apparently Devon spoke non-stop throughout dinner.  He just thrives when he gets alone time with an adult.  He has so many neat things to say.  One key thing he told Scott was that if Scott needs to return to Sevilla for work after we're back in Denver, Devon wants to join Scott and he wants to go back to the school here.  It's great for us to hear that Devon likes it so much here.  Hopefully Scott will only need to make one return trip, and a short one at that.

After dinner, Devon had a play date with Clara, his Spanish best friend, in Plaza de la Gavidia.  She plays there most nights.

Hanging out by the statue.

Back at the apartment I was reading to Rosa and Cody when I checked my texts and saw the pictures from Scott of the play date in the plaza.  It was past 9pm, yet still bright outside, and Cody and Rosa immediately said that they wanted to go there to play, as well.  Off we went with jump ropes and soccer ball in hand.

Rosa lassoed her jump rope over a tree branch in the hopes that she could use it to help her climb the tree.  Smart approach, though it didn't help.  

Using the knobs of the tree did.

Such a sweetie.

Close up.

And Cody and Devon had fun while Scott and I sat on a park bench looking on.

The sun eventually set and the plaza became more and more crowded as people passed through it or stopped for a drink or food at one of the four restaurants that are on the plaza.

We finally left around 10/10:30 so that Scott could get a good night's sleep before heading off to work in the morning.