Our Park

We are grateful to have a neighborhood park.  It isn't anything fancy, but it is a great outdoor space & a great place to meet our neighbors, and of course, practice our limited Spanish.

Last week, I met this cute little boy out there who is Colombian, but has dual citizenship because he was born in the USA.  He therefore speaks pretty good English.  We met 2 of his friends as well.  One is only in Colombia for the summer visiting family because he is from the Dominican Republic.  He kept saying "Dominican Republic" with his accent & it was so cute.  These boys kept helping us with our Spanish. They would say, "Repeat after me......".  The Colombian boy told us, "We've been speaking English.  Now let's talk in Spanish!".   Yesterday, this cute Colombian & another friend came to our door to invite us to go play in the park with them.

I mean seriously, aren't they cute?

Colombian kid to the left, DR kid to the right

Our family also met another family in the park whom we invited to church, but they didn't come last week.  We hope we see them again so we can invite them for this upcoming Sunday.  The husband spoke English, but the wife did not.  It was good for me to try to talk with her.  Our family also enjoyed being on the seesaw along with our new friends.

A little blurry, but hey, I was on top of the see saw! 

Isabella is now taking tennis lessons, which also take place in our park.  She is doing well, even though she can't understand her teacher!