We have a teenager!

On Friday Dec. 12th, Nathan turned 13 years old.  We celebrated his birthday on Monday Dec. 8th because it was a holiday here in Spain.  We decided to buy a family membership for Tibidabo which is a small amusement park in Barcelona.  It's quite a nice place to visit because it's on the top of the Collserola mountains just behind Barcelona so you get amazing views of the city.  We had never been before, so it was exciting for the kids.  Because we have 4 children, it was actually cheaper to buy a family membership than for our whole family to buy day passes.  As well, with the membership we got a 30% discount off day passes for 6 friends which worked out perfectly because Nathan wanted to invite 4 friends from school and Manju and Asvin came with us as well.

Now that Nathan is a teenager, we let him and his four buddies go off on their own, and we really didn't see them for the next four hours.  It was a cold day, but at least the park wasn't too busy so the kids were able to go on ride after ride, without waiting in any long line-ups.

I am definitely too old for amusement parks.  I felt pretty dizzy on any ride that rocks or spins.  Fortunately Bob was there so that we could take turns riding with Cole.  Unfortunately he was too short to go on most of the rides by himself.

Nathan and his friends had a blast and all of our kids can't wait to go again.  Now that we have a family membership, we can go for free for an entire year, so all of our kids can have their birthdays there.

Jin, Steven, Ignacio, Mathis, Nathan, Cole, Rylan, Ciara and Asvin

The Cathedral right beside Tibidabo park.  It is lit up at night, and you can see it from anywhere in Barcelona

A rare picture of Bob and I together

Cole and Avsin on the viking ships

Ciara, Bob and Cole actually waited over 30 minutes to go on this ride 

Asvin and Nathan with Barcelona in the background