May is Mayhem, but @NickHotel made it Maravilloso!!

Babushka was given a "media rate" to facilitate this post. All opinions and fun were BB's and her family's.

HolaHolaHola My Beautifuls!

Mother's Day at the  +Nickelodeon Suites Resort aka @NickHotel. As I alluded to in the title, May for my son is Mayhem.  My son MAC has the following going on in May: On the 9th of May is his wife's birthday, The birthday of his youngest son, Rinquincaya, is on the 12th, and their anniversary is the 14th.  Needless to say he hasn't been able to travel to see me on Mother's Day (this year on the 10th) because finances don't permit.  The last time I saw him for Mother's Day was two years ago and that was too long ago for BB.  Babushka arranged the weekend of May 9 - 11 for a fullout family togetherness fest with him, DIL, the 3 grandsons and La Tata too!  Oh yeah this was gonna be an intergenerational lifetime memory- now whether we were gonna behave was yet to be seen.

Pizza Meets Black Beans & Rice

The boys had no idea we were going to meet up on the weekend, and they definitely didn't know we were going to be spending it together at NickHotel. To say they were pleasantly surprised is an understatement. 

The management had arranged gifts for each of my grandsons, giving them their favorite TMNT!  To say Babushka was more than pleasantly surprised is another understatement. It's those kind of details that makes one want to visit.  

Those and the accomodations too.

3 Bedroom Suite for 7+  

Please note the fully equipped kitchen, handicap access showers y mirrors,hang dry line in shower for wet clothes. 

Not fancy, but definitely functional y BUENISIMO!!

And our front door view?

Also BUENISIMO!!!

Y ahora, now for the reason Babushka chose Nickelodeon Suites:

And lest you think NickHotel is just for kids-

La Tata enjoying her Piña Colada

DIL & MAC enjoying their drinks and each other.

Y para Babushka??

Blogger's Paradise- laptop,ipad,cellphone & enough outlets for all
and of course a Starbuck's cafe- on the premises!!

And for those of you who are saying this is just another waterpark, 

obviously you haven't been here, because it has something no other park in the world has-

the wonderful Nickelodeon characters and Slime! 

and presently, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

Looks like a full day verdad? 

You ain't just whislin' La Guantanamera My Beautifuls,

 but if you think that was all they did the first day-

JU SO FONII!!!

No way the DIL was gonna miss Family Karaoke!

10:30 pm as in noche, night.

and on the way back, they had to say hello to the 1st Bilingual Babe-

Last activity of the night- dress rehearsal for their TMNT Meet n' Greet.

Babushka Believes it's pretty unanimous.

The stay at NickHotel was all we had hoped it would be- y mas!!

Hoping y'all had just as Maravilloso a Mother's Day as we had.

And that next time you'll be joining us.

; )

BB2U

P.S. That was just the 1st day My Beautifuls, the rest of the unbelievable stay is on Feibu.

P.P.S.  April 18, 2016 Nick Hotels will become the

 NEW Holiday Inn Resort Orlando Suites – Waterpark.  

OJO-There may be affiliation codes in this post. 

A Mother's Day Revisited- My Son, Mother's Day & The Miami Tunnel

HolaHolaHola My Beautifuls!!!

By the time you read this BB will be on her way to or already at the NickHotel to spend time with the grandsons, my DIL, La Tata, y mi hijo MAC.  It's been 2 years since I last spent a Mother's Day with him and I look forward to a memorable and probably crazy time.  But that's the way it is in Babushka's world- elated by the Extremism.

Hope you don't mind the repost, BB's probably ducking the SLIME or battling Shredder right now.

May your Mother's Day be just as memorable.

Babushka Besos a todos. Cuidensen.

My Son, Mother's Day & The Miami Tunnel
Original posting on 5/16/2012

5:30 a.m. my son pulls into the driveway, hands me a hard hat and says,

"Happy Mother's Day Ma." 

Ok, si, we never were the typical familia.

BB raised her trio to believe in themselves and in what they were doing, to love what they were doing- or at the very least, to find something to love in what they were doing.  In all instances do things with heart, from the heart, and always- with gusto & passion! 

Another lesson I tried to stress was the importance of homemade gifts.  Que? Does that mean BB would turn down cash or a Starbucks GC?  JU SO FONII!!!  What better complement to a homemade card than having one of those tucked inside?  Seriously though, and once again, presents with heart, from the heart.

And so my son, knowing that BB loves twofers (that's two things for the price of one) was going to give me a peek at what he was doing, a tour of his latest job, the Port of Miami Tunnel, and the greatest homemade gift a child can give to their mother- time together.  

Naturally Babushka was thrilled when Marine MAC, that's one of the nicknames I have for my son, called to inform me that although he had to work on Madre's Day, he wanted to spend some time together and would pick me up. He wanted to give me a behind the scenes look of the news making tunnel. Oh Joy!  At 5:30 a.m.  Oh. Joy.

At the port the tour begins. With camera and fan in hand, hard hat in place and visitor tag on lapel, BB tries to keep up.  Being my son, and a military man, my son knows only two ways to speak.  Either he's detailed and extensive, or short and to the point.  Extremes Are Excellent. Thankfully he started off detailed, but once Mr. Sun started to heat the air and he saw BB's fan a fury MAC knew it was time to switch to monosyllables, just naming the parts of the equipment.  The following pictures were not the only pictures taken during the tour, but being 5:30 a.m.,a mom, and non mechanically inclined, these are the photos most important to Babushka. 

MM and BB at the beginning of the tour

What a mother likes to think about... 

  

 Bueno, at least they'll have some fresh air...

At the end of the tour, BB draggin' and a fannin'

waaayyy behind MM

Escorting me to the end of the tunnel, my son said he loved me- with heart, from the heart.

I couldn't have asked for a better Madre's Day.

Babushka Besos a Todos.  Cuidensen. 

P.S. When BB started the blog MM didn't want  his pic showing, for this post he said yes.  Another gift from my boy.  Handsome devil isn't he?

P.P.S.  On the way to the port my son explained that due to traffic and the heat being heavier later in the day he decided the beginning of his shift would be the best time for the tour.  Oh he knows me too well, como si lo hubiera parido.  ; )   

P.P.P.S. Later in the evening, MM's sons, my grandsons Rinquincaya and PicaPica, and my DIL came by with dinner for me and La Tata.  Oh si, one of my best Mother's Day ever. 

OJO There may be affiliate links in this post, 'cause BB's gotta have her cafe!  ; )