Babushka's Baile- 10 year Aniversario! #FBF @ConexionFlorida

This was in the Agosto edition of Conexion - the official 10 year mark was 8/11/11. 

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

Si, it's true, Babushka has been bailando on the www for 10 years. Wow and Woah! Ya know, people say "The years went by so fast. Bolaron!" Bueno, si and no...

True, this year has more than flown, and when BB looks at The Trio, she still hasn't comprehended that they are the parents of The Grands. Pero think of it, the last ten years... Babushka feels it all.  

From the first writing, the first conference, the first paid post,

Introductions

Hispanicize 2012- the 1st in Miami and BB was there!!

American Latino Heritage Fund - Natl. Parks, BB's 1st paid gig!!

The people she's been fortunate to work with

Ford Motor Co., Florida Kid Care, ABLE United, Florida Prepaid College

and meet

Cristina Saralegui, Erik Estrada, Rita Moreno, Charo, Maria Elena Toraño, Mickey/Disney

 

The teams she's been part of

Mamas con Poder/ Voting, Bloggin' Mamas, Latism, Consumer Reports, Network Niche

The causes she has spoken about and for, 

The wonderful trips and experiences shared with familia.

Seaworld, Oprahnation, Carnival Cruiselines, Bloggin Mamas, St. Augustine, Art Basel,

 Disney On Ice, Ft. Walton Beach, Red Coach

And those she's been blessed to now call amigos 

Mar, Mi Capitan, Fern, Amanda, Heather, Janie, Mi Rey, Maria, Myrah

Laurita Tellado

all this because of Babushka's Baile.

Do you recall the last ten years Beautifuls? Do you feel the last ten years? 

BB certainly does porque she did it fully, passionately, and is grateful for it all.

The first tagline of the blog was: 

My daily dance- sometimes I lead, sometimes I follow, and sometimes I get my toes stepped on. I may not recall the lyrics, but the music is always of my own choosing.

original blog set up

BB definitely has felt the dancing, even had to comprar cases of Dr.Scholl's, but it was all a choice as to who would be Babushka's partner. Does your memoria say the same to you? Did you truly live the last ten years? Are you ready to totally live the next?  For her part, BB looks forward to the upcoming 10 years of bailes and hopes you'll be dancing right alongside her. 

A BAILAR SE HA DICHO!

Babushka Besos a todos. Cuidensen.

Starting the New Year with Old Traditions. Reyes Magos at #SeaWorldOrlando

Babushka and her bunch were invited by Seaworld to attend this event, no other compensation or payment was given. Except for the lifelong joyous memories. All opinions are BB's, Sweetie's, and Cristyl's Crew.

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

This is Babushka's first post of 2018, and she can't think of a more fitting way to start the year.  If you've been following BB you know how she loves her familia, and her culture. So pass up an invitacion de SeaWorld for their Three Kings Celebration? JU SO FONII!! Talk about a Tremendo Twofer!What a perfecto opportunity to share with them a Latino tradition while also showing them the maravillas de Seaworld.

If you live in Florida, you know these are "freezing" temperatures, and with lluvia? OMAIGGAAA!! Luckily the bunch had the necessary gear and we headed out to the celebracion. The media check in was from 12-1 so a las 6:30 am salimos de Crawfordville.  Babushka not fully awake, pero definitivamente fully excited. Y como no?? Look what we had in store for us!

BUENISIMO!! 

And it truly was Beautifuls.

Enjoy the coquito, the pinchos y mas, Oh Si!! Quee? Una celebracion hispano without food?? Imposible. And it's not just feasts for the tummy,but your eyes will be filled too. Seaworld is always beautiful, but now even more so gracias a special attractions and decorations for the epoca.

Babushka and her Bunch are already planning for next year's celebration! This is the first year Seaworld is offering the event, and esperamos and hope it is the first of many. Porsea, hurry and attend, it's going on until January 6. 

Remember you can enjoy #ThreeKingsCelebration at #SeaWorldOrlando now through Saturday! #ThreeKings #FamilyTradition #WinterBreak https://t.co/PHDC8J9RA0

— SeaWorld (@SeaWorld) January 3, 2018

Feliz Reyes to All!!

BB2U

A Fiesta fit for a Princess- @SeaWorld Splash Party #hosted

A storytime outing hosted by Seaworld, pero the opinions and the joy belong to BB y La Princesa.

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

This was the summer of La Princesa.  For those of you that don’t know, La Princesa is my granddaughter,our Hawaiian Princess, the only female in The Grands, party of 6.  Ya tu sabes how she receives the royal treatment, especially since they live with her other grandma, and a diagnosis of Autism just clinched the spoiling.  Pero look at her, how could you not want to spoil her?

She had informed her parents that this was her summer to stay with Babushka.  She’s all big and grownup at 7 and decided this was the year to visit  and have adventures like her big brother had. So we all did what we could to make it happen.

Unfortunately she and BB got sick during the first few days of her visit.  But we managed to bond and have fun anyway at home.

Honestly, as long as she had a cell phone or tablet to watch her programs she’s no problem. Mealtimes though are challenging.  La Princesa likes what she likes, and since this was vacaciones, Babushka was not about to force the issue.  

Lots of juices,cereals,cheeseburgers, Pretzels y PB&J, spaghetti and pizza.  Bueno, not all pizza.
BB tried to make homemade english muffin pizzas for her, like the ones her mama used to enjoy.
NanaNina.  She wanted the REAL pizza.

Babushka meanwhile, wanted a REAL vacation, to take her someplace, so we were very grateful when the good people of Seaworld invited us to their Splash Party. The invite was for 1245 so we left the casa at 730 am, not an enjoyable mission for our late sleeping princess.  She neither wanted to wake, nor did she want to leave our home. Kind of  a compliment verdad?  Anyway, once it was explained we were going on a trip to Seaworld like her brother El Dr. and that she could sleep all the way there, peace reigned in the kingdom.

"I think I'm in ♡!" La Princesa 1stx trying @Smuckersbrand #Goober #grapejelly #peanutbutter

A photo posted by Bohemian Babushka (@bbabushka) on Jul 29, 2016 at 8:22am PDT

La Princesa and her Royal party arrived a decently Cubanlate 15 mins and guess who parked right alongside us?  Our segundo familia, Bloggin’ Mamas Pres. and her crew.  NOW we knew we were gonna have fun! Equipping us with icecream and water, we were escorted to the Splash Party!!!

Unfortunately Sweetie was beginning to get the cold BB and La Princesa had couldn’t join us under the water works, so he was our photographer.  Ended up he got soaked anyway. A Florida thunderstorm cut short our visit and we didn’t get to visit the rest of the park, so we will go back again with La Princesa. BB owes her that “trip like Big Brother”.  Also owed her a “Real Pizza”.

Of course one never “owes” things like trips and pizza, but a Grandma, especially this abuela not try to get everything for The Grands they want?

JU SO FONII!!!

Next post, Royalty gets to  #VisitWestVolusia  

And her proclamations are priceless.

BB2U

Keeping My Cool with Seaworld

Free entrance tickets, but this post is all BB. Ok, si- and del Dr.


HolaHolaHola My Beautifuls!!

As you well know, Babushka does not do heat.  Not too convenient considering I live in Florida, pero I do have ways to combat that heat aversion.  Queee?? JU SO FONII!!!  Si, I do leave the house once in a while- if it's worth it, and making a grandbaby smile is sooooo worth it. But it does have to be BB style. 

I needed a place that was cool in every sense of the word- and I found it in ANTARCTICA.

SeaWorld Orlando

Cool huh?? 

Ok si, it's in Orlando and not real ice, but this was the week of escaping the real and facing fears. 

 El Dr. was up to the challenge- as a matter of fact, it was his idea!

He decided to meet his fear of roller coasters, heights, and fast rides. 

Ejemplo: In the Empire of the Penguin ride you could choose a mild or "wild" ride. 

He chose the "wild".

Stock pictures yes, but very true to experience.

Here's El Dr. in one of the entrances to Antarctica. 

Luckily for us the day was overcast, not many people were there, so we saw almost everything.  Suggestion, bring comfortable shoes and time to see it all.  As I said, it was late and had been raining so many had left- otherwise, I'd suggest at least 2 days to really appreciate all that's available. Continuing.

El Dr. bravely wanted to overcome his fears, but he started off slowly- at  Shamu's Happy Harbor.

 My grandsons brave, not bobo.

Unfortunately the same can not be said of BB-
those little cups are not made for Cuban Cabooses.

'Nuff said.

El Dr. Fearless in Seaworld



Once he had conquered the kiddie portion, my grandson decided it was time for the big guns.

Sky Tower- 400 Ft high

Journey to Atlantis

Ok si, another stock picture, pero in my own defense, I didn't take a pic because I was shocked that he truly wanted to ride this, but ride we did.
He taught Babushka a lot that day, but he learned a couple of things too.

Not only did he learn a lot about himself and the creatures of the sea,
but he learned about his Babushka.

Thankfully, he says she's kept her Cool.

; )

"Having the time of my life!"

ESO!!!

I couldn't have agreed more.

Babushka Besos a todos.  Cuidensen.


P.S.  This trip was made possible by the Maravilloso people of  VisitOrlando and Seaworld.  
Mil Gracias for the entrance tickets y'all, and for helping to make this summer a good memory for El Dr.  
These are my sincere thoughts and opinions written with mucho, mucho gratitude.

P.P.S.  Este post is part 2 of My Week w/El Dr.  Here's part 1 in case you missed it.

P.P.P.S. Check out BB's YouTube Channel & Feibu page for more videos and photos of the trip.