Fluidity At Home Barre Giveway - Let's Dance!

BB received no money honeys for this post, pero oh the sweet memories!!!

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

Once upon a time Babushka truly was a dancer.  Quee?? JU SO FONII!!!

Ok Si, BB never looked like the dancer above, but she was a dancer. On stage. De veras.

Also de veras is that few exercises give us the posture of dance and the grace, and now we can practice this in the privacy of our homes if we so choose, without using a lot of room.  

Read on and see if like Babushka you don't want to start the music already.

Background on Fluidity

"What sets Fluidity apart from other barre workouts where the barre is mounted on the wall, is that the unit can be adjusted to individual height for ideal body alignment. Being adjustable and portable is ideal for both front & back exercises, since it is not against a wall and is easier to align your spine. In addition, the workout helps strengthen pelvic muscles to help with incontinence (a real issue for many women).

The founder Michelle Austin who trained with Lotte Berk found this method to help with many health issues, as you are helping to self-correct when training in your own body alignment. The beauty benefits are endless...perfect posture, a long & lean appearance, and sculpted abs to name a few. The home unit is portable, easy to travel with , making it easy to take on any road trip or vacation. It folds up and can be easily stored.

Also to help you get the most out of your barre workout, they have many studio classes rolling out around the US, including Los Angeles, New York, North Carolina, Washington DC/ VA area, Chicago, Jacksonville, Gainesville and Miami just to name a few. The studio classes are available now in Gainesville- at Gainesville Health & Fitness Center. In the fall at David Barton Gym in Miami."

The Giveaway

We want to give one of our lucky readers a chance to win one of these Fluidity at home barres. This giveaway runs 8/31/15 12:01am EST through 9/13/15 at 11:59pm EST, and is open to US res­i­dents 18+. Please enter using the form below.

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Dis­clo­sure: BB wasn't compensated for this post. This give­away was organized by Blog­gin’ Mamas. If you have any ques­tions or would like to run your own give­away with Blog­gin’ Mamas, please email info@blogginmamas.com Sponsor responsible for prize fulfillment.

Buena Suerte Beautifuls!!

BB2U

Imagination Playground, PGATour, Bloggin' Mamas and The Grands. Golf will never be the same.

Invited by the PGATour Family group and Bloggin' Mamas,

these are Babushka's impressions of the event. Mine and The Grands.


HolaHolaHola My Beautifuls!

Bueno, BB told you about the first part of the week in this post, now it’s the finde and things change a little bit. The weekend is time for familia, so when Babushka was asked to attend an event for children of course she thought of The Grands and said Si! You know BB lives for twofers, so if she can bring her loves to join in the career she loves, it’s a given!

And then they told me it was for the PGA Cadillac Tournament at Trump National Doral. Que Quee??? Now, BB doesn’t know who’s idea it was to take children to a golf tournament, pero JU SO FONII!!! It’s not that they’re bad kids, it’s just that they’re Cuban kids. Especially Cuban kids related to Babushka! You know silence is not in their sangre.

LLegando to the Trump National The Grands were impressed and realized the grandeur they were in.  

It didn't stop them from being themselves,

but they did realize the grandeur they were in.

As we headed out to the grounds, the Bloggin' Mamas saw the open spaces, the grounds, and the Carlos Santana Sign, and were in awe.

Babushka, with fan in hand, was ready to give out a good ::BOPASO:: to Grand or stranger who dared to shush a Grand (because we all know only familia have that right) and was guarding the back flank.  When all of the sudden in the stillness of the tournament there's heard a 

"That's soooooooo my car!"

PicaPica (being BB's Grandson) saw what he wanted and went straight for it. 

 He even stepped on the platform and went for the handle.  

The alarm was actually louder than he was.

Arriving at the playground, cleverly placed wwwaaaayyyy away from the tournament playing field,

the children saw the playground and went straight to play.

With no moving parts but the children themselves, The Grands had an incredible time.  

They planned,built, tore down, worked together, and by themselves.

AutismBaware

Even La Princesa knew what to do.  Autism aside, she was drawn to the "giant blue pillow blocks" and began making her kingdom. She even went to the structure of some older girls to go through their building. And then took the parts she wanted.  Que puedo decir? There's a reason we call her La Princesa.  Everyone of the children loved the Imagination Playground. Even the one who couldn't play on it.

Wish I was big enough to play at the @IMGPlayground 

#PGAKids #FamilySpace #PGAMamas

When Babushka was about to write this story, she contacted the President of the company, Dave Krishock (muy buena gente btw) and asked him what he'd like to share with you My Beautifuls. He wrote the following:

The idea is based on loose parts play - in our case kid sized big blue blocks - and child directed free play. 

All of this leads to purposeful play - the child loves stacking, connecting, and channeling with our blocks - and during play sessions the child learns collaboration, problem solving - improves fine and gross motor skills - and engages in deep play that exercises self expression and creativity - lots of fun and joy as children build and feel a sense of accomplishment. 

Second - our partnership with the PGA Tour and in this case The Honda Classic. 

The PGA Tour approached us three quarters of a year ago with an opportunity to demonstrate Imagination Playground at a limited number of PGA Tour events in 2015 - in an effort to build out their Kids Zone play initiative. 

We knew Imagination Playground would delight the children and engage the families. 

We are pleased to be helping the PGA Tour and their events - and proud to possibly be included in their future plans. 

We respect the PGA Tour and their events because they raise so much money to help advance the work of local charities - many of which help families and children - just like us, Imagination Playground. 

No te lo dije? Nice guy, buena gente. Most importantly, he believes in his product, as well he should. The Grands were out there for 2 hours. Y querian mas, it wasn't enough! But it was enough for BB.  It was nice to know children don't need gadgets with a million working parts, just the gadget of their imagination.  The sign pictured above listing the physical building benefits? 100% true, cada punto.

It was nice to see The Grands away from electronics, but let's be real, that is today's world.  To this too the Imagination Playground has put their spin on an app, the Imagination Playground 3D Builder app. 

 "Build with the principles of construction and engineering in the quick builder mode. Observe the effects of physics by turning on gravity mode and watch the Blocks take on their real life physical properties. Use the Blocks to understand proportion, geometry, and basic math principles—or just relax, create, and have fun."

They've thought of it all, got it all covered. Mind, Body, and because they've left this Babushka so happy , my soul is there too.  Honestamente, seeing The Grands enjoy themselves they way they did, made the world seem like a simpler place again. Entre the beauty of the grounds, the quiet of the event, and the smiles on our faces, this is one moment we'll relive happily again and again.

See when they'll be in your area My Beautifuls, y si no, 

go to their website and see how wonderful and affordable this kind of play can be.  

For this kind of fun and memories, Imagination Playground truly is priceless.

BB2U

P.S.  Feibu  https://www.facebook.com/ImaginationPlayground

Tweety https://twitter.com/ImgPlayground

Instagram https://instagram.com/imgplayground

p.p.s  My daughter's post http://cristylscorazon.com/2015/03/imagination-playground/

Proving that not only did The Grands know where they were,

 they even knew of the Donald!  See their impressions on her post.

30 STRAIGHT Days of Blogging- SMCSF 30 day blog challenge

Always thought those who blogged daily were courageous and crazy.

to be loved you must love

the victory is in the knowing

I've always thought it, said it, and now gracias to the Social Media Club South Florida, I've proven it.  Daily blogging is not for the faint hearted or feeble minded.  Woah and Wow.  It truly was like exercise- something you should do, complain while doing it, but end up satisfied when you look at the result.  Actually, it WAS an exercise, both mental and physical.  For 30 straight days Babushka had to find a topic, find pictures (because studies show people prefer posts with pics) and still remain true to my voice. Not that I ever write in any other, but you know what I mean.  As a matter of fact, if we're talking truth...you know how songs get stuck in your mind sometimes? This is the one that popped up on some days of the challenge.

But BB persisted,finished & completed the challenge. 

As I said before, this was an exercise for Babushka, and we all know how BB feels about that.  

 However, as in exercising the end result shows the effort.  I made new friends, discovered great new sites, and am part of a Feibu group where learning and sharing are the main idea of membership.  For this I am very grateful and plan to keep in mind many of the lessons learned. I need to organize my writing schedule, posts don't need to be lengthy- just true to Babushka, there are many people who love to help, and lastly, I CAN write daily.  

Kudos to the daily bloggers. 

Will Babushka be joining your ranks anytime soon?

JU SO FONII!!!

; )

Babushka Besos a todos.  Cuidensen.

P.S. BB is back on her Wednesday & Saturday blog posting. For now.

P.P.S.  A fellow participant had said only a fulltime blogger or someone who didn't have a fulltime job could do this challenge easily. 

I can see why they'd have that impression, but honestly I find it's like anything in life, you have to really want it.

Chinese New Year

Don't you just love the Chinese New Year?  The festivities, the history, the colors, the pagaentry, the chance to catch up and do a New Year right!  Que Que??  You actually thought January 1 was the real new year?  JU SO FONI !!!  Maybe it's because my mother was 3/4 Chinese, but in BB's mind this is when the reality of the New Year comes in.  Bueno, truth be known I think it's more because of my Cuban side... si, further in the year is better because we're always running late.  Whaaaaaatttt??  I'm only now taking down the Christmas lights... well, I will take them down now that the true New Year has come.

No me miren asi- don't look at me like that.  Really people, think about it.  For 8 days there's a whirlwind of activities- Christmas Eve to New Year's- most people don't come out of the stupor until at least a week  into the new year and then they go into shock when they see the scale and the bills of that holiday hip hop. By the second week of January most will have abandoned their resolutions and are slumping into disappointment from their lack of determination. But should this be? I say Nay!! Nada de eso mi gente!!!  Chinese New Year is the perfect time to make more realistic petitions of ourselves.  We've now seen what we're capable (or not capable) of doing and can go ahead with expectations we can fullfill!  Let me help you with some examples.


January 1 Resolution                                              Chinese New Year Resolution

No more junk food.                                               No more junk food on Mondays.

Exercise everyday.                                                        Exercise on Mondays. 

                                                          Go ahead, w/out junk food it's a bad day anyway.

Call loved ones more often.                            Ever heard of Feibu? How about Escaip?

Spend less money.                                         52 Mondays w/out junk food = saved $$.

Lose weight.                                                         Learn to walk in higher heels. 
                                                                     You'll either sweat from fear of falling
                                                                      or look thinner because you're taller.

Be nicer to my fellow man.                                               Hide on Mondays.

May this year of the Dragon bring you strength-

especially the strength of self. 

Self knowledge and Self Love is BB's wish for all in 2012.

Babushka Besos a Todos.  Cuidensen.