New Year & Holiday Fun

Hope everyone had a lovely New Year’s Eve and have been enjoying the day today. As promised, a bumper crop of what various ‘ballers have been doing on their holidays. There have been engagements, baby announcements, singing in the mirror while dressed in a towel (Cristiano), blue gradient shoes (Sergio), celebrating on a camel (Mateo & Lukita) and a rather ungracious joke about a rival (Toni Kroos, being a bit rude, IMHO).  Let’s dig in! (It’s long so be prepared!)

Happy Halloween!

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A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Oct 19, 2016 at 11:13am PDT

Although he posted it early, I can’t help but feel this is Cristiano’s costume and in my mind, it’s clear who he is this Halloween…

Back To Madrid, Accolades & Families

The team returned to Madrid after Wednesday’s win over Bayern Munich arriving home on Thursday. The game was fun but exhausted (the trip back seemed to take forever). Mygypsyspirit and I spent the following day recovering and hanging out. She left today so I’m getting back to work on things with a very quick catch up. 

Ready For Deportivo

Boy is it hard to talk about training and the last game of the season after what happened earlier but here it is anyways – a quick rundown.

The FInal Final Pre-Sevilla Session & Happy Papi’s Day

Okay, the mothership was full of shit yesterday. Today was the final training session. Sigh.

Prepping For Levante & Bebés Having Fun

The team had their first training of the week after Saturday’s disappointing result. We’ll be facing Levante away on Wednesday.

Carnival Bebés & More Silliness

Este año Raúl lo tenía muy claro: quería disfrazarse de Luke Skywalker (o como dice él Lud Ezawater). Que la Fuerza le acompañe!

A photo posted by Carlota Ruiz (@carlota_ruiz) on Feb 5, 2016 at 2:31am PST

I noticed a bunch of pictures of ‘ballers’ bebés in costumes today. At first I was like “Is it some sort of international ‘Bebés in Costumes Day’ that I know nothing about?” But then I realized, it’s Carnival! First up is the ever delightful Raul Arbeloa as Luke Skywalker (or as he pronounces it “Lud Ezawater” according to his mami, Carlota).

Rain & Train, Even More Drama and Twinkle Toes

The team had a bit of a rainy training session today. Everyone was out on the pitch along with Castilla’s Marcos Llorente. Sese ran on his own.

More New Year’s Eve Pix

Por un año con estrella ! Feliz 2016 a todos . #nohabíauvasmásgrandesenelsúper #lashemostomadoconelhorarioespañol

A photo posted by Sara Carbonero (@saracarbonero) on Dec 31, 2015 at 3:40pm PST

The NYE pictures are starting to roll in. None from Sergio…yet. But here are some fun ones. Jese saw Karim’s WTF-ness and raised the bar even higher.

Final Training Of The Year & Holiday Wishes

Sese joined the team for the first part of the session today. Can’t wait to see what he wears for New Year’s Eve. Undoubtedly something with a hedgehog on it while Pilar will be in animal print.