Zašto mene moji unuci zovu “Babu”? = Why my grandchildren call me “Babu”?

 Zašto mene moji unuci zovu “Babu”? = Why my grandchildren call me “Babu”?

                                                  First (1) picture

“Babu ” Mile, left granddaughter Simone 2 and half years, Right grandson Zane almost 8 years old in Petaluma, North of San Francisco, summer 2008 singing Croatian popular and traditional song “Ganga ”. I am putting a link of pictures where you can see people singing “Ganga”.

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In the snow in front of our house in February 2021. “Babu” Mile, left grandson David/Cash, right grandson Jean/Tristan
                                   Third (3) picture

On Saturday morning, summer 2021, watching a show with my grandchildren, Jean/Tristan next to me and David Cash.

On August 24, 2021, “Babu” Mile Boban  wrote:

Bog! my very lovely and very dear family,

       Here is in English and in Croatian for my lovely dear family.

I am the happiest and most satisfied man in the world.

Why? Here’s why!

My name is Mile Boban. My grandchildren call me “Babu” instead of the Croatian word “Djed”. How did it happen that my grandchildren called me “Babu”? I’ll explain it.

My first grandson Zane / Andrew Bennett was born on Sunday, September 22, 2002 in Los Angeles. My wife Annie and I came that day to visit our daughter Catherine and son-in-law Erik. Zane was born around 9am. It was about three o’clock in the afternoon. Catherine and Erik had just come home from the hospital. Cheerful Grandma Annie and Grandpa Mile saw their first grandson Zane for the first time.

We came to visit our daughter Catherine, son-in-law Erik and little two-year-old grandson Zane with Michel and Nicole in the summer of 2004. Nicole is Annie’s sister and Michel is Nicole’s husband. Sunday afternoon we were in the park. We walked there with our little grandson, who was less than two years old. Michel took many pictures. I played with my little grandson Zane. I threw him in the air and grabbed him in my hands, I would put him on the grass and clap my hands and shout: bravo, bravo, bravo while Michel was taking pictures.

When Michel, Nicole, Annie and I came again in 2006 to visit our daughter Catherine, son-in-law Erik and little grandson Zane, Michel was showing pictures he had taken two years ago, in 2004. When our little grandson Zane saw a picture of me I threw him in the air, clapped my hands and shouted: bravo, bravo, bravo, etc., little grandson Zane began to clapped with his little hands and shout with his little palms: babu, babu, babu, which in his children’s little thoughts was: bravo, bravo, bravo, because as a child less than four years old he didn’t even know how to say bravo, bravo, bravo.

That’s how Mile Boban became “BABU” from the Croatian word “DJED” and that’s how my grandchildren call me “BABU”. I am so happy and satisfied with that word “BABU” that I would never change it for nothing in the world.

May dear God bless my grandchildren, give them a happy, blessed life full of happiness and life satisfaction.

I love you my dear grandchildren! You are my luck! You are my pleasure! You are my everything in this earthly world! I love you! You are mine, I am yours!

God Bless you! Your eternal GRANDPAPA! – BABU!

Mile Boban.

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              Translated into Croatian = Prevedeno na hrvatski

Zašto mene moji unuci zovu “Babu”? = Why my grandchildren call me “Babu”?

 Kolovoz 24, 2021, “Babu” Mile Boban je napisao:

                            Ja sam najsretniji i zadovoljniji čovjek na svijetu.

                                                         Zašto? Evo zašto!

Moje ime je Mile Boban. Moja unučad me zovu Babu umjesto hrvatsku riječ “Djed”. Kako je došlo do toga da me moja unučad zovu Babu? Ja ću vam objasniti.

Moj prvi unuk Zane/Andrew Bennett je rođen u nedjelju 22 rujna 2002. u Los Angelesu. Supruga Annie i ja došli smo taj dan posjetiti našu kćer Catherine i zeta Erik. Zane se je rodio oko 9 sati ujutro. Bilo je oko tri sata poslije podne. Catherine i Erik su upravo iz bolnice došli kući. Veseli baba Annie i djed Mile su prvi puta vidjeli 6 sati rođenog prvog unuka Zane.

Mi smo došli posjetiti našu kćer Catherine, zeta Erik i malog dvije godine unuka Zane sa Michel i Nicole ljeta 2004. Nicole je Annina sestra a Michel je Nicole suprug. Nedjelja poslije podne bili smo u parku. Tu smo se šetali sa malim našim unukom ni pune dvije godine. Michel je slikao. Ja sam se sa malim unukom Zane igrao. Bacao sam ga u zrak i hvatao ga u moje ruke, stavio bih ga na travu i pleskao rukama i vikao: bravo, bravo, bravo dok bi Michel slikao.

Kada smo ponovno Michel, Nicole, Annie i ja 2006. došli posjetiti naču kćer Catherine, zeta Erik i malog unuka Zane, Michel je pokazivao slike koje je on slikao prije dvije godine, dakle 2004. Kada je naš mali unuk Zane vidio sliku kako sam ga ja bacao u zrak, pleskao rukama i vikao: bravo, bravo, bravo itd., mali unuk Zane je počeo svojim malim dlanovima pleskati i vikati: babu, babu, babu, što je u njegovim dječijim malim mislima bilo: bravo, bravo, bravo, jer on to kao dijete ni pune četiri godine nije znao reći bravo, bravo, bravo.

Eto tako sam ja Mile Boban od hrvatske riječi Djed postao BABU i tako me moja unučad zovu BABU. Ja sam tako veseo i zadovoljan tom riječju BABU da ju nipošto i nizašto na svijetu ne bih promijenio.

Neka dragi Bog blagoslovi moju unučad, daj im sretan, blagoslovljen život pun sreće i životnog zadovoljstva.

Volim vas draga moja unučad! Vi ste moja sreća! Vi ste moje zadovoljstvo! Vi ste moje sve na ovom zemaljskom svijetu! Ja vas volim! Vi ste moji, ja sam Vaš!

Bog! Vaš vječni BABU!