Amusing meme I stole from skitten...

[klsiegel320]

Invent a memory of me and post it in the comments. It can be anything you want, so long as it's something that's never happened. Then, of course, post this to your journal and see what people would like to remember of you, only the universe failed to cooperate in making it happen so they had to make it up instead.

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Myrtle Beach

[readinginbed.livejournal.com]

I woke Gabrielle with a whisper: "Want to meet Karen?" She flipped down the covers to show me that she'd woken earlier than I and had already dressed herself in a hot pink track suit over her turquoise bathing suit. We left her Daddy a Post-it note on the pillow saying where we were going and that we had the cell phone with us. Out in the hallway, Gabrielle expertly slapped the down button for the elevator. She had her pail and shovel in one hand, her beach towel in the other. When we reached the ground floor of the hotel, we saw Karen standing facing the ocean, stretching her arms overhead. On the umbrella-shaded table, a half-full cup of coffee sent up a tendril of steam and her Waterman Phileas held her place in her journal. I set down my Diet Coke and book and joined her in a relaxing stretch as we watched Gabi pick out some prime beach real estate for the morning's sand castle. Later we'd all go for a walk when our sleepyhead husbands joined us and by the afternoon we'd all be in the mood for a swim. The next day was supposed to rain, so we'd planned a trip to the aquarium.

Re: Myrtle Beach

[klsiegel.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's neat. I'm having a hard time picturing what age Gabi is, in this - she's not speaking, even in whispers, but I get an impression she's maybe seven or so? Or even a little older?

Re: Myrtle Beach

[readinginbed.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize that she hadn't actually *said* anything until I went back and read it. Maybe because she's pre-verbal right now "in real life," I just gave her a physical, nonverbal way for her to communicate in this "memory".

Yes, I think she'd be between 5 and 7 here. Not sure how old a child would be before building a sand castle might be too young of an activity. We went to the beach rarely when I was a kid, so I don't have any personal experience to gauge it by. But if we're letting her play on her own, within our sight, she'd have to be in school at the very least. And, she can dress herself . . . have no idea when kids can do that.

Re: Myrtle Beach

[klsiegel.livejournal.com]

Oh, they don't always outgrow sand castles. I have photos of a really impressive one done by some college guys one time out at the Lake.

Not sure about dressing - for some things earlier than others, because it depends a lot on development of fine motor control.