Disneyland trip Part 5 - Posed group photos

[sugarplumkitty]

Carlene's daughter Renee solved one dilemma for us. We were wondering how we'd get group photos that included all of us. She graciously agreed to take picures with everyone's cameras. We had eight cameras and three hats to pose with.

What was amazing to us is after we took the tiara picture in the lobby of our hotel tower, another group of women came through the lobby and saw our birthday tiaras. It turns out they're doing the EXACT SAME THING WE WERE! Both groups squealed and hugged each other. They were envious of our t-shirts. Maybe I have a marketing strategy!

	Tiara Picture taken by Renee
	Purple hat group photo
	Art shot of cast off ears, tiaras and wands
	Ears picture taken by Renee The eleventh "Boomer Babe" arrived just in time for this one.

Comments

[destinyblue.livejournal.com]

how cool that another group was doing the exact same thing!

[sugarplumkitty.livejournal.com]

Makes you wonder how many groups are doing the same, doesn't it?

[falls2climb.livejournal.com]

ohhhh, that makes me wish I had such a fun group to keep in touch with over the years! I am highly impressed by you Boomer Babes--and the same kind of group that you met!

[sugarplumkitty.livejournal.com]

I was talking to my mom about it before the trip. It was easier for us to have a whole bunch of friends than is was for you or for her. There were so many kids all the same age that if you wanted to play outside you just went out. There was always someone near your age to play with. With the sheer number of kids all the same age, the chances of finding potential life-long friends were very high.

My mom's generation is like yours. She didn't have a lot of people to choose from for friends. The closest one to her own age in her neighborhood was three years older. It didn't occur to me until that conversation just how different we boomers really are. My nephews don't have many friends they're still in touch with, either.

Times and attitudes haven't helped much either, have they? It seems like a lot of the people you've had in your life haven't been very supportive. But then, that comes with age to a large extent. My friends and I were critical of each other until our mid-to-late 20's. As we experienced life more, we became more aware of the difficulties the others faced. Maybe you will still be able to rekindle old childhood friendships with the nicer people you've known.