A Laundromat's Mistake

When you use cloth diapers.
You are out of town.
And you are getting low on clean ones . . .
What to do!?

I feel guilty buying disposables.
Even though we've done that some in the past for traveling.

So you hit a laundry mat or a laundromat.
Especially when you pass right by one on your way back home--you know it's meant to be.

You ponder why you've never really heard the term laundromat before.

You've heard "laundry mat" more often than not, when a person talks about a self service laundry facility.

Well, at least in my neck of the woods. 

According to Yahoo Answers: 

"It comes from the 1950's where anything "automatic" was good, so it was the "automatic laundry" (though you put them in the machines, they were better than the old washboard and mangle setup!) So it was the Laundr-omatic, which became Laundromat."

Of course, it was fun to look up on Wikipedia too--to see its history. 

Anyhow, I began this post to show you why Dan had to run back in the laundromat with my camera . . .

Ok, so maybe this a simple typo, looks to be. 

But seriously, you laminate this, and place it on a wall of your business!? 

Wow.

Unschooled Lizard Man wrote me a Letter

Found the following, one morning on our family computer.
I thought Word Geek had told Lizard Man how to spell words from a different room, while Lizard Man was at the computer.
Nope.
I found out Lizard Man did this all on his own.
Sure there are mistakes.
Sure it is about a game.
But super proud that he wrote a letter to me.
All by himself.
And that he wanted to show dad too.

Note-I did switch Word Geek and Lizard Man's real names in the letter.
But I'm sure you get the idea.

Word Geek and I are so proud of his love for learning.
The letter had us both grinning from ear to ear.
He has taught himself so much.
Of course--we are helping him along the way.
But, it is really neat when he accomplishes something totally on his own.

Love Bug Learning to Write

Love Bug is eager to learn.
Wanting to read.
Like her big brother.

She has been learning to write words.
Not only the traditional way.
Many of us were taught.
But,
I call it-- the computer way.



One day, a couple of weeks ago.
She wanted to write on Word Geek's laptop.
Apparently, she sees us write on the computers enough.
I wrote words on note cards for her.



It was hard at first, for her.
Because the keys on a computer are upper case letters.
And this mama wrote lower case letters.
So I wrote both the upper and lower case letters down for each word,
on one note card.
But, still a problem.
They didn't look right on the screen.
They were ALL lower case letters.
Turning the "caps lock" on fixed that problem though.
And made it super easy for her to write many words...



Butterfly.
Rhino.
Scooby Doo.
Family member's names.
And many more that I can't think of at the moment.



Love Bug recently discovered You Tube.
There is a post for another day!!



Anyhow, I wrote YOU TUBE on a note card.
Thinking she would write it in the Google search bar.
Like what she's done in the past.
But, instead she wrote it in the address bar.
You know, where you put a web address...
Although, a little off with too many "W's".
I thought she did quite nice.
For me not teaching her this:


Something I'm thinking she may have picked up from big bro, Lizard Man.