Saturday, May 14, 2011

Coin-op Laundry

After moving to Korea, for the first nine months, we did all our laundry at the coin operated laundromat on Osan Air Base.  It was an all day event.  Sort the clothes at home, drive to base, wash them at the laundromat, fold them and sort them according to person, bring them back home, and then put them away.  Since we now have a washer and dryer at home, laundry has become less of a task and much more pleasant.  Elizabeth loves to help sort the wash and when it comes out of the dryer, she loves to roll around in the warm clothes.  If you ask her to pick out her clothes, she will pull them out, put them to the side and "help fold" them.  She is Mommy's little helper.

Every once in a while, we still go to the laundromat to wash blankets and pillows.  We try to coincide it with Elizabeth's nap time, because an active toddler can only handle so much down time.  There is a playground nearby, so one of us takes her there during the wash cycles and then we walk her in the stroller until she falls asleep.  An hour or two later, when nap time is over, the items are dry, folded and loaded in the car.  She usually wakes from the movement of the stroller back to the car.



After laundry, we went to the commissary for groceries and a few vendors were there promoting their items.  One had a bounce house up, so we let her jump in it for a few minutes.  -S

Steady...steady...
Ooohh...bouncing is fun!
Oh no, I fell down.  The big kids are making the bounce house too jumpy.
This is not fun anymore...I'm coming out now.

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