Day: June 3, 2009

Elmo and the Hundi

What’s a Hundi? German for a little dog. But I better start at the beginning.

Andy got me a Roomba for mother’s day. Used, from Craigslist, with a dead battery, wrapped in a brown paper bag and no card attached. See this short video. (I then sent him to buy flowers but forgot to send Leilani along to help him pick out the right ones :-) I don’t want to complain. I really like it, I always wanted one, and I am geeky enough that I am fascinated with it’s navigation algorithms. And out house is a lot cleaner now. Anyway… Leilani was even more fascinated. She loves the Roomba, and she named it “Hundi”. Daily she asks “Can we let the Hundi run around a little?” Took me a while, but I finally asked why she named it Hundi: “It runs around by itself and the cats are scared of him” (followed by an evil laugh) The cats are not really scared, but they prefer not to be in the same room and stay out of it’s way.

And why Elmo? That’s unrelated, I am just too lazy to do 2 separate posts. I read her a story, and after this page

I said: “Boy, she sure talks a lot. Do you know anyone that talks that much?” Leilani thought for a moment and then her face brightened. She answered “Yes, Elmo!”