Oh yeah...can't forget these guys!

These "little" fellas made me feel slightly better about their for-the-most-part smaller relatives who grace us with their presence here at home. Guess I'll take small roaches over these behemoths, though maybe if it was just one huge roach vs. 20 little ones, I'd go with the one. I don't know, it's a tough decision...hmmm, yeah, still thinking on that one...anyway, here are 2 of the 3 we ran into during our stay. The 3rd one, and actually the 1st we saw, fell victim to Z's shoe. I think it's disgusting to step on roaches. Then you just have their guts all over your shoe, something that is especially sickening when you have toddlers who play with shoes...yuck.

This is in the twins' room...I was innocently playing with the kiddos when I glanced up and, wow! We let him be for a while, then Z caught him in a glass and dumped him down the toad's hole. Left him right on the toad's rear, actually. He was about 1/3 the size of the toad, we're pretty sure he ate him.

And a close up, because...well...you obviously need a close-up.

And now for the shiny flying roach. I think this guy's even more disgusting. It was dark, and we were going in the kitchen, and OF COURSE the only light switch was across the room. (Incidentally, this reminds me of my old babysitter who went on a mission to Haiti and told us stories of having to cross the dark apt to the light switch, crunching roaches as she went. Nice.) As Z turned on the light, this guy scurried across the floor. He was big. Probably abt 2 inches. We stood there discussing him for quite a while, estimating his size, contemplating what to do with him. Eventually we just decided to pretend we didn't see him, and turned off the light and left. Hmmm, had I been thinking clearly, I would have made Z get down beside him so you could see the relative size...well, next time! I'm sure Z will be very cooperative.

Annnnnd, the close-up:

Now wasn't this a feel-good post?? We'll try to get some nicer pictures up soon. But still, we LOVED Aguas Dulces! Despite our sneaky housemates.