5.Versluys'.us

I have internet! Yes, you read that right. I am finally able to do more than just read my emails on my phone and agonize over the obsolete status of our blog.

I finally finished off our Ottobre photo gallery, which now includes such priceless photographs as Roma the rat on Halloween night:

Eric the scary candy passer-outer:

I peeked out from behind the blinds at Mom and Dad Versluys’ house and laughed my head off at the poor little suckers who came up to the porch to find Eric sitting there. About 1 child in 4 thought he wasn’t a real person, only to jump out of their skin when he moved. Others were too freaked out to get close enough to grab their candy until their friends bravely led the way.

Roma received a fun surprise in the mail from Aunt Cherie:

‘Twas the season for dress-up! And role-play…

You can see on the TV that Curious George is holding a roll of paper towels. He is competing in a bagging competition at the local grocery store in that episode. As soon as it became apparent which episode was on, Roma ran and grabbed her paper bag to join in the fun.

If you go to the gallery, you will see a series of photos of Roma riding on a car in the playground. Talk about intense.

Unfortunately, I don’t have the patience to reorganize the photos, so you will have to put up with other photos mixed in to the Roma/car sequence. Like this charming picture:

Yeah, that would be poor Q plopped into a pile of leaves and choking. Eric put her into the pile, which was all sweet and Kodak moment, until she grabbed a leaf and shoved it in her piehole before either of us could stop her (duh, parents). I made the astute observation: “Eric, I think she has a leaf stuck in her throat”, upon which Eric plucked her from her nest and proceeded to choke her even more (no comments from the peanut gallery on the appropriate way to dislodge items from a child’s throat, please – not only was she in no danger of losing her oxygen supply, but you try and get a paper-thin leaf from a kid’s throat without sticking your finger in).

This is Quincy right before she threw up all over the pile of leaves below:

I told Eric we don’t need a bulimic baby if we can help it. He promised he’d do better next time.

So go to the gallery, and enjoy the updated photos!

I feel like I have so much more to write about since we have been access-less for so long, but I will try and pace myself here. You will probably see another post up shortly, however, since I will soon be back marveling at the internet displayed on something larger than a 3.5 inch screen.