Bring on the Crawfish!

Well folks, here in south Louisiana, CRAWFISH SEASON is in full swing! This means a few things:
1. The local news stations will usually feature at least one story a day about the price of crawfish, where to find good crawfish, and how the crawfish may not be as good as last year's catch.
2. At Wal-Mart and any other local store, bags of lemons, onions, corn on the cob, and potatoes will sit at the front of the produce section as the "featured produce" (all necessary items for a crawfish boil).
3. People will get together and have a crawfish boil - which is an event that people from around here take very seriously and know how to do well.
This brings me to today...we were invited over to some friends' home for a little crawfish boil, and oh my, was it delicious! When we lived in Houston, Brad and I ordered a pound of crawfish at a restaurant to celebrate our move to Louisiana. After eating them, we weren't sure what all the fuss was about. Now that we live here, we realize that there's an art to preparing these little 'mud bugs', and with the right spices, they are outstanding.
Before the party, we ran by Target to pick up a few things. Brad spotted this flower-like headband in the Dollar Spot section, and AC took a strong liking to the little accessory. She even wore it to the party....silly girl.
The weather was absolutely perfect today, and the kids had a blast being outside! This bubble gun was a hit with all of them!
Here's AC chasing after Allen, a man in our church that AC thinks is pretty funny!
The kids (and Brad) checking out the live mud bugs before they tossed in the boiling water!
And the crawfish are now ready to eat! YUM.
Last year, Anna Claire was too young to eat crawfish, so this was her first time to try them! She loved them and kept asking for more! She thought they were a little spicy, but that didn't slow her down!
On a totally different note....tonight, the teens from our church participated in a fundraiser called "Terrible Caroling" where they go to people's homes and sing loud and obnoxious until the people pay them money to leave! Kerstin, Karin, and Ethan came to our home! We not only made a donation, we also gave them ice cream bars....AC thought this was awesome!