well, we didn't end up making it to the magic exhibit at the museum of houston, but it's ok...because as you can see,our days were PLENTY filled!
the other day,when we were on our way to the beach, someone mentioned ordering a crawfish boil for dinner(we are in the south,after all). we ended up getting mexican instead,but my sister had crawfish on her mind evvvvery day after. neither of us had tried it before but she was DETERMINED to make some so we could both try it together.
soooooo,off to the grocery store we went for the necessary supplies...
some corn to keep the bebe happy(he picked it out,i dunno,ha):
we ended up at some asian grocery store to buy the crawfish. these buggers are GROSS looking. they look like baby lobsters,but they're mini so it's creepy. samantha and i hand picked out every single crawfish that we took home,all 15 lbs!!
the bin FULL of crawfish:
my sister picking some out:
the crawfish at home,waiting to be cooked...that's 3 5 lb bags! some even escaped! sooo glad my sister is way more brave than me and could recover them,otherwise i'm sure they'd be crawling on me in my sleep.
in the boiling pot full of special seasonings.i heard a rumor that lobsters scream when you put them alive in a boiling pot of water. since these are similar to lobsters i wondered if they would scream. for the record,they didn't.:
as an appitizer, my sister make the PERFECT potstickers(prob one of my top 5 foods of all time,when made properly. yuuuum yum.):
all done!
my sister and i then stood in the kitchen for a good hour or so tearing apart these bad boys and consuming them. what you do is rip the head from the tail(sounds gruesome.took me a little bit to get used to doing this,but once i did it was a piece of cake). you then tear apart the tail and eat the meat inside. i guess in louisiana the "true" crawfish eaters suck whatevertheeff is in the head and eat that. i am not a true crawfish eater.
oh p.s. the crawfish meat was good! tasted like a cross between lobster and shrimp. we even dipped it in buttuh which made it THAT much better.
we finished off the night by watching inglorious basterds,since we didn't do it the night before. there were a few scenes where i had to cover my eyes(i have NO desire to watch someone get shot,scalped,branded,or stabbed),but all in all,a good movie! brad pitt's accent made me laugh sooooo hard in the scene in the movie theatre where he speaks I-talian.
it's a beaaauuuutiful day in texas,i do NOT want to go home to the coolness of washington,but i gotta. my flight gets in at midnight so i'm going to be tiiiiiired tomorrow at work. consider this your warning,coworkers. if you wanna guarantee to be on my good side, i suggest mentioning the words "free" and "starbucks" in the same sentence.
alright,2 last shots of my nephew,then it's adios to you from me...
connor obviously loves me a LOT. i am,after all, a super awesome aunt. whenever i would go upstairs to do something he would whine and then sit by the stairs,waiting for me to come back down. what a loyal nephew i have.
my sister and brother in law purchased this ball pit they call "camp connor". it's basically the coolest thing ever invented in the universe. i'm super jealous i didn't get a personal ball pit when i was little and am wondering if they come in adult size??
see you in the north!!
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