Now that we've lived here for a few months, I'm starting to learn the fun quirks of the locals. The true locals are Cajun and many can speak French, er... Cajun French- which I suppose is a dialect of French with Louisiana flavor. Lucas is getting quite a Cajun accent. He is the only one in our family that can say "blue" "yellow" and "balloon" like the locals. It kills me! Forgive the poor quality of the video. Apparently blogger and my cell phone don't get along.
We don't live in a county, but in a parish. Yes, I had to Google what a parish was before moving here.
Everyone calls me and the boys "boo" or "cher" as a term of endearment. My doctor is constantly calling me boo, and I keep waiting for her to break out Bug-a-Boo. It hasn't happened yet, but I will definitely let you know if it does :)
Everything and seemingly everyone's last name ends in "eaux." Thibodeaux and Gautreaux are very popular last names. And there are signs everywhere that say "Geaux tigers" or "Food to Geaux." I'll bet if it snowed here, it would be called sneaux.
Crawfish. It's a scared word here, and people go crazy over them. I still haven't understood what the fuss is all about, but locals consume these creepy little creatures like they are going extinct. In fact, they might go extinct in this area soon, haha!
Cajuns are very festive people. Seriously, these people are awesome and will find any reason to throw a good shin dig, er... party. On top of the bigger festivals like Mardi Gras, Festival International de Louisiane, there is also a sugarcane festival, a crawfish festival, a duck festival, a frog festival... the list goes on. If you are very curious about our local festivals, you can see the growing list here. You can even submit your own idea for a festival!
This was taken a couple of weeks ago at Festival International de Louisiane. We ate some amazing food, listened to good music, and hung out with fun friends. I can definitely get used to summers like this!
Maybe there is something in the crawfish, but people cannot drive here. Traffic is insane, and most drivers are total idiots. We have seen people smoking, eating, texting, putting makeup on, and "driving" all at the same time. It's truly an art of stupidity. Yesterday I had to switch our car insurance to a Louisiana policy. It now costs us an additional 1,000 per year to drive because people in this state are insane. Ouch. And not to be a preacher, but don't text and drive... Seriously, you can wait until you stop to send a message.
I digress and am now stepping off of my soapbox. Ahem, those are all of the fun Lousianaisms that I can think of for now, but I'm sure the list will grow the longer we live here! I hope everyone has a happy Mother's Day weekend! xoxo Whitney
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