The official start of watermelon season

After wiping up watermelon juice all day
we ask little man to take his treasure
outside to eat

I made a last minute run to the store Sunday to whip something up for dinner while Sara and Ellen and the kids were here.  I did not feel like driving too far, so I decided we would eat tacos and I headed to the closest Mexican market.  There were 3 huge boxes of watermelons in the parking lot...and tons of people picking through them to find the best one.  They were only $3.79 each...and then I remembered it was Memorial Day weekend.  Of course we need watermelon! I still don't know exactly the right way to pick a watermelon, but I jumped in with the crowd, picking up the huge melons and turning them over and thumping them (listening, I think for the perfect thud).  I tried to copy the guy next to me and grabbed a huge watermelon thinking there is no way on earth we would ever make our way through it.

Cut to the next morning.  I forgot to cut into it after dinner as Ellen walked to 7-11 and grabbed 3 pints of B&J for us.  I like watermelon, but 98% of the time I like B&J a little bit more.  Mal and Ruthie saw the melon on the counter and immediately started begging to have watermelon for breakfast.  As soon as I started cutting into it, the wolves attacked.

Lining up the fallen watermelon pieces

Together they had 15 pieces before we cut them off.  They had a few more with actual breakfast and then a ton more after lunch.

As if we didn't have enough watermelon...we went to a BBQ later in the day.  There were 2 watermelon salads that people brought.  While I had some, I did not point them out to Mal.  We have a whole watermelon eating summer ahead of us.