Watermelon Seed Spitting Week

Who doesn't love a juicy slice of watermelon in the summertime? With Watermelon Seed Spitting Week upon us, we went to Walmart and bought ourselves a huge seeded watermelon.  It was pretty heavy so we all took guesses as to how much it weighed.  In pounds, I guessed 12, Neal guessed 8, Sophie guessed 700, and Rhys guessed 2.  Our estimations were so wrong.

It weighed 21.6 pounds!--without Sophie's toe tipping the scale.

For fun, we put it in the bath tub with the kids and saw if it would sink or float.  The kids were suprised something so heavy would float.  We gave it a good wipe down before returning it to the kitchen.

For dinner one night, we had "watermelon" waffles.  It did not turn out as well as I would have liked because the browning but who wants a semi-raw waffle?  Not us.  Chocolate chips mimiced seeds.  The kids were not impressed and, actually, neither were we but they sure tasted great.

We finally opened the melon and enjoyed sweet, juicy slices.  It felt like the watermelon Olympics--"Let the seed spitting begin!"  OK, not really.  But we had fun.  Neal and I annihilated the children in spitting distance!  Initially, the kids used an interesting method of spitting both fruit and seed simultaneously.  After a few tries, Sophie got it and Rhys opted to just eat watermelon slices.  He did obstain from eating the rind this year.

When that got old, we brought out the catapults!  I made these ealier this week in anticipation of the event.  How cute are they?!  We played with these for quite a while and Rhys had more fun participating.  Good times! 

We finished up the weekend with a unique meal on Sunday night: Greek Watermelon Pizzas.  Wierd you might say, but when you have 21 lbs. of watermelon to use up, you get creative.