Adorable! Watermelons (September 2011)

And then of course we have Sarah, my five year old, so excited to eat our home grown watermelon. Her eager shiny eyes dancing with delight as I position the knife over the green dome of deliciousness. I slice and hand her a piece. Her fallen face and almost instant tears to the eyes catch my undivided attention. “What is wrong?” I ask. A sniffle and explanation through pouty lips, “I can’t eat this, it has seeds in it!” Ahhh, the spoiled children of our day. I laughingly explain that most watermelons do and they are even more fun to eat because you get to spit the seeds. We then spend many happy minutes practicing our seed spitting off the porch. She is quite talented!