Summer Fun with a Wat-o-melon

Jack and Wally the Watermelon

I am notorious for ripping apart my magazines. Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, Sunset, Country Living, Food and Wine...I have stacks of "good ideas" that I want to try, recipes I want to make, parties I want to plan, the way I want my Christmas tree to look, the perfect front porch, etc.

I am never disappointed with Family Fun Magazine. Carving a watermelon like a Jack-O-Lantern was one of the many ideas I tore out of the latest issue. My son Jack was the designer/carver and he thought it was so cool that the red of the watermelon shows through.

I think a watermelon carving contest between the families we will be with in St. Helena for the 4th will be a hoot. The best part is you can eat the watermelon after you carve it...