Baby It's Hot Outside

DANCING IN THE DARK: It was the final class of the summer session (that was short!) of ballet today, so we got to sit in today. It was so darn hot that the shades were all drawn and the lights were off. Not the best photo taking environment, but oh well. We still enjoyed the show. :)

Christian was able to get away from work and watch today -although he arrived late and had to leave twice during class because they kept calling : ( . But he got to see plenty of Annabelle's preening. (My, how she loves-loves-loves those floor to ceiling, wall to wall mirrors!)

She did a great job following (anticipating, really) directions and was good at keeping rhythm. She headed up the line every time, with Mrs. Johnston, the teacher, noting that Annabelle was the class's "senior student."

Bee is clearly ready to bump up to the next level of classes, which start in September.

COOL DOWN: On the way home from ballet, we saw that the sprinklers were on at Bay View Park (just a half block from our house). Screech!!!! I quickly pulled the car over for an unscheduled stop. As hot as it was, we simply had to take advantage of the free, high-GPM water action!

SHORT STUFF: This morning I told CJ to get shorts on since it was going to be a hot day. He got shorts on, but there was one little, er, big problem. They were some of his big, Big bro Kennedy's shorts. Oops.

SEATTLE MARIO MAP: Last night I discovered a site that features 8-bit maps of a few major cities. Pixelated and lacking much of the detail you've come to expect from a map, it's no Google Earth, to be sure. However, if you're into old school video games, it's still super cool. :)

I pulled up the site this morning to show CJ. He immediately said, "That's an 8-bit map!" I had him type in our address and we located our neighborhood, and found all of the parks we frequent in Magnolia.
DAMN YANKEES: The Yankees are in town, so you know we were at the ballpark. Who wouldn't want to be sitting outside on a 90-plus degree night, watching the Ms lose to the Yankees with that *&%^$ PayRoid (= Alex Rodriguez = A-Rod = Pay Rod = PayRoid) hitting the &%*$^ game winning RBI for the *&$%&# Yankees. But other than that, it was a lovely night at Safeco Field.


(The photo at the left is of two future Hall of Famers, PayRod @ the plate, with Jeter standing on third.)


There was a a huge crowd tonight at the park. If the temperature hadn't been so oppressive (95 F), it would have been even bigger, no doubt.

Here's a self portrait Annabelle shot @ the field tonight. :)