In Bloom

OUT OF DOORS: We decided to go for a walk this afternoon. So many things are blooming now, the neighborhood is about at its prettiest. Above is our neighbor's enormous rhododendron. That window you barely see is on their SECOND story.

They have a big pink camellia, as well. Annabelle LOVES that blossom.

And green is everywhere to be found. Here's the eastern border of Bay View Park by our place.

MOVE IT: For some exercise, we cued up "Just Dance 2" this morning. The kids take turns choosing the songs. Genres covered ran the gamut from the Charleston to walking like an Egyptian to hip hop. It was fun and 45 minutes of exercise without realizing you're exercising.

42: CJ finished reading "Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black Baseball," a biography he's been working on for a couple weeks now. Before 7 this morning he was telling me that for years, Negro League players weren't allowed to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. We looked it up tonight and it was 1971 when Satchel Paige, the first Negro League player, was inducted.

Of the book, CJ said,  "It told me a lot about how (Jackie Robinson) crossed the color barrier and about the Dodgers."

IMPROV: CJ had acting class this afternoon. They're starting to develop scenes for their public performance on May 29.

LEFTOVERS: This penguin pose is from yesterday afternoon. The heavy metal bird is inside Pacific Place shopping center in downtown Seattle, near Gameworks.