Our new Vilakazi video

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Camera shy

We recorded a video for Vilakazi, and Mia was super interested. She wanted to sit on the stool. She wanted to be in front. And then? Total shyness. Maybe she's not ready for her close-up just yet.

Saturday in Big D

We cashed in our Christmas present from my dad and Nancy this weekend and took a trip to Dallas. The main reason we went was to see the Green Day musical, which was, by the way, super fantasticly amazing. Here we are outside the opera house, looking fancy:

Aside from that, we spent Saturday tooling around Dallas with Mia.

We also made a stop at the Dallas World Aquarium, which, by the way, was super fantastically amazing as well. It was a four-story wonderland, like a zoo that was vertical instead of horizontal. You saw monkeys swinging in the trees, otters swimming around and all the beautiful fish down below. It was really incredible.

This little guy looked like he was wearing bright yellow socks and mittens. It. Was. Adorable.

This marmoset obviously thought something was hilarious.

Mia had the chance to feed a toucan! It was so neat! The worker put a little food on her hand, and the bird fluttered right up and grabbed it. I was so proud of Mia for not being afraid.

And we saw a sloth, which was, clearly, easy to photograph. No sports mode needed for this guy.

There was even a South Africa section, complete with penguins. I snapped this picture of a hornbill and a super creepy dassie in the background.

The last bit of the museum was an underwater tunnel with creepy sharks that look even creepier from below.

This is a good beat

I've spent three weeks this spring in Oklahoma City Public Schools - one week each at a high school, middle school and elementary school. On my last day at the elementary school, these two sweet second-graders told me they were sad I wouldn't be back. They asked if we could take a picture together. Of course, you sweetpeas! Taking over the education beat has been a challenge, but I think it's the beat I should be on right now.

Back to the garden

Mia has loved working in the little flower bed in front of our house. I'm pretty sure this is because of two reasons: the flowers and her hippo watering can. It's probably 5 percent because of the flowers and 95 percent because of the hippo watering can.

We had a little lily breakage, so Mia came up with her own solution.

Watering the flowers ... with a paintbrush.

More golf

Sadly, her handicap is better than mine.

Soccer daddy

Mia loves going to watch Leigh play soccer. Usually, there's lots of shouting, "Daddy!" through the glass. And unlike me, Mia loves to snuggle up with Leigh after his games, regardless of how stinky he is. Such love.

Mother's Day

Look at these pancakes. How can Mother's Day be so awesome? Thank you, Leigh and Mia.

A little play time

Biker ... again

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