Camille Visits the Zoo (and Norfolk)

We took a trip to Norfolk, VA over the weekend to visit with John, Allie, and Jack. What a neat place! Our hotel was right on the water overlooking all the naval ships. Here are some pictures we took as we were looking at all the different boats.

On Saturday, John, Allie, & Jack took us to the Virginia Zoo. This was Camille's first visit to a zoo and she LOVED it! Here are some zoo pictures:

We made sure to take time to enjoy the little monkeys of our own.....

As if the zoo wasn't enough fun, John's department at work was hosting a family day at the zoo and had lunch, a blue grass band, and Camille's favorite: bounce houses!

Jack's favorite was the ice cream truck.

And even more animals....

Jack & Camille taking a ride on the rhino.....

Camille will tell you that her most favorite animal was the....

And then even more animals....

And though we didn't feed any of the animals, Camille got a kick out of feeding Jack fruit snacks. He would run off and then run right back and wait for Camille to dig a fruit bite out and stick it in his mouth.

And here are the lazy kangaroos, as none of them wanted to move or get stand up.

And then the animal I was most surprised to see at the zoo....

And then one more round of riding an animal....

Needless to say, both Camille and Jack had a good snooze after we left :) Thanks again to Allie, John, and Jack for hosting us! We hope to come back soon!

Easter 2012

Happy Easter 2012 from The Cox Family! We had a great Easter weekend celebrating Jesus! Camille's school has done a great job at teaching her the Easter story. They leave out some details to make things somewhat simple for a 2yr old mind, but Camille tells us "Jesus had a beard. Men were not nice to him. He bled on a cross and died. Then Jesus was alive." Fairly good summary from a 2yr old if you ask me. (The beard part she added herself- not part of the teachings :))

We don't do the Easter Bunny at our house, but we did give Camille an Easter basket Sunday morning from Mommy & Daddy in celebration of Jesus. Camille enjoyed seeing what was in her basket, though some of her facial expressions cracked me up!

We went to the early service at church on Easter morning. Camille looked sooo cute in her little Easter outfit!

Mimi came for church, so we were able to get some family photos taken.

John & Aya had us over for Easter lunch, which was a very delicious spread!! Camille REALLY enjoyed the dyed deviled eggs and the strawberry shortcake! Following the big lunch, Mimi hid eggs in our backyard and let Camille have her own private Easter Egg Hunt. She told everyone "My going to run fast and find them!" Camille had a funny strategy since she did not want to carry her basket. She would find an egg, run and put it in her basket, and then run back to find another egg. So it was as if she was running suicides. Too funny.

After she found all of her eggs, she carried her basket to the steps to open them. She was most taken by all the stickers. She used them ALL within a few minutes, making sure we all had our legs covered with butterfly and froggy stickers.

I forgot to mention the other fun we had over the weekend..... We took Camille swimming and out to dinner on Friday... and then she attended Sutton's 1st Birthday party on Saturday. Needless to say, she slept great last night after so much fun!!

Happy Holy Week!

Happy Holy Week and Happy Easter! The Cox household has been very busy the past few weeks. When are we ever not busy though?

Camille & Mommy had a great kick off to Easter at Chick Fil A recently. Our local Chick Fil A brought in a bounce house and the Easter Bunny. We even had a mini art project making bunny ears! Here are some pictures of our fun!

We also had a visit from Allie and Jack! Camille & I took them to the newly renovated Pullen Park for some afternoon fun. Both kids seemed to love the swings, though Jack definitely was taken by the sand. Camille preferred to assist Jack as to not get her hands and feet too dirty. We then braved it on the train with both kids and they loved it! They sat so still (once we started moving) and every time the train tooted the horn, they both got quiet and their eyes got so big! Too funny! Here are some pictures of the sand and train fun.