Last day of school.

I am mourning the fact that my oldest son has finished pre-school and is on his way to college.  He always tells me that he has to grow up, but when I ask him if he can still be my little boy today, he quickly says "yes!". It does go by too quickly. So thankful for the gift of Obi and watching him grow, learn, and become his own person.  (Side note- I didn't intentionally have him wear blue stripes both days...hmm...maybe I need to expand my opinion on what he wears?!)

Here are two pictures from the first day of school:

 And then here was from last week...his last day at pre-school:

 They both grew so much!

 Be still my heart!  Oh this kid is so sweet.

 Miss Brenda was such a blessing this year. She worked with Obi and helped him through some ups and downs and was always so encouraging.

Easter

This Easter was wonderful!  We went to church, spent plenty of time with family, had a fun and quiet afternoon with the boys and reflected on the gift of Life that is given to us. It was neat to hear Obi be able to articulate the reason for Easter and what it means to him. As sweet as it is to hear my son talk about how much he loves Jesus, I can only imagine how much more Jesus loves listening to him too! 

In the afternoon we went out back and Obi flew a kite while Jasper played on a blanket. He is SO cute. Can't hardly stand it.

 This big boy is pretty cute too. He had a blast running around with the kite.

 After the wind died down and we couldn't keep the kite up any more, we brought out the frisbee and Ob gave Pooka a run.

 Then before I forgot entirely, we went to the front porch and I took pictures of my two young gentlemen in their Easter outfits...minus Jasper's shoes. Oh well, we do live in Arkansas where shoes are optional.

 The best of friends!

 Then after dinner, it was time for the egg hunt!  Both boys totally got into it.  Jasper quickly figured out that there were treats inside and was very eager to find some more.

 Obi shared his spoils with everyone.

 Jasper did not share. He was a little piggy.

Coloring Eggs

This year we pulled out the little colored cups and the drops of dye and put Obi's apron on. He loves anything that involves making a mess and coloring things. This year was no exception. There was a bottle of glitter that came with the egg dye...it was liberally dumped into the water much to Obi's glee. I am guessing that it will make the eggs inedible when we get around to peeling them later. The stuff is all over! 

Playing together

There is almost 4 years between my boys, but they love each other and already have a strong brotherly bond. It is sweet to see them play and interact together. Obi likes to wear the same thing that Jasper does, so I found them a couple shirts that matched and was going to take some pictures together. But, with both of them not sitting even remotely still, most of what I got were blurry, but funny pictures.