How to make new friends

Yesterday, Lily told me this story:

"Today at school, Evan told me that he likes the Twins, the Cobbers, and the Vikings.  I told him that I like the Twins, the Cobbers, and the Vikings too.  Then I hugged him.  Now we are friends."

I couldn't help but smile at the simplicity of it all.

Here are a few other things that made me smile the last few weeks:

These two pictures were taken only about a week apart!  I can still smile about the snow now, but ask me again in March. . .