A Friend

Our friends from graduate school, Scott and Heather, live in Virginia.  Their daughter, Celia, is one year older than Oliver.  She is a very sweet, smart little girl.  Oliver has spent time with Celia in the past, so when we told him we were going to Celia's house today, he was thrilled.  My understanding is that the feeling was mutual.  When we arrived, both kids got huge smiles and set off playing like good friends.  Oliver remembered some of Celia's toys and she kindly shared them all.  She even shared a stuffed turtle that he took quite a liking to--so much so that he was temporarily willing to trade Myrtle for it.  Oliver was pretty tired by the end, so the kids shared a bath, a few giggles and a sweet good-bye at the end of the evening.  It was nice to see Oliver start to form a connection, and I think this might be the start of a long friendship.