Funny recent Alma happenings/quotes:

* Alma's face was covered in peanut butter because she likes to eat her peanut butter sandwiches without the crusts cut off, but still avoiding the crusts.  I tried to wipe the peanut butter off her face with my finger to no avail. So I licked my finger and rubbed again and this time the peanut butter came off.  Alma -- ever Miss Manners -- exclaims, "Thanks for using mouth wash!"

* We have been going to as many sporting events at Moravian College as we can.  They are close, free and a really great environment.  This afternoon at a field hockey game, Alma and I had this conversation:
A: Why do they have such beautiful hair?
L: Their hair ribbons, you mean?
A: No, just the beautiful hair.
L: Oh, yes, many of the girls have their hair in braids or other styles to keep it out of their faces.
A: Yes, and out of the grass.
L: The grass?
A: Their hair is so long that they need to tie it to their heads or it would be in the grass.  They need a haircut.

* Alma has an imaginary friend, Foxy Loxy from the old story Henny Penny.  Sure, Foxy Loxy is the villain in the story -- he eats Henny Penny and all of her friends -- but Alma adores her female version who loves to dance like a fox (it looks like scratching and running in a small circle), lives in a castle (an academic building at Moravian) and spends most of her free time watching tv at our house.  We often have to call to her to come to bed with Alma for nap time and set up a chair at the table for her to sit on (to eat her "fox food and spaghetti") while we have our afternoon snack. The sweetest thing is when Alma puts her in her carrier to go on a walk.