The cutest little first grader was in here selling chocolate covered almonds to raise money for a field trip that she doubted would ever happen. $2.00. I bought one. I asked her if she did her own hair or did her mother do it. She said her mother did it, but she can make braids too. I said, ‘But those French braids that go around your head so nice?’ And she described how her mother takes a little bit of hair at a time, and adds some more, and finishes with a hair tie. So articulate! I said she was lucky to have a mother who does her hair so nice, then the woman with her said she’s just the fun aunt, and I said that’s a great job. They had the girl’s little brother with glasses on too. (Kids with glasses at an early age always look smart to me. I didn’t get mine until third grade, so there’s no bias involved there. No sirree.)The girl handed the cash to her brother who handed it to the aunt. Yep, cash spent locally goes around town quickly.

I just ate ‘em all. I hope she gets a field trip.