Mississippi

My SUV was packed with my two children, a few friends and me. We were driving home from a short day trip and that last hour in the car became extremely boring - so I cleverly occupied my oldest son with a spelling game. He was completely up for the challenge as his two-year-old brother, sitting next to him, listened and laughed along. After doing this game for about forty-minutes I was ready for it to be over - so I began to make my spelling words harder and harder for him to spell. Finally I blurted out, “Okay, spell Mississippi.” As expected, he whined, “Mississippi! ... Mom, I don’t know how to spell Mississippi!” So I began singing it in crazy spelling fashion, “M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I … M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I … M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I.” When all of a sudden my two-year-old yells out, “No, No … No P-P-I, No P-P-I!”
I look in the rear view mirror and my little one is holding one hand over his eye. He most certainly didn’t want his big brother to pee-pee him in the eye! We all laughed so hard the rest of the drive home, and my kids were more endearing to me than ever that day!


Gena

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http://www.apples4theteacher.com/usa-states/mississippi/facts/index.html