Mississippi Musings

Mila has been proudly standing in "Say Something Cute Every Day" territory for a few years now. Normally I can't remember exactly what it was that she said that made me laugh, but today! Today I still remember! Mostly because it was like 10 minutes ago.

The scene: It was bedtime. Apparently the kid really is planning to sleep in her own bed for now on. That  means I get to escort her up the stairs, wait as she climbs up in her loft, and then tuck her in for the night. Along the way, I am -always- asked some sort of question that makes my face scrunch up. This time, the question was a very earnest one.

"Who is Miss Sippi?"

Say it fast. You'll catch on.

"Do you mean Mississippi? It's a state like Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Not a person."

Mila replied with genuine surprise and then, "Well, why is it the most important state?"

Never mind that it's VERY NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE. I don't know which one is, but it's not Mississippi. "What makes you think it's the most important state?"

Mila brought up some very good points. "It's EVERYWHERE. It's there when you count one - Mississippi - two - Mississippi - three - Mississippi ..." she continued for a while because obviously us old folks don't know how to count all that high. She also pointed out that you spell Mississippi when you play a Chinese jump roping game.

She's not wrong. We do seem to be obsessed with Mississippi in the most random of ways.

And then Mila closed out the argument with, "I still think Miss Sippi is a person and they named a state after her." She then proceeded to ask Alexa (as in her Amazon speaker) when Miss Sippi was born, which led to Alexa giving a history lesson about the state and all hell broke loose.

My brain still hurts from their argument. Alexa may think she knows a thing or two, but a stubborn 7-year old will always win.