Sometimes the drive from Hurricane to Henderson is short, but sometimes it is very long. The most recent trip was long because William was crying almost the whole time. As we neared Vegas, Meridy decided to try playing This Little Piggy with William's toes. After several rounds, he started to enjoy it, and the mood in the car improved markedly. After several more rounds, Meridy tried to stop. William was.....displeased.
After several MORE rounds, we were all ready to hear about what the other little piggies were up to. I started things off by interjecting, "This little piggy wore an apron, this little piggy wore a gun." Then there was something about a police officer, a judge and going to jail. Mer took a turn, "This little piggy brought the ham, this little piggy brought the homemade pasta salad, this little piggy brought the KFC, and this little piggy brought the weird jello with all sorts of fruits and carrots in it and this little piggy brought the brownies and everybody said, 'wheee, whee, whee, wheee!' all the way home." Ellie jumped right in and said something like "This piggy wanted to see his mommy, this little piggy ran away with the spoon, this little piggy had banana cake, and this little piggy brought a banana cake too, this little piggy went to Grammy's house, and this little piggy said Whee Whee Whee all the way home." Yes, Ellie tended to employ 6 piggies, and, no, she doesn't have 6 toes. Well, not on one foot anyway.
After a while we looked back at William and he was asleep. So we tried to call it quits, but Will woke up and would have none of it. We were counting piggies the entire way home.
2 years ago
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One of my favorites was one Nate did:
This little piggy played guitar.
This little piggy played bass.
This little piggy played drums.
This little piggy was the road manager.
And this little piggy sang "WHEEE WHEEE, WHEEEEeeeEE!"
All the way home.
I like this story. :) Mucho.
while this is such a funny & cute story, i so feel for you! at work i sing songs with the kids, and it's always, "more, more!" and i end up singing the same song a dozen times or more... every day...
BUT, you may have me beat with two 1/2 hours solid of "this little piggie"!
:)
LOL!!! He's such a stinker!
Good to hear that Hattie is not the only one with weird supernatural powers. After she is asleep, I try to lay her down, but no, she starts crying knowing that something is amiss. So I pick her up thinking, well, maybe she really isn't asleep yet, but she is so I try again only to hear the same crying as soon as she leaves my shoulder for the crib. How do they know you stop? They are ASLEEP!!! Or are suppose to be.
Are your throats sore for talking that long, or has your brain come out of auto pilot for the three little pigs?
Oh, I just remembered, I tried to do that with Hattie one day, and I couldn't remember how it went!! I should have just made it up. That sounds like more fun anyway.
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