Rotten Meat

We had ELF again today, which is where a few parent volunteers come in and teach the kids  for two hours while I get time to plan/organize/do whatever I want. That, along with it being an early release day, made for a very easy and enjoyable Wednesday. 

For math we've been working on coloring in a quilt pattern, which is obviously way more fun than most kinds of math. While working on his quilt, Jake said to me, "I don't want to be rotten meat." After I asked Jake to repeat himself to make sure I heard him right, I replied, "Then don't be rotten meat." He threw his hands in the air and said, "You don't get it, do you?? I just want to keep doing my pattern forever and ever!" 

I guess I must have missed something there.