Life in a Crockpot: Say what?

*While beginning to eat a sour sucker, Autumn exclaimed, "Ooo! I got wiffles!"

*Frequently heard from the Mama, "If you don't run they can't chase you."

* Some sweet child was tempting the Mama to do something when she rebuked them and said, "Get thee behind me Satan." Jacob, who was sitting on her pondered this saying for several minutes then, turning to his mother asked, "Are you Satan?"

*We have no need of the GPS when we have children.
While turning left, GPJacob announced, "Turn right at 18-42." Thank goodness, had we gone left we may have actually made it home.
As we came close to where we'd stop, GPLora proclaimed, "You have touched your destination."

*Ava has been taking Health as an elective for "high school." It is self-contained and self-directed. Unfortunately, pronunciation helps only go so far. For example, "Nice-a-tine" = nicotine (and it will kill you).

* Jacob: I just called my PapaKid from the store.
Mama: Oh, wonderful. How is he?
Jacob: He's good.
Mama: Well, what is he up to?
Jacob: He is on his way to Mexico.
Mama: Mexico! Good. What will he be doing down there?
Jacob: He's going to Mexico to celebrate his birthday. His birthday is this Saturday.
So, Mama went and wrote on the calendar, December 21, 2013, PapaKid's 5th Birthday. We shall have cake. (PapaKid is Jacob's 5 year old teenager who has lots of kids, drives big trucks and travels all over the world. We have yet to meet PapaKid in person, but we often speak with him on the phone [the one with no batteries] and we love to hear about all his travels).

*The children have been playing "money." The game where they print out some paper money and set up business establishments and send bills. There are MILLIONS and MILLIONS of dollars floating around my house. I find 1's, 10's and 100's littered on the floor and at least 6 children are carrying around large envelopes fat with cash. This is day three of this game. They are making a mess all over the house. But they are having fun.