Great Moments in Parenting: Part 38

Last night Veronika and I were at the table for a dinner of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (I am considerably less creative with meal preparations than Dinka). As is often the case these days, she was quite chatty and was producing some creative sound combinations that are seldom heard in any language. I kept asking her, "What?" Eventually she started trying to repeat after me, which she is also getting quite good at lately. After a few tries, she produced an emphatic "WHAAAAT?" evocative of Dave Chappelle's impersonation of Lil Jon. For a moment I sat in stunned silence, almost as if I realized how awesome that moment was about to become. I had no choice but to respond: "YEEEEEEAAAAH!" Veronika lost it, completely cracking up. This is how it went for the next five minutes:

Veronika: "WHAAAAT?"
Me: "YEEEEEEAAAAH!"
Veronika: (giggling)

Then we started improvising a bit, at her cue:

Veronika: "WHAAA-WHAAA-WHAAAAT?"
Me: "UHH-YEEEEEEAAAAH!"
Veronika: (more giggling)
Veronika: "WHAAA-WHAAA-WHAAA-WHAAAAT?"
Me: "OOOKAAAAAY!"
Veronika: (even more giggling)

This was the best part of my week thus far.