"What you doing?"

Penelope has 3 full sentences that she loves to repeat: "I do it" "Don't do that" and as of this past weekend "What you doing?" I guess we are headed to the why stage. In the morning she asked me "what you doing?" about a dozen times in one minute. I said "I'm cooking your oatmeal" about 6 times before I got a little creative:

Penny: What you doing?

Me: Using electromagnetic waves to heat your breakfast.

Penny: What you doing?

Me: Providing you with a nutritious wholesome breakfast that you love and would eat for every meal if I let you.

Penny: What you doing?

Me: Cooking for your highness.

Penny: What you doing?

Me: Making my favorite breakfast that my mom made me when I was little, which makes me nostalgic.

(Ding ding removes oatmeal from the microwave)

Penny: Ohhhhhhh....mmmm otmal! Yummy

It's called preserving my sanity, while also exposing her to a ton of vocabulary!