What doing??

I've already talked about dancing on the edge of insanity. Here's one more example of how I can get there. After months and months of wondering when my daughter will talk, she decided to start and never stop. She talks constantly now and knows more words than I probably give her credit for. She comes up with new concepts everyday, but there are a couple phrases that don't seem to get old for her. One of them is, "What is it?". Or in her language, "iz it". It's all the time, "iz it mommy, iz it?". Then of course I respond with amazing amounts of patience and answer, "that's a fountain, honey". Unfortunately, it doesn't end there. Almost immediately she comes up with, "What doing?". "It's spouting water" is a typical response. This goes on all day long and all night long and slowly wears you down. "What iz it mommy? Iz it? What doing mommy? What doing?? What doing? What iz it? Iz it mommy?" It goes on all day. Of course there are interruptions when she will be excited to realize she already knows the answer... like "Fountain mommy? Fountain? Spouting mommy?". To which I reply in a tired voice, "That's right babe, that's a fountain spouting water." I'm so glad she's learning new things every day and I'm really quite happy to help her with her lessons, but I would love it if we could find a new format for tomorrows class.