Yeaaah...

Brian and Maggie (age 2) called me during my lunch break at work. He asked Magnolia if she wanted to say anything to me. She said yes.

B: What do you want to say?

M: Uh-huh

B: What do you want to say?

M: Yeeeaaaahhh.

B: Do you want to say hello? or hi? or Hola?

M: Ola!

B: Wanna say anything else?

M: Yeaaah....

B: (sighs with exasperation - microwave timer goes off in background) There's your timer! What does your timer mean?

M: Time up.

B: And what does it mean when time's up?

M: Yeaaah, time night-night...

We haven't hit the "why" phase yet, but we're starting to wonder if this "yeah" phase is worse.