HIPPO BRIGADE

A Conversation with Berlyn

January 24, 2008

Me: Hey baby girl, what do you want to wear today?

Her: Diggle

Me: Do you want to wear this? This is cute. It has flowers.

Her: Diggle, diggle.

Me: Are you hungry? (using sign language, which she repeats an hour after I do the sign) Do you want to eat?

Her: Diggle

Me: You can have a whole grain waffle, tofu cubes, and dried pears for breakfast, doesn’t that sound yummy? Yummmmmy (I say this emphatically while patting my belly).

Her: Diggle, diggle, DIGGAAAHH!

I’ll take that as a yes.