In September we took Chloe to the small water park in the San Tan Village mall. She LOVED it! It took a couple minutes for her to warm up to the idea of playing in the water but, once she got the hang of it – she really had a blast.
That was UNTIL six leaves scattered on the fake grass underneath a tree caught her eye. In an instant, her time of play and enjoyment became a mission to rescue, bathe and neatly arrange these stranded leaves on a bench near where we were sitting. At first the pattern was cute and amusing, and then it became curious and slightly concerning.
Until there were six neat leaves on the bench, one by one she would:
1) pluck the leaf from its precarious position on the grass 2) rush it with the utmost immediacy to the fountain of water 3) give that poor dirty leaf a very thorough bath 4) then walk it calmly over to the bench 5) methodically place it in its proper position 6) if at which time, the leaf did not appear sufficiently clean, it would immediately repeat steps 2-5. 7) retrieve the next poor leaf and repeat
I had to let her finish her mission, I respect OCD tendencies. But, once she was finished – I rushed her away. As she was engrossed in this pattern, I was frantically searching the premises for more unfortunate leaves and found MANY. What was meant to be a quick 45 minutes at the water park could have turned into an evening of OCD related indulgences; I can’t subject my 2-year old to that…
Instead I treated her to dinner at In and Out Burger (our new gluten-free favorite – cheers to a fast food company that appreciates food allergies and a very YUMMY special protein-style cheeseburger)!
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