Everyone in this family seems to have a few minor OCD issues. Well, except my dad, who has major OCD issues. But anyway, J can’t stand having dishes in the left side of the sink. I sort my M&Ms by color. And Button has this thing about making sure all the doors are closed on this toy.

It takes her a few minutes to go about shutting said doors, so whenever I need a moment of time to myself to finish sending an email or something, I push all the buttons and pull all the switches so that every door is gaping open and every barnyard animal is staring her in the face with defiance.

She immediately sets about the task.  Click-”Goodbye Horse.”  Click-”Goodbye Cow.”  Click-”Goodbye Rooster!”  Except there’s a short in the dog part that sometimes makes the few moments of “peace” entirely not worth it.

“Goodbye Dog!  Hello Dog!  Goodbye-Hello-Good-Good-Good-Hello Dog!  Hello-Hello-Hell-Hell-Hell-Hello Dog!”  Sometimes you can just be walking into an empty room and be accosted by “HELLO DOG!”  Sometimes we’ll all be sound asleep in the middle of the night and be startled awake by “GOODBYE DOG!” coming from downstairs.

The nice part is that her obsession is with the doors, not with the reward of hearing the toy talk when she closes them.  We recently found the “Off” switch and Dog has had a gag in his mouth ever since.

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