Teapots in the Genes

No everybody,
This is not a rude blog entry. It is an admission that affection for teapots exists in children as well as in adults. Is it biological or cultural? I can't answer this question, because since I was born I have been in daily contact with the large family of teapots on Mama's display shelves. Recently, I have been lovingly playing with them, especially the 50's black poodle teapot and the zen frog pot. Mama and Dada were forced to acknowledge my teapot obsession and buy me a safe one, the "Cinderella" edition. Today I said these words, "sugar," "plate," "bowl." I changed my pronunciation of "teapot" from "pah-tee" to "tee-pah." Most thrillingly, I did prove to my parents that some preferences are hard-wired, by saying "Target," "Dillard's," and "blog.: Love, LK