Hot Cross One(-Year-Old)

Reed’s a little teapot, not because he’s short or stout, but because he emits a high-pitch sound when he’s reached his boiling point. The kid is ebullient 90% of the time, but the times when he’s had it – watch (and listen) out. Like those times when he’s embroiled (em-broiler-ed?) in a debate on what a safe distance from the oven is...


…or when his dad has to take away his sidewalk chalk when marks started showing up on the dog, sliding screen, and patio furniture, among other non-sidewalk places.