1. Kaufman cries the most pitiful mew as I carry the milk over to my cereal – where I am going with his favourite wonder elixir when his saucer is right here? His sister joins him and they cry out together. Their eyes follow the bottle and their tiny teeth stand out against their pink tongue: little spikes as white as the milk.
2. The mum shows her small daughter a picture on her phone: “this is you when you were in my belly.” The girl is still a little too little to properly understand. The mum goes on: “you ate and slept in there until you were big enough to come out.” By the look on the girl’s face, she is clearly wondering how her bed fit in her mum’s tummy.
2b. I roll out a piece of terracotta clay. Rolling out usually annoys me – either the piece doesn’t form the right shape, or it is bubbly, bumpy or cracks – but this time, it forms a perfect even oval.
2c. The piece has come together better and quicker than I thought but then it tips over as I’m trying to put it away. “Thanks gravity,” I mutter under my breath. But as I hold the damaged pieces in my hands, I realise how to not only fix it but make it much better.
3. Kaufman stomps over and sticks his head in John’s face.
3b. Lily is too old to make a song and dance when she wants something – she now just thumps her tail on the floor.
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