One of the not-so-many things I can remember about my mother is that she used to put whipped cream smiley faces on my pudding. I had left over whipped cream from making my dad's birthday cake on Friday night, and the plan was that three of us would have mum-style chocolate pudding tonight. Chris and I had to decide whether or not to still do that, and in the end we decided that we should, even though we are not feeling very smiley right now.