bigfoodiemama

So, last Monday the Mad One turned 40. What a delight, as the more people who reach that age, the younger I feel. We spent last weekend partying with family as the Ambassadrice came home from Paris and the Fit One made it all the way from New Zealand. We had a great four days, culminating in a birthday party in BMM's on Sunday, involving the magnificent cake from The Flying Bbay Cake Company, a gluten free masterpiece, incorporating the Mad One sitting on her big red couch surrounded by her favourite things ie. the children, wine bottles, Hello magazine, coookery books and pots and pans. It was truly fantastic, as you can see, and the vanilla sponge with strawberry cream tasted amazing......there isn't a crumb left. The Mad One delighted us by fulfilling her life long ambition of singing a song from start to finish ( she only ever does the first two lines)We loved her version of "Bright Blue Rose" by Mary Black, but was so nervous she sang to a blank wall in BMM'...