Ashley

We had a lovely family Easter, both the children were home plus Bobbin (dog). Alice and I baked, knitted, crocheted, made organza flowers and shopped, a bit of mum and daughter bonding. This is the recipe for the Banana Cake we made for Easter, this recipe is great if you want to use up very ripe bananas. For the topping we melted chocolate then decorated it with chocolate animals and Maltesers.

BANANA CAKE

Before Ashley went to New York he said he wanted to get a photo of himself in Urban Outfitters, holding one of our iPod Hoodies, he can now tick that off his list! It's surreal to think that an idea we started from our kitchen table is now being sold in Urban Outfitters New York.

Look out America, Ashley and Faye are coming! They are off on a road trip, New York to Texas in two months, they fly out on Saturday. If anyone knows of places of interest in New York, other than well known ones, let me know.

It's a milestone, I can't believe my baby is 25, that can't be right, where did those years go? Ash was born this day in London at Queen Charlotte's hospital Hammersmith. Although the first few months were a shock to the system, a combination of colic and my freedom being taken away by a little dictator! I can honestly say the past 25 years have been interesting and most of all fun! Happy Birthday Ash.

Ashley was invited to the Institute of Directors conference today, held at the Albert Hall. The conference had lots of inspirational speakers but what really impressed Ash was the packed lunch they were given, I'm impressed too!

I love these paintings of my expresso coffee pots Ashley painted. Below the second painting is an ash tray we bought in Las Vagas. We don't smoke but we couldn't resist how kitsch it was. I framed it to remind us of our family holiday. We bought it from Bonanza, The World's biggest Gift Shop. What a lot of tat in one place. They had armed guards at the entrances and exits, madness!