Le weekend: Father's Day out with daddy (and mummy) at Deen City Farm

Happy fathers' day daddy! Seems unbelievable that this is our third fathers'day already. We each made daddy a card at nursery, very successfullly we might add(!), and bought daddy an American football top from Xclusive on London Road in Tooting. More importantly, we went by bike along part of south west London's Wandle Trail to Deen City Farm, one of our favourite places to go and see animals, and usually have a picnic lunch too, while watching the horses. this fantastic resource has just had its funding from Merton cut by 12% with a further cuts planned in the next financial year, threatening its survival. Mummy could rant for hours about how wrong this is (and may well do in future posts, when she is less tired) but meantime, if you'd like to know more hit their website, or better still sign the petition to urge Merton to reconsider the cuts.

Anyway, where were we? Ah yes, the horses. Having sung several rounds of 'horsey, horsey don't you stop' to said beasts as they cantered and jumped around the farm's riding school showring, we had baked potato in the cafe (which also has a very entertaining fish tank). Afterwards we did the rounds of the farmyard - ducks, geese, rabbits, guinea pigs, finches, chicks - and then the paddocks - sheep, twin lambs, cows, pigs, alpacas, goats and (bucking) horses.

As well as the farm, we have also been to two friends' birthday parties - Scarlet and Matilda both turned two this weekend - happy birthday girls! This meant we have spent a lot of time singing 'happy birthday to you' and blowing our imaginary candles (as well as a few real ones). Matilda got given an amazing cow-shaped space hopper, which caused much covetous excitement and a bar brawl broke out between all toddlers in attendance. The quantities of cake consumed over the past two days may also have had something to do with it.

Don't forget to sign the petition to urge Merton to reconsider the cuts to funding of Deen City Farm! You don't have to be a resident to appreciate how fantastic a resource this city farm is.