Calendar: What’s Hot in May

The sun’s out and the city’s still sparkling with fairy dust from the magical union of Will & Kate. Our May calendar presents a royal banquet of family activities both indoors and out. Bon appétit!

Bank Holiday Vintage Fair at Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, WC2 (May 1)
Hornsey Park Rd Lido opening, Crouch End, N8 (May 1-Sep 4)
Canalway Cavalcade, Little Venice, W2 (until May 2)
Baby Move It at Moving Arts Base, Liverpool Rd, N1 (May 4)
Sew Over It Launch, 78 Landor Rd, Clapham North SW9 (May 4)
PostNatal Yoga Evenings at Trotters Turnham Green & High St Kensington (May 4 & 11)
How Does Your Garden Grow at Jacksons Lane, N6 (May 6-Jul 22)
London Pet Show, National Hall, Olympia W14 (May 7-8)
Opera Tots, ENO, London Coliseum, WC2 (May 8 )
Covent Garden May Fair & Puppet Festival at St Paul’s Church Gardens, WC2 ( May 8 )
Drum (PMLD & ASD) at Unicorn Theatre, SE1 (until May 8 )
ArtPlay, Dulwich Picture Gallery, SE21 (until May 29)
Village Fete at Brunswick Shopping Centre, WC1 (May 14)
Thomas Coram Live! at Foundling Museum, Brunswick Sq, WC1 (May 28 & Jun 1)
National Family Week, London-wide (May 30-Jun 5)

Ongoing
Miro Exhibition, Tate Modern, SE1 (until Sep 11)
Sensational Butterflies at Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd SW7 (until Sep 11)
Jeppe Hein’s Appearing Rooms, Southbank Centre, SE1 (until Sep 18)
Disney 50 at BFI Southbank, South Bank, SE1 (until Jan 1, 2012)
Enchanted Palace at Kensington Palace (ongoing until Dec 2012)
Nelson’s Ship in Bottle by Yinka Shonibare at Trafalgar Square (ongoing until 2012)

Calendar Cutie
This month’s cutie is princess Sadie, captured on the way home from a royal wedding do at her nursery. Sadie, aged 2 and a half, says her two favourite activities are painting and jumping!

Send in your favourite photos of your babes (ages 5 and under) for a chance to be our next Calendar Cutie and be entered into a prize draw! Email photos and a short description to editor@babesabouttown.com