Can't believe it's October already, felt like summer flew by and we're now suddenly in the middle of Autumn! However the month started off fairly mild and sunny that first weekend, with an evening braai on the Friday attempting buffalo chicken wings, then Saturday we popped down to Southwick Beach in the afternoon and Sunday we got the kids a new Lego set each so spent the afternoon building that :)

The next weekend was a mix of rainy Saturday indoors at home and Sunday was clearer so all headed out to Bodiam Castle for the afternoon which was good fun and entertaining for the kids running around the castle.

On Tuesday 15th I had tickets to go with Lee to see Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes at Concorde 2 in Brighton. We started off with a couple of beers at Bison Beach Bar @ Sea Lanes and then to Concorde to see Hot Wax open for them, followed by Frank Carter. I'd never been to Concorde before so it was good to eventually get to see a band there. After the gig we grabbed another one at East Street Tap before heading home.

On Thursday 17th Una flew over to Ireland for a few days, and while she was there from the Thursday to the Monday, we kept ourselves busy around the house with Ellen going to PQA and Lena on the Saturday, and myself and Ian at home then headed out for a walk/adventure around Southwick. Sunday was a grey rainy day so it ended up being indoors at home for the day.

Last week Wednesday we had a social event after work in the evening at Players Social inside Spitalfields Market. Was a good social evening and I got to play loads of foosball which I've not done in years, so that was good fun again :)

This past Saturday we had our Croft Halloween Party at home which was rather well attended with over 50 people at our place, half of those being sugared up kids with way too much energy :) But we think it was enjoyed by all - between the food, drinks, smoke machine, movie projector and snacks!

Then the following day, after a bit of house cleanup, we went pumpkin picking at Sompting Pumpkin Patch and spent the following evening carving out faces of each of us on the pumpkins.

This week has been half term for the kids so they've just been lazing around the house and staying fairly local. This evening we all headed out around Southwick for trick or treating which was good entertainment, both of them doing quite well with the sweets and treats in their little Halloween bags :)