The first weekend of December was fairly busy, with the Saturday morning being the Southwick Christmas Market in The Square. It was, however, bitterly cold, but still managed to enjoy ourselves for a little while there. We tried the Cricketers for lunch, but so had the rest of Southwick, so decided to grab lunch on the go and head home instead. On the Sunday after a day at home, Ellen and I headed through to Worthing in the evening to watch Sleeping Beauty pantomime which we had tickets through her school so was full of other Eastbrook Academy kids too :)

The next week was busy too, with plenty of work going on in the kitchen, as well as Ellen's nativity play at the school which was very sweet to watch.

Then on the weekend we had the Santa Bus pass through Southwick and on the Sunday we missioned out to find ourselves a Christmas Tree which we eventually managed to track one down towards Lancing direction after failing to find anywhere around Hove. So that evening we were busy decorating the tree and trying to avoid Ian undoing the decorating work :)

During the following week, there was more progress with the kitchen, getting the doors and electrics finished. Then from the Wednesday through to the Saturday, Ellen was part of the PQA Treasure Island pantomime at Southwick Barn, where the Poppets were doing a few supporting songs in the show. The Wednesday was the dress rehearsal and then they had a show on Thursday and Friday and two on Saturday, which Ellen attended everyone, so impressed with her determination! Una went through on the Thursday night and I went through on the Saturday morning - had to split as it was a bit too long for Ian to watch!

This past Sunday evening we managed to see Santa at Manor Cottage, who gave Ellen and Ian a little something each, followed by lunch at Brighton City Airport (aka Shoreham Airport).

These past few days have been hectic with full steam ahead in the kitchen to get it fitted as much as possible in time for Christmas. So they managed to get the worktops fitted, the electrics all complete, plumbing finished and various touch ups here and there, so at least we have a working kitchen for Christmas!

Then after a half day at work today, I've now finished up for Christmas and got the next couple of weeks off and heading back in the new year again which will be a nice break :)