Christmas Eve {only one more sleep}

We have had a wonderful Christmas Eve and with only one more sleep I wanted to say to you all that we pray that you have a very meaningful, love filled, happy and peaceful Christmas and a very blessed and wonderful New Year 2015!

 Esther opening the 24th Advent box today

 Allan and I at our family Christmas meal this evening

(gotta love those bon bon party hats!!)

 Sapphire putting out her Christmas stocking tonight with great enthusiasm

(note that everyone else has done theirs and is back to watching the tv!)

With many hugs and lots of excited smiles ready to celebrate Jesus' birthday!! YAY!

 The Torrents'

Sunday afternoon

With the delightful sunshine today the girls made the most of it and enjoyed some slid n'sliding!

I LOVE how Sophia is our fun, crazy, adventure child!! She is ALWAYS keen to join in on the water play with her little sisters, it's such a blessing to see. There is sooo much fun to be had on a Summer, Sunny, Sunday afternoon,
Smiles The Torrents'

Christmas gift ideas for children

I'm not sure about you but the Christmas season sure did sneak up on me very quickly this year!! So much so that my hubbie and I were left with a bit of a panic!! What will we get for our treasures???
We LOVE to get gifts that encourage imagination and ones that are friendly for ALL ages too, as there is a lot of sharing in our home!
So here are just some of the wonderful things we have found....

 

Love wooden toys, this one is adorable!

 

 OH to have a teepee.... HERE

 

Beautiful silks for playing HERE

History learning with these wonderful

chapter books HERE

 

Lego is a popular choice for boys,

Zeke LOVES this one 

 

My girls love DOLLS

FUn for everyone HERE

 

Popular book series with my tweens HERE 

Well that's some of the things that my children would love, of course there are some others but I can't put them all here as they like to read the family blog!! hee hee!

Hope your Christmas gift shopping is going wonderfully, I'm sure having LOADS of fun with it all this year especially with the beauty of Internet shopping... YAY!

Smiles The Torrents'

Little Red Riding Hood Party

Esther has just turned 5 and all she wanted was to have a Little Red Riding Hood party! SWEET!! It was really all about the cape for her, so totally understand that!! SO with the Gorge as the backdrop and some little friends to celebrate with her the party was a wonderful success!!

 We even had the Wood-cutter and Granny come too

(Daddy and Mummy!! 

The Wolf was already taken care of!! hee he)

I found THIS picture of a cake topper and so became my design of the cake. We gave out THESE in the party bags and played some fun games...

 

What's the time Mr Wolf

Flower Hunt and

Pin the basket on Little Red!

What a fabulous theme it was! Happy 5th Birthday dear, sweet, wonderful Esther Lilly Petal! Oh how we love you!!!
Smiles The Torrents'

Little Red riding Hood {Punch art} birthday invitations

It's only 2 more sleeps till Esther's 5th birthday and she and I have been busy making her invitations ready for her Red Riding Hood Party!! We found THIS punch art Little Red and made our own design, then Esther drew in all the faces and this is what the invites looked like....

 

 

She was soooo delighted with them, as was I! Can't wait to make her Riding Hood cape (perhaps like THIS) on Wednesday! You'll be sure to see the party here in the coming week, can't wait to see it all come together!! YAY for birthdays!!
Smiles The Torrents'