Merry Christmas, etc,etc.

So I'm back at work now - that's my excuse for not updating the blog - and franky, I think Cam has forgotten that it exists...so it falls to me to update everyone on the going-ons of the Arnold clan. We are now so geared up for Christmas Charlie's head might just pop off. He's pretty stoked that Santa is coming in 2 sleeps now. Sam doesn't care, but he's so aloof that he will be 8 years old and not caring. Such a character. So....Charlie is now 3 (as of October 21) and we had a great party for him both at my mom's place and at Little Feet Fitness with his friends. It was so cute to watch all the kids flying around the place like tasmanian devils - full of such moxy! We have been cottaging a little less frequently than I thought....between skating competitions for me and Cam working OT -it's been hard to get up there. Hopefully the new year sees us getting there more. I would love to get the boys on the ice and teach them to skate. Sammy won't be interested, but I could teach Charlie and Cam....I mean, not Cam....he skates great.....(clears throat)...moving on!

The boys are loving that their cousins are visiting the Cullen household right now. Faye, Nina and Sophia are great babysitters...the boys don't even care if I'm there...they love playing with their cousins and I LOVE LOVE LOVE that I have been able to chillax a bit! Can't wait for Christmas when they are high on sugar and running around like fiends....I'll super love the cousins then!

So I as mentioned above, I'm back at skating this year. My team, Glide, is based out of Oshawa and there are 15 "adults" on the synchronized team. It's a great love of mine, depsite the protests when at 8pm on a snowy day I have to gear up for 2 hours on the ice....but I still love it. I have a couple competitions in the new year and hopefully we go to Canadian's in Ottawa in April - that would be great fun!

I'll get Cam on here to post a little message but I wanted to wish all our friends and family a great holiday season and a very merry new year!

Cheers,
Alicia

Message from Cam:

Great job on the update Suzy. You should really do this more often. Why are you so...(clears throat)...lazy?. You could get up at 5:30 instead of 6:30 and do it before you go to work. Or after work before dinner. Maybe after dinner before kids' bathtime? Then there is after they go to bed/just before you go to skating. What about after you get home from skating at 10:15pm? Just what do you do with all of your downtime...?

Merry Christmas all.