Month: August 2017

July 2017, pt. II: Callum’s birthday, Kalifornia Kallum visits, and waterfalls in Hamilton

ABOVE & BELOW: Callum hosted his birthday party at the Woodbine pool and park. Fitz is still trepidatious in the pool but seems to enjoy the trill of it.

ABOVE & BELOW: Matt’s friend Ken brought his family back to Toronto for a short vacation which meant Fitz got to spend time with his other friend named Kallum (he’s referred to as Kalifornia Kallum to keep everyone straight). Ken is a lover of design so it made sense to take all of them to Grange Park.

ABOVE & BELOW: We are trying to be a little more adventurous with Fitz on weekends, so we devised a trip out to the Hamilton region to explore the myriad of waterfalls that line the Niagara Escarpment. We hit up Webster’s Falls and Tews Falls, both of which were more spectacular than we imagined.

Webster’s Falls

ABOVE & BELOW: There was a viewing deck at Tews Falls with an amazing looping branch that Fitz thought would be great to climb all over. If he had his druthers, we would’ve spent the entire trip on this branch.

Tews Falls

 

July 2017, pt. I: Canada Day in Ottawa, wading pool with Emmett, and the new Grange Park

ABOVE & BELOW: The Canada Day long weekend, like most of the weekends this summer, was a wet one. Fitz got to spend a lot of time splashing in puddles and running around the nearby park.

ABOVE: As the weekend progressed, it became clear that Fitz was fighting off something which manifested in a fever. He was up and down as the Advil broke the fever.

ABOVE: As usual, Fitzy requested we see Eli on the weekend so we arranged a visit to the castle park in High Park.

ABOVE & BELOW: Emmett has been in Vermont for a lot of the summer so we’ve barely had time to see him. Luckily, we were able to arrange an after-daycare visit to the wading pool around the corner from our place.

ABOVE & BELOW: Grange Park, behind the AGO, was recently renovated so we took Fitz to explore the new play structures and the relocated Henry Moore sculpture.