Matthew Blackett – Page 4 – Dunster Blackett: The Life of Carly, Matt & Fitzgerald

December 2015: Cousins and Christmas in Ottawa

ABOVE & BELOW: Just before Christmas, we got the Blackett cousins (and their kids) together to visit with Nan. Fitz got to meet his new cousin Raelyn, the daughter of Matt’s cousin Hillary (and her husband Nate). It was a good decision to make sure all of the cousins attended — Nan passed away just a month later at the tender age of 93.

BACK ROW, L-R: Heather, Paul, Julie, Meagan, Gillian
FRONT ROW, L-R: Matt, Fitz, Nan, Hilary, Raelyn

ABOVE & BELOW: Meanwhile in Ottawa, Fitz got right back into the swing shuffleboard and playing with cousin Avery.

ABOVE & BELOW: The shortest walk ever by Fitz and Poppa. They went to the corner and back due to the blowing wind.

ABOVE & BELOW: Matt and Poppa took Fitz to the Canadian Air and Space Museum for the day. As you can imagine, Fitz loved it.

November 2015: Cousin Avery pays a visit

Cousin Avery came for a visit on the same weekend as Grandma and Poppa came to visit.

October 2015: Little Kickers and Halloween

The fall saw Fitz truly embrace soccer at Little Kickers with the help of his buddy Leo (also a daycare kid at Studio 123).

Fitz and Leo are very supportive of each other at soccer.

A parking lot and a curb/ledge: probably the most exciting thing ever for Fitz.

ABOVE & BELOW: Fitz went as a penguin but he put up a huge fight to get into this costume. Once that he saw other kids dressed up he cheered up. Leo is some kind of modern dragon.

When we finally went out for candy, Fitz got scared by the skulls. That seem to really set him off. But, as you can see on his face, he liked the chocolate.

September 2015: Emmett and Labour Day in Ottawa

Fitz and his buddy Emmett had some fun time together when Emmett’s mom Andria had a sidewalk sale.

The Labour Day long weekend was spent in Ottawa.

Fitz spent a day up at The Land, a bare bones property about at hour west of Ottawa that has a few cabins and access to the lake. A variety of Dunsters own it so we took Fitz up to play with his cousin Declan.

Declan is clearly a child of the outdoors. He was unafraid of anything in the water, whereas our city clicker boy was apprehensive about mud and the waves.

At the end of the day, Fitz took a deep like to Megan, Declan’s mom. It was hard to get him to move an inch from this position.

August 2015: Fitz turns 2!

Our munchkin turned 2 at the end of the August and we celebrated again at Albert Crossland Park with a picnic and some wading pool fun.

Emmett is also a huge fan of corn. In the photo below I think they’ve made a deal to be BFF. Or they’ve invented a handshake for their gang The Sharks (see Fitz’s hat, Emmett’s shirt).

Aunty Bacon (Meghan) showed Fitz the joy of bubbles.

We took Fitz to visit Matt’s cousin Kris and his wife Sarah. They have a huge forested backyard which we took Fitz traipsing through.

He’s become quite the playful poser.

Almost every month there is a day or two where Fitzy is sick. Sometimes that means more cuddle time, which is a fine trade-off.

August 2015: Long-weekend in Ottawa

We spent the August long-weekend in Ottawa, and Fitz spent most of time in the backyard playing around the pool.

July 2015: 22 months and a soccer star is born

ABOVE & BELOW: Fitz dropped into a pool party hosted by Matt’s friends Michelle and Stephen and got to taste his first freezie.

ABOVE: Aunt Heather took Fitz for a ride on the High Park train.

ABOVE & BELOW: Fitz has signed up with Little Kickers, a weekly soccer program which will eventually catapult him into one of Canada’s best players. His friend Leo from daycare is also signed up.

ABOVE: Carly has been taking Fitz to the giant Sunnyside pool on Saturday mornings. Joining them has been Emmett and Andria.

ABOVE & BELOW: Fitz seems to have a great time at daycare and has many friends. At the top of the list is Abigail. They are inseparable.

ABOVE & BELOW: On rainy days, the daycare takes the kids to the ramp outside the Spacing Store. There is a window looking into the store and it produces some outstanding moments of cuteness.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Zelda, Fitz, Leo, Callum

When one of the girls was getting her hair put it pigtails Fitz wanted it done too. So he got his wish.

ABOVE: Matt’s started drawing with Fitz on wax paper with crayons. Note that Bacon is actually Meghan, but that’s how he pronounces her name.

July 2015: A week away at Waseosa Lake in Hunstville

During the first week of July, the family took a vacation up into the Muskoka region at Waseosa Lake just outside of Hunstville. The cottage was perfect — rustic but comfortable. The lake was relatively quiet; there was a dock and small area to play in the water; and the weather was hot but not crazy summer hot.

ABOVE & BELOW: As you will see, a lot of photos of Fitz on this trip are of him eating meals. He was a hungry boy since he loved running around the dock, up and down the hill, and chasing Matt in circles throughout the cottage.

ABOVE & BELOW: Fitz was a reluctant swimmer during the week. But he spent a lot of time sitting on a log right on the shoreline splishing and splashing.

ABOVE & BELOW: Our lone excursion away from the cottage was to Ragged Falls about 25-minutes away and on the western edge of Algonquin Park. It dropped probably 75 metres and had quite a strong current. Fitz seemed to be a little scared of the noise an didn’t want to go to the edge of the rocks to look down.

ABOVE & BELOW: This little table was the focal point of a lot of play time as it allowed Fitz to multi-task: cars could zoom around AND he could keep an eye on boat passersby.

ABOVE & BELOW: Fitz really liked to yell out HELLO to any boaters passing by our cottage. Though, he often yelled it after they had long passed us and were looking the other way.

ABOVE & BELOW: More shoreline time and Fitz’s Coppertone commercial reenactment.

ABOVE: We also finished a puzzle. It was probably the only item on Carly’s to-do list for the week.

ABOVE: There was an island right across from our cottage called, get ready for it, Treasure Island. Carly swam across to it a few times during the week.

June 2015: Waterfront park fun and Father’s Day in High Park at 21 months

ABOVE & BELOW: Now that summer is in full swing we’ve been taking Fitz to different parks. During one of our weekends in June we jetted down to Sunnyside Park and Beach.

ABOVE & BELOW: We spent Father’s Day in High Park with Andria and Emmett, as well as Nick, Heather, and Meghan.

May 2015: 20 months and a mess

We swear he knows how to use a fork. But he also knows how to stuff his face.

ABOVE & BELOW: We took Fitz to a BBQ in the East End at Kath and Jamie’s place. They also have a kid, Max, the same age as Fitz. As babies they hung out together in coffee shops as Carly, Kath, and Buski caught up. Above, Fitz tastes his first marshmellow.