Lunch at Sky Dragon and the Scarlet Ibis

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, James. He's really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark, you know.

 Oh. Wait! Chance lives with us, too. He's a newborn cubby someone left in a basket on our doorstep. He's a wee little thing. He climbs way high and then he can't get down. Chance makes little squawky noises when he's afraid. I have to help him get down. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful!

When we go to Toronto, we get to eat at the Scarlet Ibis. It's one of our favouritest places to eat. The Pink Ibis has West Indian food. When we go there I'm as hungry as a bear. Know what? I l-o-v-e to eat roti. It's yum-O-liscious, you know. I like to drink mango juice, too. Chance likes sorel juice. He's so newborn he isn't very good at drinking juice with a straw. He really needs his bottle.

 Another yummy place to eat is the Sky Dragon. Sky Dragon in Chinatown. Here we are with Nana Lizbeth. Nana Lizbeth is very smart. She knows how to eat with chopsticks. She taught me how to eat with chopsticks instead of a fork. Know what? Chance is too little to eat food 'cuz he doesn't have any teeth, yet. He just drinks green tea.

Chinese food tastes better when you eat it with chopsticks. We get to eat Dim Sum. I like the dumplings and pot stickers best of all.

Dim Sum is yummy. It works like this. The ladies come around with food on little carts and announce the food. We get to choose what we want to eat. Some of the nice ladies tweak our ears and kiss our noses, too.

Oh! We get to drink green tea, too. Green tea is good for you. It's important to drink green tea when you go to Sky Dragon for Dim Sum. Green tea is in Canada's Food Guide.

James says, "Now boys, Mind your manners. Don't eat like pigs." We're not pigs! We're bear cubs. He says, "Don't wolf your food." James is very silly. Anyone can see we're bear cubs, not wolves.



Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? James is hollering, "Where are my handsome bear cubs? Where are my Sons of Windsor? Where are my Princes of Ontario? That's me! Charles! That's Chance! We're handsome bear cubs. We're Sons of Windsor and Princes of Ontario! We gotta go find James so we can get our ears tickled and our noses kissed.

 This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Be kind to neighbours and friends. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can go to the Pink Ibis and Sky Dragon together! Okay! Over and out!"

Walk for BANA on Victoria Day

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, James. He's really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark, you know.

Oh. Wait! Chance lives with us, too. He's a newborn cubby someone left in a basket on our doorstep. He's a wee little thing. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful!

Know what we're doing? Chance and me are walking for BANA. It's part of the River Walk. That's our buddy Patrick with us. He has an important job. Patrick helps boys and girls and grownups to learn how to eat good food. BANA stands for Bulimia and Anorexia Association. It's a pretty big word, you know. I can read. I learned how to read at the Scruffy Maple Day Care Centre.

We walked three kilometres for BANA. People gave us money for walking and we give it to BANA. It's a good thing to do. It's nice to help others. That makes us good citizens.

 It was a nice day to walk next to the Detroit River with His Worship, Mayor Eddie and his family, too. He pulled the kids in their red wagon. There were lots and lots of walkers, maybe a thousand!

Mayor Eddie told everyone that Windsor is 120 years old and this is Windsor's birthday, too. That's really old! I bet James is older than that.

Oh. Wait! It was Victoria Day, too. That's the Queen's birthday. Queen Elizabeth has her very own song. We sang God Save the Queen for her. James says Queen Elizabeth has been sitting on the throne for 60 years. I hope the throne isn't the Time Out Chair. That's a long time to sit and think about what you did.

 Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? James is hollering, "Where are my handsome bear cubs? Where are my Sons of Windsor? Where are my Princes of Ontario? That's me! Charles! That's Chance! We're handsome bear cubs. We're Sons of Windsor and Princes of Ontario! We gotta go find James so we can get our ears tickled and our noses kissed.

This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Do nice things for others. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can walk for BANA together! Okay! Over and out!"

Aunt Ruth is an Artist Like Me!

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, James. He's really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark, you know.

Oh. Wait! Chance lives with us, too. He's a newborn cubby someone left in a basket on our doorstep. He's a wee little thing. Chance likes to sit on my foot and I bounce him up and down. He's too little to talk but he makes squeaky noises when he's happy. I look after Chance, too.  Chance has a nickname. I call him Cubby. His real name is Chance but his nickname is Cubby. He's a handful!

Know what? I'm an artist. I make paintings.  I learned to paint at the Scruffy Maple Day Care Centre on Sandwich Street.

Our buddy, Aunt Ruth makes paintings, too. She is a real artist with an atelier and a gallery and everything! Aunt Ruth's painting are very, very pretty. You can see them here.

This is a picture of Aunt Ruth and Mike. Aunt Ruth is lucky 'cuz she lives in Leamington. That's out in the county but it's still in O Canada, you know. O Canada is a pretty big place. Leamington is a very special place. 

It's where nice people make Heinz ketchup. I l-o-v-e  to eat Heinz ketchup on everything--well almost everything. I wouldn't put Heinz ketchup on ice cream. I wouldn't put Heinz ketchup on Chance, either! I wouldn't eat my little brother. Honest!

Sometimes Chance and me play the Ketchup Game. I get the bottle of Heinz ketchup out of the fridge and I chase Chance all over the house. I holler, "Run, Cubby! Run! Run! Run" I've got the ketchup bottle and I'm gonna pour it all over you and eat you all up!" Chance loves this game. He runs real fast and makes squeaky noises.

This is a painting that Aunt Ruth made. It's all about tomatoes. I l-o-v-e tomatoes, don't you? They're yummy and yummy is one of the four food groups in Canada's Food Guide. Know what happens when tomatoes grow up? They become Heinz ketchup. Here's another picture Aunt Ruth made. Mr. Sun is going to sleep in Leamington. When the sun goes to sleep in Leamington it has another job. Mr. Sun has to go and shine on all the nice people in British Columbia. 

   This is another picture Aunt Ruth painted. This is my favouritest picture of all. Know who this is? It's Joseph and Merry and the Newborn Baby Jesus. I love Jesus. He has an important job. He watches over all the bear cubs including Chance and me. He looks after all the little boys and girls and mummies and daddies and nannas and grandpas, too. James says that Jesus has the whole world in his hands. Jesus must be very big!



I talk to Jesus every night before I go to bed. I tell Him everything, you know. It's called bedtimeprayers. He comes to our house every Christmas, you know. It's only 228 days until Christmas! 

 Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? James is hollering, "Where are my handsome bear cubs? Where are my Sons of Windsor? Where are my Princes of Ontario? That's me! Charles! That's Chance! We're handsome bear cubs. We're Sons of Windsor and Princes of Ontario! We gotta go find James so we can get our ears tickled and our noses kissed. We gotta brush our teeth and hear our bedtime story and say our prayers.

 This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Be nice to your friends and neighbours. Be kind to strangers. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and paint pictures with us! We can play the Ketchup Game together and go to Leamington and visit Aunt Ruth! Okay! Over and out!"

On the Set of a TV Show

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, James. He's really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark, you know. I look after him.

 Oh. Wait! Chance lives with us, too. He's a newborn cubby someone left in a basket on our doorstep. He's a wee little thing. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful!

Know what? Chance and me are on the set of a TV show. This is fun! We got new buddies. Kyle is in charge of the cameras and lights. Mark is the Sound Guy. Shaun does lots of different jobs. Shaun is an actor, too. We see him on TV and in movies, too. Shaun and Mark are brothers--just like Chance and me.

Making a TV show is different from watching one. When Kyle says, "Action!" the actors have to say their lines and when they're done, Kyle says, "And cut!".  James says Kyle is the director. I could be a director, you know. I can holler, "Action" and "Cut!"

Shaun gives us Smarties and root beer. I love Smarties. I love root beer, too. Chance and me sit very quietly and watch the shoot. They use cameras to shoot.

Chance and me can shoot 'cuz we got real Space Ray Guns from Dollarama like us. Chance and me go on lion hunts in the back yard. We use our Space Ray Guns to catch lions, you know.

The show is called I've Got my Own Show Canada. That's a good name, eh? James is in the show. I hope I get my own TV show. I would be a very good TV star.

Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? James is hollering, "Where are my handsome bear cubs? Where are my Sons of Windsor? Where are my Princes of Ontario? That's me! Charles! That's Chance! We're handsome bear cubs. We're Sons of Windsor and Princes of Ontario! We gotta go find James so we can get our ears tickled and our noses kissed.

 This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer and watch a TV shoot.

Oh! Wait! Come over to our house! We can go see Kyle and Mark and Shaun and watch them make a TV show! Okay! Over and out!"