Be our Valentines

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

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 so newborn he doesn't even talk. He makes squeaky noises when he's happy and little squawky noises when he's hungry or he has to poo. He's a handful!

Know what? St. Valentine's Day is coming. It's a special day. It comes every February. It's the day when we say, "I love you" and Je t'aime." It's the day we give our hearts.  I know who St. Valentine is. He's a big boss. St. Valentine is in charge of love and roses and something else. Oh! Wait! I almost forgot! St. Valentine is in charge of Smarties and hugs and kisses, too! Wow, St. Valentine must be a very busy boss!

We send valentine cards to friends and loved ones. The nice people at Canada Post take them to your house. I know a St. Valentine poem. I'm an Internet poem star, you know. Wanna hear my poem?

Smarties are red,
Smarties are blue,
Smarties are happy
'Cuz we love you!

Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? Grandpa 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 Grandpa James so we can get our ears tickled and our noses kissed.

 This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Send St. Valentine's Day cards and Smarties to your friends and loved ones.  Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can have fun together! Okay! Over and out!"

We Visit Dr. Greg and Miss Lana on St. Valentine's 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. I think the angels left him there. He came wrapped up in a little green blankie and he had a bottle and a note that read, "Please look after me."  He's a wee little thing. I look after Chance. He's a handful!

Know what? Chance and me are at the dentist's office.We go there every six months. Miss Lana is a dental high genius. She checks our teeth. Miss Lana is very pretty and very nice. I think she might be a princess, you know. I could be a dental high genius when I grow up. I would say, "Sit up straight, my son. Open wider, my son." Then I would clean some teeth.

I have strong, healthy teeth. That's 'cuz I brush and frost after I eat. I hate cavities. Cavities hurt. Bear cubs who don't brush and frost get cavities. Cavities are holes. They're not nice at all. Cavities are not our friends.

Chance is too little to have teeth. That's 'cuz he's a newborn cubby. When Miss Lana brought out the little mirror to look in Chance's mouth, he tried to eat it. We don't eat mirrors, you know. Miss Lana says Chance has healthy gums. One day he will have healthy teeth and he can eat Smarties. I'll share my Smarties with Chance. Smarties are taste-O-liscious.

This is how to brush your teeth.

Back and forth like a choo-choo train
And up and down like an aeroplane!

That is how the toothbrush goes. I have a Ninja toothbrush and Spiderman toothpaste.

Oh! Dr. Greg is nice. He's the bestest dentist every. He gave me and Chance a St. Valentine's toy because we were so good. I got a Cecil the Sea Serpent toothbrush. It folds up really small so I can carry it in my suitcase when we go on VIA Rail/. Chance got a coin purse with a BIG smile on it. He can keep loonies and toonies in there. Thank you, Dr. Greg! Thank you, Miss Lana!"

 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. Brush and frost your teeth every day. Be true to your teeth or they will be false to you! Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can brush and frost together! Okay! Happy St. Valentine's Day. Over and out!"

Making Cards for St. Valentine's 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! He climbs way high on things and can't get down. I have to help him. He's so little he doesn't even have any teeth. Chance drinks condensed owls' milk out of a bottle. I have teeth. I can eat Smarties but I always brush and frost my teeth when I'm done eating them 'cuz I don't want to get any cavities. Cavities aren't nice.

Know what we're doing? We're making St. Valentine's Day cards. They have hearts on them 'cuz St. Valentine is the boss of love. He has a helper, too. St. Valentine's helper is Cupid. They have a really big job to do and they're very busy 'cuz there's not enough love to go around, you know. That's why we're helping them by making these special cards. We're singing a song about love. It's pretty. Miss Jackie taught it to us at the Scruffy Maple Day Care Centre. She's a good singer. Know what? I think she might be a princess.

What the world needs now
Is love, sweet love
No not just for some
But for everyone
Lord we don't need another meadow
There are cornfields and wheatfields
Enough to grow
And there are sunbeams and moonbeams
Enough to shine
So listen, Lord
If you want to know

What the world needs now
Is love, sweet love
It's the only thing
That there's just too little of

This is how you make a heart. Fold your construction paper in half and cut it like this. When you unfold it, there's a heart in the centre! It's almost like magic! Then you glue the hearts to some more construction paper. Chance glued a heart on top of his head and he glued one on my head, too. He thinks he's helping but he's really not. I hope he doesn't try to eat the glue. It will stick to his tongue, you know. We can make lots and lots of hearts. We can make them in different colours, too.

Next we have to write a message in the card. Good thing I know all the letters in the alphabet. Then it will be all done and we can take it to Canada Post. We'll put stamps on the letters and put the cards in the mail. You'll tell me when you get yours, won't you?

Know why we put stamps on the cards? That's so they can get to your house. Stamps are little motors. Stamps make the letters move. I bet if f we put a lot of stamps the letter will go faster! Yeah! We'll put lots and lots of stamps on the letters!



This is what I wrote-
Roses r red
Violets r purple
I love you
Like maple surple.
THE END

I always write THE END, so you know I'm done.

Now we got the stamps on the letter. Chance and me can put the letter in the mail box.

Oh! Wait! We got to put something else on the letter. We have to put a dress on it, so the nice Postie knows which house to take it to. James will help us put a dress on the letter. I know what a dress is. It's where we live! We live at 22 Sparkle Road. Know what? two-two (toutou) is French for teddy bear. Good thing we live at 22 Sparkle Road, you know!

Look at Chance. Chance has climbed way up on top and wants to go inside the mail box. He wants to come to your house. He's silly. He doesn't even have any stamps on him. Chance will just be stuck in the box and get cold and hungry. Then he'll make little squawky noises 'cuz he's afraid. I'll rescue him. "My son! Come down from that mail box this instant!"

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. Make St. Valentine's Day cards and send love to all your friends and buddies. Then you can sing songs and eat Smarties and drink hot chocolate with newborn baby marshmallows on top. Oh!

Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can make St. Valentine's Day cards together! Okay! Over and out!"

St. Valentine is Coming!

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. He's so old he remembers the first sunrise. That's really old!





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? St. Valentine is coming. I know who St. Valentine is. He's the boss of love. He has a helper. His name is Cupid. Being the boss of love is a really big job, you know. Chance and me are getting ready for St. Valentine. He has his own day. It's on February 14. That's three days from now.

This is how we get ready for St. Valentine's Day. We eat chocolates shaped like hearts. They're yummy and that's one of the four food groups in Canada's Food Guide. Then we make Valentine's Day cards to send to our friends and buddies. We make them at my desk 'cuz we need a flat place to work. Chance thinks he's helping but gluing hearts to his feet isn't really helping but it's funny. Chance makes me laugh.

Here's the recipe for making Valentine's Day cards.

First, we get construction paper. It comes in different colours. I like the pink and red papers. They're pretty. Chance tries to lick them. We don't eat paper but Chance doesn't know that 'cuz he's just a wee little thing. Then we get scissors to cut the paper. We are careful with scissors. They're sharp and can hurt. We have glue and sparkly glitter for our cards.

Oh! We have to fold the paper in half. That's how we start. Then we cut out the little hearts. We cut out lots of little hearts so we can glue them to the paper. Look! I'm good with scissors. Miss Jackie at the Scruffy Maple Day Care Centre taught me how to use scissors safely. Don't ever run with scissors.

See! I cut out a really big heart! Oh! Look at Chance! He's playing Peek-a-Boo with the St. Valentine's Day card! That's one of his favouritest games. Know what else? When Chance closes his eyes he thinks he's invisible. That's silly but that's what newborn baby cubbies think.

 I will tell  you more about making St. Valentine's Day cards the next time, okay? We gotta go now.
 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. Make St. Valentine's Day cards for the ones you love. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can make St. Valentine's Day cards together! Okay! Over and out!"

Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, Special Ed James. He rides to school on a short bus, so I have to 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.

Know what? Today is a double double special day. It's Saint Valentine's Day AND it is Chinese New Year, too. I know who St. Valentine is. He's the boss in charge of friends. His little brother is St. Cupid. I think lions ate them. I hope they had ketchup. We give our friends valentines today.

Special Ed James says this is the Year of the Tiger. Chance and me have space ray guns we got at the Dollar Store. We can hunt for tigers and give them valentines. Tigers are like lions but tigers have stripes. Oh! Wait! I have red-and-white striped Cat-in-the-Hat sox. My friend Tanner gave them to me. Tanner was my first bestest friend but he died of cancer. Cancer is not nice. I miss Tanner. I know! I will get out my pencil crayons and draw a picture of Tanner. I can draw a big red heart around his picture. That's a nice way to remember my friend. I will make a valentine for Special Ed James and for Chance and for you, too.

Did you hear that? Special Ed James is hollering, "Where's my handsome bear cubs?" That's me, Charles! That's Chance! We're handsome bear cubs! We'll run and get our ears tickled and our noses kissed and we'll get great big hugs, too! This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying-

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Be my valentine
And my tiger, too!

Be good citizens and give your friends valentines. Don't forget to give some to the tigers, too. I gotta go! Over and out!