Food Fun at Piccalo!

Alan is our server at Piccolo's. His job is important. He tells the chef what I want to eat for lunch. The food is so yummy, I want to eat everything!

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.

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!

Guess what? We're at Piccolo's! Every time Grandpa Reid and Nana Margaret come to visit we go to Piccolo's to eat lunch. Piccolo's has Italian food. Grandpa James says Italian food comes from Italy but we can't believe him 'cuz he makes up stuff all the time. I know where Italian food really comes from. It comes from the kitchen!

Look, quick before it's gone! Lasagna gets eaten up really fast!

Grandpa James always eats lasagna. Lasagna is yummy and yummy is one of the four food groups in Canada's Food Guide, you know.

Over the lips and through the gums, look out tummy, eggplant Parmesan, here it comes!

Grandpa Reid and Nana Margaret like the eggplant Parmesan. We all like the Garlic Fingers. I could eat them all day! I hold one up high in the air and I say, "Look out, Garlic Finger! I'm gonna eat you a-l-l up! And then I do! Grandpa James says, "Charles don't eat like a pig." I'm not a pig, I'm a bear cub. Grandpa James says silly things sometimes.

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. Be kind to friends and neighbours. Then you can eat Garlic Fingers and lasagna, too. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can go to Piccalo's together! Okay! Over and out!"

Eating at Piccolo's Italian Restaurant is Yummy!

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 got visitors! Grandpa Dave and Nana Clare came to out house. We love Grandpa Dalve and Nana Clare. They give the very bestest hugs and kisses. They brought us a present, too. They brought Redi-Burger. I l-o-v-e Redi-Burger. Grandpa James says it is the Rolls-Royce of vegan food. Redi-Burger is yummy and that's one of the four food groups in Canada's Food Guide. I bet you that angels eat Redi-Burger every day. We put it on the barbecue.

We get to eat at Piccolo's. That' an Italian restaurant on Tecumseh Road. They have crazy sticks. I could eat crazy sticks all day, you know. They have lasagna and pizza, too.  This is Shelley. She's the nice lady who brought us our food. Shelley is a server. She has an important job, you know. She knows when visitors are as hungry as bears. She bring everyone food. I could be a server when I grow up. I could say, "Hi. I'm Charles. I'll be your server today. What would you like to drink?

I'm gonna share lasagna with Grandpa James. Lasagna has lots of cheese and noodles and tomatoes. It's good for growing bear cubs like me.

Chance doesn't have any teeth but we brought a bottle of chocolate owls' milk for him to drink. That's what newborn baby bear cubs drink, you know. When he is older he will grow teeth and a tail. Then I will share my lasagna with him.

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 friends and neighbours. Then you can eat go to Piccollo's and eat crazy sticks. You can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can go to Piccollo's together! Okay! Over and out!"

Eating Lasagna at the Countryside Diner

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 was homeless and hungry. I think the angels found him and brought him to our house 'cuz I asked God for a baby brother. He's a wee little thing. I look after Chance, too. He's a handful!

Know what? We're at the Countryside Diner. It's a restaurant. It's a really good place to eat 'cuz the food is yummy. I l-ov-e to eat good food, don't you?  The Countryside Diner is on Highway 11.

Patty Robinson is the boss and the chef, too. She makes the very bestest lasagna. I could eat lasagna every day and I could eat it all day long! James says that I should eat like a pig. I'm not a pig! I'm a bear cub. Sometimes James says silly things.



Chance is so newborn he just drinks chocolate owls' milk but the pictures on the menu look so good that Chance tried to lick the pages! We order chocolate owls' milk with two straws so I can help Chance to drink up all his milk.

One day Chance will have teeth and I will share my Smarties with him and we'll make peanut butter and licorice sandwiches and then we will eat them on a picnic when we go on a lion hunt in the back yard.

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 friends and neighbours. 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 Countryside Diner and eat lasagna! Okay! Over and out!"

He Shoots! He Scores!

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? I painted this. This is me and Chance. We play hockey. We l-o-v-e to play hockey. I pretend to be Wayne Gretzky and Chance is Sidney Crosby. I'm Cub Gretzky and Chance is Cub Crosby. When we play we always win the gold medal for O Canada. That makes us as hungry as those starving children in Belgium.


Oh. Wait! Did you hear that? James is hollering, "Who's as hungry as a bear? 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.

I know what we're having for lunch. We're having lasagna. I l-o-v-e lasagna. James put spinach in it. That's yummy and yummy is one of the four good groups in the Canada Food Guide. Chance is too little to eat lasagna. He just drinks condensed owls' milk out of his bottle. After lunch we can play more hockey. It's raining. No. Wait! I know! We can play Cirque du Soleil!


This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Play hockey! Win gold for O Canada.  Then you can eat lasagna. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play hockey with us! Oh! And we can play Cirque du Soleil, too! Okay! Over and out!"