Play Time with Cassidy and Angus

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. Chance had a birthday on Hallowe'en. He's a year old, now. He's a handful!

Sometimes we go to play with Cassidy and Angus at their house. They are our friends. They live with Jay and Shaun. Cassidy has his own room with lettuce and carrot wallpaper.

We go to Cassidy and Angus' house on the 1C Transway bus.  I like to ride the bus. I say 'hello' to everyone. James says riding the bus makes our carbon footprints smaller. I don't know what that means but I'm a five-year old bear cub and my feet keep growing bigger!

Know what? Miss Jackie, my teacher at the Scruffy Maple Day Care Centre taught us a song about the bus. Ready? It goes like this--

The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round,
round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round, 
In Olde Sandwich Towne.

We get off the bus at the corner of Janette and University. Cassidy is a bunny rabbit. Angus is a kitty cat. Cassidy only eats carrots and bananas and hay. He doesn't eat meat at all. He's a vegetabletarian. Angus doesn't like carrots. He likes to eat mice and birds. Angus eats lots of things. He's an meatatarian. Chance and me are bear cubs. We eat wallermelons and Smarties. Well, I do. Chance doesn't have any teeth, yet. He's too little. he just drinks condensed owls' milk out of his bottle.

 Cassidy and Angus are fun to play with. We know lots of games. We play hide-and-seek . We play 1-2-3 British Bulldog , too. On rainy days and snowy days we play indoors. We like to build a tent or a fort in the living room with blankets. We crawl inside with our flashlights and play Snakes and Ladders. It's an exciting game to play, you know. We have to watch Chance when we play. He doesn't really know how. He takes the little markers off the board and tries to eat them. He's too little to know you can't eat the markers!


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 good deeds and play nicely. 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!"

Friday Afghan Fun

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? Today is Friday. We're having fun with our afghan. Auntie Susan J made it for us. It's green and very soft. Chance licks the wool and tries to eat the afghan. I don't think afghans are in the Canada Food Guide. Chance doesn't know any better, he's a wee little thing. He doesn't even have teeth, yet. He can only drink condensed owls' milk out of a bottle.

There are lots of games we can pay with our afghan. We can play Hide and Seek. We can play Big Green Monster. That's a fun game. I get underneath the afghan and crawl around, chasing Chance. I holler, "I'm a Big Green Monster and I'm very hungry. I'm as hungry as a bear. I would sure like to snack on a bear cub!" Then I roar real loud and Chance runs as fast as his little legs can carry him. When I catch him, I throw the afghan over him and tickle him and make him laugh. I'm glad I have a little brother to play with.

 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. Play games with your brother and your afghan. Eat Smarties and drink root beer. Be sure to brush and frost your teeth so you don't get cavities.  Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can play together! Okay! Over and out!"

Hide and Seek

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? Chance and me are hangin' around thinking of something to do that's fun on a hot summer day. I know! We'll play Hide and Seek. Chance isn't a very good hider, though. He's so little he thinks that when he closes his eyes, he's invisible. That's silly. I can see him, plain as day. He can't be invisible just because he closes his eyes. He'll learn one day when he's older, like me.

It's really hot outside this morning. It's 27C and getting warmer by the minute. James says it's hotter than h-e-double-hockey sticks. I know what that means. It means we have to drink lots of water and root beer and wallermelon juice to stay cool.

This is how we play Hide and Seek. I hide my eyes and count to 100 like this--one elephant, two elephant, three elephant--all the way too 100 elephant. While I'm counting, Chance has to hide somewhere really good and hope I can't find him.

When I get to 100 elephant, I go look for Chance. If I find him he's "it". He can run and touch base and win, too. If I see him, I run to base and holler, "One, two, three on Chance!" That means I win. Sometimes I have to holler, "Ollie! Ollie! In Free!" and then he wins but Chance never wins 'cuz I always find him. I'm a very good Finder. That's 'cuz I'm five and I have lots of experience playing this game.

Today I can't find Chance anywhere! I looked here and I looked there. I looked around. I looked everywhere. He must have found a really good spot to hide. I bet James helped Chance hide.

I found Chance! He was hiding over my head!  I didn't think to look up! Chance fell down! Lucky he didn't get hurt! He climbs everything you know. He even climbed to the top of our Christmas tree. I had to say, "My son! Come down from there this instant!" He really is a handful.

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. Have fun playing Hide and Seek with your friends and buddies.  Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play Hide and Seek with us! Okay! Over and out!"

All About Hide and Seek

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 playing Hide & Seek with our buddy Peter. It's the funnest game ever. I hide my eyes and count to 100 like this--one elephant, two elephants, three elephants...all the way to 100. That's a lot of counting. Miss Jackie taught me to count. She's my teacher at the Scruffy Maple Day Care Centre. I love Miss Jackie.  Chance is supposed to hide while I count. Then I go look for him. Chance isn't very good at hiding. He thinks when he closes his eyes he's invisible! That's silly. I can see him. He just has his eyes shut!

Chance hid in this box. Know how I found him? He fell asleep. He was making little snory noises. Chance does that when he's sleeping. He was real easy to find. I just listened. When I heard the little snory noise I followed it. I woke Chance up when I hollered, "Boo! Boo! Boo on you!" Now we have to find Peter. We have to find Kyle, too. Kyle is a cat. He lives with Peter. Kyle is a really good hider.

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. Listen carefully and your ears will tell you lots of things. Good citizens get to eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to Peter's house and play with us! We can play Hide and Seek together! Okay! Over and out!"

More Fun on Sunny Days

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 says he's as old as Saran Wrap. That must be really old, at least 20!

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 climbed up on the bicycle rack. We can see everything from here! James say we're hangin' around. That's funny.  It feels like summer outside. It's really hot. The thermometer says it's 32C. That's pretty hot for spring, you know. We helped James wash the white patio chairs. They're nice and clean, now. We got all wet and splashed in the water. Washing things outdoors is fun.

Now we're playing Hide & Seek. Chance thinks I can't see him 'cuz he's turned around and has his back to the glass door. That's silly. I can see him as plain as day.   He's a wee little thing and doesn't really understand how to hide. It's my job to teach him how to hide 'cuz I'm the older brother. I have to teach him lots of things. It's a BIG sponsability to have a little brother, you know. Chance copies everything I do. Sometimes we get into trouble. Then I have to sit on the Time Out Chair.  James says, "Monkey see, monkey do." We're not monkeys, we're bear cubs! Handsome ones, too.

We know a song about summer. It goes like this-

Sunny days
Oh, sunny, sunny, sunny days
Ain't nothin' better in the world, you know
Than lyin' in the sun with your radio.

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're gonna go to the park and slide!  This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Help with the chores around your house. Then you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house! We can play in the park together. Okay! Over and out!"

Peanut Butter

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 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 so newborn he doesn't even have any teeth, yet! Chance is a handful!

Know what? I'm eating peanut butter. I'm eating it right out of the jar.  I l-o-v-e peanut butter. Peanut butter is good for growing bear cubs like me. There's even a picture of the Kraft bear cubs on the jar!  I know where peanut butter comes from. Peanut butter comes from peanuts. Peanuts grow in Alberta. That's way far away from Olde Sandwich Towne. There are two kinds of peanut butter, you know. There's smooth and there's crunchy. Wait! I don't know which one I like better, so I'll just have to eat them both.

I don't know where Chance is. He's hiding. He wants to play Hide and Seek. I don't want to play Hide and Seek. Chance isn't very good at Hide and Seek. He thinks when he closes his eyes he's invisible but he's not.

I want to eat peanut butter. Chance is too newborn to eat peanut butter. He doesn't have any teeth. He doesn't even have a tail, yet! Chance  just drinks chocolate owls' milk out of his bottle.

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. Eat peanut butter every day so you can grow strong.  Oh! Wait! Come over to our house! We can eat peanut butter together! Okay! Over and out!"

Hiding is Fun

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'm hiding from Chance and James. They will never find me in here! This is a good place to hide. They will look and look and look and then they will have to holler, "Olley, Olley in free!" Then I will climb out of the box.Won't they be surprised!

 This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Find good places to hide. When you're done playing you can eat Smarties and drink root beer. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play with us! We can play Hide and Seek together. Okay! Over and out!"

Hide & Seek is Always Fun!

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 help him remember. This morning he put the telephone in the refrigerator! 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 playing Hide & Seek. Chance closes his eyes and counts to one hundred. He can't count 'cuz he's just a newborn cubby, so I help him. I holler "One elephant, two elephants, three elephants, all the way up to 100. I'm a good counter, you know. Miss Jackie taught me to count. She's my teacher at the Scruffy Maple Day Care Centre. I'm climbing over the back of the chesterfield while Chance waits for me to count to 100. I'm gonna hide so good he won't be able to find me.

Chance thinks if he closes his eyes, he's invisible. He's not. I can see him. Know you know why I have to look after him, too. I love to play Hide & Seek. Chance loves it, too. Sometimes James plays with us. It's a fun game. James reminds us to play nice. Good citizens play nice. Good citizens get to eat peanut butter and Smarties sandwiches.

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. Maybe he will let us help him make peanut butter and Smarties sandwiches for lunch! Yeah. I like to help James cook.


This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Play nice. Then you can help make peanut butter and Smarties sandwiches. Oh! Wait! Come over to our house and play Hide & Seek with us! We can hide together! Okay! Over and out!"

Our Friend Angus

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, James. He's forgetful and really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark, you know. This is the third day James forgot to buy gummy worms. We don't even have any Smarties. I know! I'll put licorice in my porridge. 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 visiting Angus. He's a cat. He lives with Cassidy the bunny rabbit and their buddies Jay and Shawn. Angus likes to climb up high. So do we! Climbing is fun. When I get way up high I can see everything! Angus likes to play Hide & Seek with us, too. Angus is a good hider. Chance thinks if he closes his eyes we can't see him. That's silly. He's a newborn cubby. He will be a better hider when he's older, like me.

Did you hear that? James is hollering? "Where's my handsome bear cubs? Where are my Sons of Ontario? Where are my Princes of Windsor? Who wants to go to Westside Foods ad get gummy worms and Smarties? That's us! Charles and Chance. We're handsome bear cubs! We're Sons of Ontario! We're Princes of Windsor! We want to go to the store! I like to ride in the buggy and make siren sounds. Chance doesn't talk but he makes little squeaky noises when he's happy. Okay. We gotta go! This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Be good citizens. Climb way up high today and you can see everything! Over and out!"

Playing with Tanner

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? I'm playing with my friend Tanner. He's a big 'ole yeller dog who lives with his friend Cassidy the bunny rabbit. They live with their buddies Jay and Shaun. We play games like Roll Over. We play Hide & Seek, too. Tanner is five, just like me. He's my very bestest friend.

Tanner is sick. He takes lots of meds. He has to lay down a lot. He has trouble breathing sometimes. Special Ed James says Tanner has cancer and he can't get well. That makes me sad. I want Tanner to feel good so we can dig holes in the back yard. I know! We can play Doctor and I will give Tanner Smarties to eat. Then he will get well and we can play! That's helping! Okay! I'm gonna get Special Ed James and Chance. We can go to Mac's Milk right now and get some Smarties! We'll get a really big box!

This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Help your friends. That's what good citizens do. Over and out!"

More Hide & Seek Fun

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy,  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.

It's fun to play Hide & Seek with Chance. I hide my eyes and count to one hundred like this: One elephant, two elephant, three elephant. I can count to a hundred, you know. Then I go look for Chance. He's easy to find. He climbed up on the kitchen counter and he's hiding in the microwave oven. That is not a safe place to hide. I spot him and holler, "Boo! Boo! I got you!" and he makes little squeaky noises cuz he's happy. I tell him not to hide in the oven but I don't think he knows what dangerous means. Yesterday he hid in the fridge! He will what know dangerous is when he's older but for now I have to look after him and keep him safe. That's what big brothers do. Do bear cubs have guardian angels? I hope so.

Oh! Did you hear that?  James is hollering, "Where's my handsome bear cubs? Where are the Sons of Windsor? What happened to my Princes of Ontario?" That's us! Charles and Chance! We're gonna run find  James so he can kiss our noses and tickle our ears and make us laugh right out loud! Okay. We gotta go! Be good citizens and don't put things in the microwave oven that don't belong in there.
This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Over and out!"

Chance Disappears

Hi. This isn't me. This is my little brother Chance. He's a newborn cubby. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy, James. He's forgetful and old. He says he was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark. He must be 20!   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. I look after him, too.

When James and I woke up this morning, Chance wasn't in his basket. We looked under the bed. We looked under the chair and we looked under the table. If Chance was playing Hide & Seek, he was doing a very good job of hiding! Chance disappeared. He wasn't in the bathroom and he wasn't in the living room. Then we found his diaper on the kitchen floor. It was stinky. Where could our cubby be? Did someone cubnap him? Then we heard little squeaky noises. We looked up. We looked way up. Guess what? Chance was sitting in the sink. He climbed way up high and was sitting in the kitchen sink. He wanted a bath but he didn't know how to turn the water on. Good thing he didn't, 'cuz he might have burnt himself with hot water. 

James said, "My son! What are you doing in here?" Chance made more squeaky noises and licked  James' nose. I gave him a bear hug. Chance got his bath and then we had porridge and gummy worms for breakfast. Chance is too little to eat food 'cuz he doesn't have teeth, so he had condensed owls' milk for breakfast. I'm glad Chance didn't hurt himself. I'll have to watch him more carefuler!

Did you hear that?  James is hollering, "Where's my handsome bear cubs? Where are my Sons of Windsor? What happened to my Princes of Ontario?" That's me! Charles! I'm a handsome bear cub. I'm a Son of Windsor. I'm a Prince of Ontario. So is Chance! We gotta go find James so he can tickle our ears and make us laugh right out loud! This is me Charles, the Bear Cub, saying, "Be good citizens! Only take a bath when a grown up can watch you. Over and out!"

Hide & Seek is a Fun Game

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. I live on Sparkle Road with my buddy,  James. I have to look after him 'cuz he's really old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark. He must be 20 years old!  Oh, wait. Chance lives with us, too. He's a newborn cubby someone left on our doorstep one morning. He's a wee little thing. I have to look after him, too.

Chance can only drink condensed owls' milk for a bottle. Know why? Cuz he doesn't have any teeth. He can't talk! He makes squeaky noises when he's happy and squawky noises when he's hungry or has poo in his diaper. He's stinky, then. We're playing Hide & Seek. Chance has to hide and I count to 100. I count, "One elephant, two elephants, three elephants..." all the way up to 100. I'm five. I can count real high.

I'm looking for Chance. He's not a good hider. He should be easy to find. I've looked under the bed and in the closet. He's not under the chesterfield. One time Chance hid in the microwave oven. That is not a good place to hide, you know. I'll keep looking until I find him. Then he will be 'it' and I will hide.

Chance never finds me. He has to get James to help him. Know what? I l-o-v-e to play Hide & Seek. It's the funnest game. When I get found, we get to eat Smarties. I always sort them out and eat the red ones last. It's a rule you know. I gotta go find Chance. I bet he's hiding in the dirty clothes hamper. Yeah. I'll look there. Okay. Have fun today. Hope you play Hide & Seek! This is me, Charles, saying 'over and out!'

Breakfast

Hi. I'm Charles the Bear Cub. You know me. I live with my buddy  James on Sparkle Road. That's not very far from Sandwich Street. I look after him 'cuz he's forgetful and old. He was the second Canadian to get off Noah's Ark. He must be really old.

Know what? I'm not having porridge with gummy worms for breakfast 'cuz it's too hot outside to cook. I'm having chocolate milk and wallermelons this morning. Oh. Wait. I got toasts with peanut butter and maple syrup, too.  James makes happy faces in the peanut butter when he spreads it on the toasts.

We thank God for the good food before we eat. This is what I say: "Thank you God for all the good food you put in the Canada Food Guide--except brocollis and sauerkrauts. They're nasty, God. You shouldn't make anybody eat them. Amen." I need to eat all my food 'cuz I'm going to be busy all day.

We're going to the park. I can ride my blue bike with the Canada flag on it, swing and slide and dig holes and climb trees and play Hide & Seek. Then we'll eat a picnic lunch and I'll read my Spiderman book before I take a nap under the big maple tree. On the way home we'll stop at Mary Ann's Bake Shoppe and get brownies. She makes the bestest brownies in the whole wide world. Oh! Wait! I gotta go. The day might start without me! Be a good citizen and make sure someone tickles your ears today. Bye for now. This is me, Charles the Bear Cub. Over and out! PS: I forgot. Okay. Bye!