Cirque du Soleil

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.

Look at us! We're playing Cirque du Soleil. I can balance Chance on my feet. I holler, "Cirque du Soleil!" and he jumps way high up in the air. I catch him so he doesn't get hurt. He knows I will catch him every time. Chance makes squeaky noises when he jumps. That means he's happy. He makes little squawky noises when he's hungry and when he has poo in his diaper. I don't wear a diaper. I get to run around bear naked. That is a pun, you know. I'm five, Special Ed James says I'm a big cub, now. Know what? I'll be six on Canada Day. That's older than five. I get chocolate birthday cake and fireworks on my birthday. I sure wish I could eat fireworks. They would taste yummy and yummy is one of the four food groups in the Canada Food Guide. Watch! Chance is going to jump again. I hope you can come over to our house and play Cirque du Soleil with us.

Oh! Did you hear that? Special Ed James is hollering, "Where's my handsome bear cubs?" That's us! Charles and Chance! We're gonna run find Special Ed James so he can kiss our noses and tickle our ears and make us laugh right out loud. We got pumpkin pancakes for breakfast. Chance doesn't eat pancakes cuz he doesn't have any teeth. He gets condensed owls' milk in his bottle. I'm too big for a bottle. I'm five. I have a sippy cup with Spiderman on it. Okay. We gotta go. This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Over and out!"

The Big Fire

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.

Look. Chance is asleep and I'm still sleepy. We heard lots of sirens in the night. They're really loud and they woke us up. There was a big fire downtown, right by Tanner and Cassidy's house. They're my friends. Tanner is a big 'ole yeller dog and Cassidy is a bunny rabbit. Lots of firetrucks and firefighters came. They put out the fire but our phone and our internet didn't work for a whole day. I couldn't even write my blog. I wish I had been there to see it. Know what? When there's a fire you can roast marshmallows or hot dogs. I put them on a stick and hold them over the fire. Special Ed James watches us so we don't get hurt. Fires can burn. I l-o-v-e marshmallows and hot dogs. They're yummy and that's one of the four food groups in The Canada Food Guide. I hate brocollis. I wouldn't roast brocollis. They're nasty.

Oh! Did you hear that? Special Ed James is hollering, "Where's my handsome bear cubs?" That's us! Charles and Chance! We're gonna run find Special Ed James so he can kiss our noses and tickle our ears and make us laugh right out loud. We got porridge with gummy worms for breakfast. Chance doesn't eat porridge. He doesn't have any teeth. He gets condensed owls' milk in his bottle. I'm too big for a bottle. I'm five. I have a sippy cup with Spiderman on it. Okay. We gotta go. This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Over and out!"

Laying Around

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.

We sure do have fun. Sometimes I lay real quiet and Chance climbs on my back. Then I crawl around and pretend I'm a big 'ole fire truck. I make siren noises. Chance makes squeaky noises. That means he's happy. Sometimes we just lay in front of the fire and I tell Chance stories about the olden days when I was just a wee little cubby. Sometimes Special Ed James brings out the picture album and tells us both stories. I like to hear about the olden days, don't you? I'm going to be six on Canada Day. Then I'll be really old!

Oh! Did you hear that? Special Ed James is hollering, "Where's my handsome bear cubs?" That's us! Charles and Chance! We're gonna run find Special Ed James so he can kiss our noses and tickle our ears and make us laugh right out loud. This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "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, 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.

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 him. 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? Special Ed James is hollering, "Where's my handsome bear cubs?" That's us! Charles and Chance! We're gonna run find Special Ed 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!"

Chilli

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. I look after him, too. Know what? We're climbing up the stove. We're gonna eat some chilli. Chilli is yummy and that's one of the four food groups in the Canada Food Guide. Chance can't eat chilli. He's little. He drinks out of a bottle. He'll get some teeth one day. He'll grow a tail, too. Special Ed James says we shouldn't climb on the stove. He says we might get burned. Oh! I hear him coming. We'd better get down from here! This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Over and out!"

Chance is a Handful

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. I look after him, too.

Know what? Yesterday we went to Mackenzie Hall to see our friends and buddies. Chance jumped out of Special Ed James' backpack and landed in the middle of Sandwich Street. Cars were going very fast and they drove around him. I was scared. Special Ed James rescued Chance. He's too little to know when he's in danger. Now he's hiding and I found him. "My son!" I said, "It is not a good thing to hide in the fridge." Know what? Chance is a real handful. It's not easy to look after him. It's a full-time job. I'd better get him out of here and warm him up. This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Over and out!"

Thirsty

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. I look after him, too. Know what? We're thirsty. I'm showing Chance how to drink out of the toilet bowl. Special Ed James says I shouldn't do that--that it's nasty. Know what? He drinks out of the milk carton. Now, that's nasty. Chance isn't very good at this. He's really little If he falls in I hope he can swim. I could drink out of the sink in the kitchen. I have a sippy cup with Spiderman on it. Sometimes it's fun to drink out of the toilet. I can splash water and float my boats, too. Oh, no! Chance has fallen in! I'd better get him out of there and dry him off before he gets into trouble! This is me, Charles the Bear Cub saying, "Over and out!"