I knew the RCMP holds a contest each year inviting kids to new foals from the Ottawa stables that may be part of the Musical Ride program, but I didn’t know they also had a Name That Puppy contest for future police service dogs. Kids 16 and under can enter, but you have to send your entry in the old-fashioned way – by snail mail! Hello, RCMP, what decade is this? We should be able to Tweet our entries in!
Although my boys have shown an astonishing lack of inspiration in naming their Webkinz (the polar bear is named, um, Poley, and the mouse is named, you guessed it, Mousey) I think I’ll use this to teach them about old-school communication methods. With stamps! And paper!
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Oooh! I’m going to sic Snuggly Girl on this one. (Pun intended.)
She’s pretty creative — she has a horse named Wind, a raccoon named Mischief, and a dolphin named Defator (short for Dolphinator!). (And, um, about 4 more with less interesting names. Gifts from friends. All gifts. I swear.)
Thank you so much for all those pictures and the information that you provide,more people should be made aware of our treasures here in our beautiful city.I’ve lived here all my life and I’m still finding new things to do and see all the time but my favorite one has to be Britannia Park,went ther with my parents has a little girl{long time ago] and for the past 5or 6 yrs we have been having our family picnic there,something to see and do for all age.Thank you again.