Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everybody!

Mysterious Cave Art Stories

This one is for Kylie. Kylie, did you know there is a dinosaur called anKYLosaurus? Cool, huh?

Long ago some boys were hiking in the desert and they found a cave. They went inside and turned on their flashlights and looked around. They found dinosaur bones. Then they looked on the wall and there was pictures on the wall that told a mysterious story. It was about two boys who get in a Doc Hudson car and drive back in time to the days of the dinosaurs. They had a lot of cars driving with them and Elmo from Sesame Street (Elmo is there because that's the only stickers we had).

WILDLIFE FACT OF THE DAY: Did you know that you can hear a lion roar 5 miles away?

Party Night with Man vs. Wild

This one is for Jane again. She's a true friend. She came to my house to play with her little sister Tex. She even brought me a little something.

There was 2 Man vs. Wilds on tonight! And on Sunday there will be 7 of them. Do you think I can stay up that long? I can definately stay up that long.

In the first one tonight he went to the Rocky Mountains. There was a bear following him- a bear following Bear- hah! He really needed a haircut, really. His hair was so long that he didn't even look like Bear. He stayed lost for 4 days and he stayed up all night. He got so tired that he started feeling really bad. Finally he found a road and was saved. That was the first one.

Then, Bear almost got bit by a shark because there was tons of sharks in that water where he went on a Pacific island. He was on a dangerous beach that went all the way to where the sharks are. He made a boat and went in the water and that's when the tiger shark almost bit him. He climbed up a tree to get a coconut and when he slid down his hands were burning. Finally he found a boat.

I want to be like Bear when I grow up, but I'd rather not eat snakes or elephant poop. I would also not like to eat worms- how gross is that? But I would like to hike in the jungle and get water from hanging tenticles and explore caves with dadda. Those would be great adventures.

Digging Out Parasaurolophus

This one is for Jane. I can't wait to play with her tomorrow!

I got this cool thing from Dawny for Christmas. It's a paleontologist kit where you hammer the rock until you get the dinosaur out of it. Me and West took turns for a long time til we got the dinosaur. It was a parasaurolophus. Heck yeah.

Wednesdays with West: Weston Sings For You

This one is for Santa.

[In response to popular demand, Weston has recorded himself singing his favorite song, You Are My Sunshine. Believe me, you cannot possibly listen to this and not fall in love with this boy. Download and enjoy!]

You Are My Sunshine.

Anatomy of a Raptor Claw

This one is for the sneaker spider because his wish came true.

Do you know how fierce the velociraptor was? Paleontologists were trying to figure out how velociraptors kill. They found a velociraptor foot claw. It was a claw so sharp it could cut through a very hard crocodile's back or a person's belly. So if you have a velociraptor claw at your home, you should be very careful. When they found the claw they figured out that when a velociraptor stabs his claw into another dinosaur, part of the sharp part can break off.

Now they know that velociraptor walks very quietly to sneak up on other dinosaurs like protoceratops, then they run really fast and stab their claws into its neck. Then they fight and kill the dinosaur.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Last night I looked up at the stars and saw a little twinkling light and it was moving. I think it was Santa's sleigh. He used a key since we don't have a chimney. When people don't have chimneys, Santa gets the keys from mommas and daddas.

Santa came to us! He brought me a robo-reptile and a really cool show called Walking with Dinosaurs that's so cool. It's about this guy that finds all sorts of dinosaurs like one that had three long claws. He looks and sounds like Bear on Man vs. Wild but he's not Bear. His name is Nigel.

Santa works for Jesus and Christmas is all about Jesus. Thank you Santa and thank you Jesus.

The Night Before Christmas

[Bridger is fast asleep- no doubt with visions of dinosaurs dancing in his head- awaiting the arrival of Santa. He thought he saw the lights from his sleigh in the sky this evening and quickly went to sleep. We anxiously await his report tomorrow.]

Letters to Santa

Bridger's Letter to Santa Claus

Dear Santa-
I have been a very good boy this year. Well, I done a teensy bit of naughty things this year but I said my prayers. I would like a robo-reptile for Christmas. I hope you can make one because they cost one hundred dollars at Toys-R-Us. If you can make one, will you make it a green one?

Santa, are you going to see the soldiers fighting in the war? Maybe you could bring them some things to help them kill the bad guys. Make sure you visit the soldiers' kids because they miss their daddas. Please visit some kids that maybe don't have any toys, and maybe you can make a very special Christmas for Destiny's family.

Love,
Bridger

[Dad's Note: That last sentence refers to Destiny Norton, a little girl who was killed last summer. Bridger often mentions her in his prayers. You can read Bridger's thoughts about Destiny here and here.]


Weston's Letter to Santa Claus

Dear Santa-
I want a 'mote control Lightning McQueen and moon sand for Christmas. I is a very good boy this year.

[West is a man of few words, and Coulter is a man of even fewer.]

A Trip to Temple Square

This one is for Carter.

We went to Temple Square tonight to see the lights and see statues of Jesus and play in the snow. Holy toleto! It was the funnest thing I could ever dream of! Weston didn't come because he was so grumpy so it was just me and Simmy and Oaklie. We went in the stars and planets to the big statue of Jesus and listened to the stories. It was the bestest day ever!

Turiasaurus: A Brand New Dinosaur

This one is for Bompa because he is sick.

My bompa told me about a brand new dinosaur that paleontologists found in Spain. Me and my dadda looked it up on the 'puter. His name is Turiasaurus. He was a long neck but he was much bigger than most longnecks. He weighs 10,000 tons! He is the biggest dinosaur in Europe but the longest dinosaur ever is the seismosaurus. Europe is a town somewhere on the earth that's far away. I never been there, but turiasaurus has.

We found a cool thing on the 'puter that shows all the big long necks and it has cool pictures. I want to put it on my blog because it's so cool.

[Dad's Note: The new turiasaurus actually weighed between 40-45 tons (as opposed to 10k). The website Bridger is referring to is UK Dinosaurs and Dinosaurs of the World. The discovery of Turiasaurus riodevensis is detailed in this Houston Chronicle article.]

Wednesdays with West: A Headache in My Throat

This one is for Gibran.

I am sick. I have boogers in my nose and I have a headache in my throat. Me and momma went to find a doctor but they was all closed. When I'm sick I always feel better when Bridger loves me. When I get better, do you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to make a snowball and throw it at dadda!

The Definition of Tough

This one is for Sami. Sami, you haven't written on your blog for a long time. It makes me wonder how you're doing.

This is a picture of Bear on Man vs. Wild eating a snake.

I'm a tough kid. When I fall down or smash my finger I don't even cry. Tough is when you hike up mountains and go on adventures and climb up rocks. Do you know who some tough guys are? Jack Hanna, Bear on Man vs. Wild, Jesus, soldiers, my uncle T. Even my dadda is tough, but I'm much tougher than him. But dinosaurs are the toughest of all. You don't get tougher than a dinosaur.

A velociraptor is tough because of his speed and his foot claw. A carnotaurus is tough because of his sharp teeth and his powerful legs. An ankylosaurus is tough because of his armor. If a meateater scrapes ankylosaurus, he just whips his club tail at it and knocks that meateater right over.

Monday Mailbag: Where Babies Come From

Ammon said...
Bridger, That is so exciting. What are you going to do with a baby sister? Wow! I think you should name her Pedra. What do you think? :) Congratulations!!!
Love,
Ammon

BRIDGER RESPONDS: No way! I already named her Ella. Ella Grace- like sweet Grace at church.

Lindy said...
My baby is going to be a girl. Do you have any good ideas for names for her?

BRIDGER RESPONDS: How about Pedra? Or maybe Lupita.

Kylie said...
Bridger, I am glad you found me too. I had fun at the christmas party. I hope santa brings you lots of toys.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I wish I could see you again, Kylie. You are a true friend. I'm getting you a present for Christmas but I can't tell you what it is because it is a secret. What is your favorite dinosaur?

Sherry said...
Hey, that is really great news, Bridger! Wonder if boy dinosaurs got excited when their moms were expecting a baby girl dinosaur? 'Course, there wasn't any way to check it out back then. Guess we'll just have to use our imagination! SHERRY

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Do you know how we found out momma's baby was a girl? They put this stuff on momma's belly that looks like soap but it isn't soap. Then they put this big microphone on her belly and we see it on a TV show.

They didn't have those things in the time of the dinosaurs. Only troodons were smart enough to know what kind of baby they were having. The rest of them had to wait until the eggs cracked. But first momma dinosaurs had this sack thing. The eggs grow in that sack and then she makes a nest, then she opens her sack and lays her eggs in it.

The Sneaker Spider's Letter to Santa

I will write the sneaker spider's letter to Santa on my blog, because if I wrote it on paper it would take so long because there is too much letters.

Dear Santa-

This is the sneaker spider. Could you please bring me a bug park for Christmas so I could be free in there? It could have other bugs in there so I could have friends and a door so I can't get out. It could have rooms for all the bugs and grass to eat. I have been very good this year. I used to sneak up on Bridger and scare him every day but I repented of that.

Love,
The Sneaker Spider

A Trip to a Mysterious Old House

This one is for Princess Lydia.

We went with Tyler to an old house that he built. It was 164 years old and very mysterious. I didn't find any clues to dinosaur treasure in there but I did find a dinosaur toy in there. There was all these paths in there but one path was blocked. We walked on this thing high in the sky that looked like a slurper and dadda said "Bridger, you're freaking me out" and I said "Dad, you're a scaredy cat." He thought I would fall down but I made it across without falling.

[Dad's Note: The mysterious old house is actually the Empress Theater in Magna, Utah, which opened in 1916 (so not quite 164 years ago). Bridger's uncle Tyler has been helping to restore the theater. It re-opened this fall for the first time in 50 years. I have no idea what a "slurper" is.]

Sad Isn't Happy

This one is for Kylie.

There's a song we listened to at school with a kid that says he's getting nothing for Christmas because he ain't been nothin but bad. But when he sings it he sounds happy. Why would he be happy about not getting anything for Christmas? If you're bad you should be sad, and if you're getting zero stuff for Christmas that should make you really really sad. Sometimes I think he's just not smart enough to know that sad is not happy.

Wednesdays with West on Thursday

This one is for my sister Ella in momma's belly. She is special to me.

Here's a Christmas joke: What do snowmans eat? Snow flakes!

Did you know what happened at our house yesterday? The lights ran out of 'lectricity. I told momma our house ran out of lights so we need to get a new house. We just turned on our frashlights. Then the 'lectricity got back in our house and the lights turned on.

A Special Announcement From the Dinosaur Boy

[Dad's Note: Your regularly scheduled edition of Wednesdays with West has been preempted in order to bring you this special post, which Bridger is maniacally excited about (we're quite excited too).]

This one is for Ella.

Oh I am so excited to show you this video but I can't tell you what it's about because it is a secret until you watch it. You just have to watch it. My dadda made it last night. Scree-ba-deep, scra-ba-dop, I'm so excited- I'm 164 excited to show you this!! If you have problems you will just have to wait until it stops buffering. Oh I hate buffering.



[This video may take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes to load, depending on your connection speed. Click the play button to begin streaming the video. As the video buffers you will see a gray line progress across the bottom of the video screen. If you have a slower connection, it may be best to wait until the video has completely buffered before playing.]

Santa, Do You Read My Blog?

This one is for Santa.

Santa, do you read my blog? Do you have a 'puter? Maybe when your elves watch me they can see I have a blog and they will tell you about it. Santa, do you work for Jesus? I need to write my letter to you really soon so you get it before Christmas. Have a good night, Santa.

Love,
Bridger

[Dad's Note: Tune in tomorrow for a very special post around 9:00 pm...]

Monday Mailbag: Nordic Plesiosaurs and Germs

[Dad's Note: Please stay tuned in the next couple days for a very special post Bridger has in the works...]

Martin said...
I came over your blog today searching for plesiosauruses. I live in oslo, norway and norwegian paleontologists just found a lot of plesiosaurus-skeletons on Svalbard. Svalbard is an icy island above Norway. Maybe you can find it. I share your fascination of dinosaurs, but you seem to know more than me, because I am always so busy working. But Ill com back to your site for more!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: My dadda showed me where Spalvard is- that's by the North Pole! You live by the North Pole? Do you ever see Santa? Now that you told me about these plesiosaur bones, now I want to go to Smarvark, but that is way far away- farther than Texas! If I was on a hike on that island I would take dadda's army flashlight, warm clothes, my toy plesiosaur, and definately some macaroni and cheese. I wouldn't need to take water because I could get that from the ice and snow. I could just melt it in my cup and drink it. Maybe they can call that island Plesiosaur Island. Me and dadda looked that up on the 'puter and here's a picture.

Brady said...
Bridger, I haven't left a comment for a while but my mom still reads your blog to me all the time. I hope you are feeling better from having your germ bug.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Brady, I'm better but my dadda got my germ bug. He said it was really bad and I told him if he wants he can get by me so I will get that bug back and he won't have it any more. But then dadda got better. People get sick when germs get in their body. Did you know there are good germs too? Yep. They are in your tummy and when bad things come in your tummy the good germs destroy them. Jesus created all germs. It's just that the bad ones chose to be bad.

Blog Updates

[Dad's Note: I'll spare you the italics, as this is a longer note:) We are pleased to announce some neat updates to theDinosaurBoy.com. We have implemented some new features that will make navigating Bridger's blog a whole lot easier.

The first is a new section in the sidebar called "Most Popular Posts." This list reflects the posts that recieve the most hits, according to our analytics utilities. While all of Bridger's posts are arguably classics, these are the cream of the crop!

We've also added a new "Categories" sidebar section. This is a list of themes that Bridger mentions or addresses often. Each link will take you to all the posts related to that category. So if you want to read everything Bridger has said about Wal-Mart (tied with D.I. for his favorite store), simply click the Wal-Mart link and enjoy!

Coming soon will be a photo gallery which will include many pictures we haven't previously posted, an experiment gallery, and a dinosaur profile gallery.]

Dinosaur Solution: Experiments

This one is for my teacher at church. I still can't remember her name but I really like her.

I wish my dad would make an experiment at his work. It would be a good experiment that could go back in time and put a big shield on the whole earth so the dinosaurs wouldn't die when the gigantic asteroid fell in Mexico.

Dadda would have to get instructions from Jumba first, so he would know how to make this experiment, He would have to follow Jumba's rules. Jumba lives in Hawaii but he works at Disney World, so we would probably have to go to Disney World to find him.

Bringing Back the Dinosaurs

This one is for Coulter baby.

Do you know how the dinosaurs died? A great asteroid that had too much fire falled on the earth. First the plant-eaters died and then the meateaters died because there was nothing for them to eat. But some dinosaurs like raptors, quetzlcoatlus, pteradactyls, turned into birds. Crocodiles and alligators and snakes didn't die and they are alive today.

I wish I could go back in time and make a big shield so the dinosaurs wouldn't die. Then they could still be alive and live in the jungle. Then I could see them and pet them. They would not hurt me because I am a dinosaur boy and they know I love them. I would have to wash my hands after I pet them because they would have a lot of germs from being in the jungle so long.

Rudolph the Red Nose Quetzlcoatlus

This one is for Shalaya.

Tonight is party night and I'm really busy watching Man vs. Wild. Here is a picture of Rudolph the Red Nose Quetzlcoatlus. He would be great for Santa's sleigh!

School Dayz

This one is for Jesus Christ.

This is a picture of my leaf collection. I keep it by my sneaker spider and my shark in a bottle. Whever I find a cool leaf I bring it home and put it in my leaf collection.

Today was a good day at school. I did all my work and was a gentleman. Mrs. Quist didn't even need to fuss at me or call momma. I didn't go to school yesterday because I threw up. But it wasn't as bad as when McCall threw up on the floor. Her mess was much bigger than mine.

[Dad's Note: I wasn't going to bring it up, but he did, so I'll illuminate. Turns out Bridger hasn't exactly been the best student at school the last few weeks. It was a bit of laziness combined with a bit of cunning (roping the girls into finishing assignments for him- he's definately his father's son) that prompted a call from his teacher last week. Yes, our first teacher call. Yes, our little Bridger. Anyway, with a talk, some hugs, and a note to his teacher, the dinosaur boy is working on changing his ways.]

Wednesdays with West: Racing Basics

This one is for Bridger.

Tyler says that Dinoco is a comp'ny, but Dinoco is a car, not a comp'ny. He's a race car that's very fast. A comp'ny is a place that gives money to race cars so they can race. If you want to be a good racer, first you have to get yourself a good pit crew. A pit crew changes your tires and puts gas in your car so you can race.

MAILBAG

Steph said...
Dear West,
I love "You are my Sunshine". I sang that to my children when they were babies to calm them down or to get them to go to sleep.

WESTON RESPONDS: Stephy- I love Dawny and Tiffy and Bret and Jenny. Bret has a car game where you drive the cars.

My New Favorite Show

This one is for Jack Hanna



You know what show I love so much? It's on the Discovery Channel. I forgot what it's called, but it's a man that gets lost on purpose and he has to find his way out. He hikes and climbs mountains and walks on volcanoes. There was one where he was in a cave and he finds some tentacles on the ceiling and he squeezes them to get water. They were just hanging from the sky and they had water in them. You need water to live. When you drink it you get more healthy.

Did you know there is nuts in the jungle that make fire? Yep. You crack them and put them on a stick and light a fire on them. That way you have light when you go in caves.

I like that show because it learns me a lot of things, like how to hike over lava and not get killed. If you're hiking in a lava field, if you step down and your boot melts, then it's too hot to walk on. Lava is hot, and if you fall in it you'll turn into bones.

[Dad's Note: Bridger is talking about Man vs. Wild on the Discovery Channel. Above is a clip we found of one of the episodes. Good stuff.]

Monday Mailbag: Bug Park, Snakes, and Baby Pedro

Bob asked...
Does the sneaker spider have food to eat and water? Where is his family? Is he lonely without his friends?

BRIDGER RESPONDS: The sneaker spider is lonely because Weston killed his mom and dad with a stick. I wanted to kill the sneaker spider but now we're best of friends. He has grass for food and I never thought about giving him water. I really want to make him a big bug park for him to live with lots of other bugs for friends.

Ammon said...
Hey guess what? I'm going to get a new baby brother or sister. I don't know which one, yet, because it's too soon to tell, but I will let you know.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: That is neat! Something's telling me it will be a boy and I think you should name him Pedro. I think his favorite dinosaur will be a baby iguanodon. I wish I was getting a new baby brother.

Tiff said...
Bridger, that's a good clip. I like snakes. I think it would be cool to touch that really big one! Maybe you can get one of those for Christmas. Better ask Santa . . .

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tiff- that's a great idea! Momma won't buy me a snake. She says they're creepy crawly. (whispering) So maybe Santa can bring one and we just won't let momma know. Maybe he could live in the garage!

Jack Hanna and His Snakes

This one is for my dadda.



Me and dadda were looking on the computer and we found this really cool show of Jack Hanna and some humongous snakes. You have to watch closely to the part where the snake scares the heck out of Jack Hanna!

These snakes grab you with their fangs. Some people call them teeth and some people call them fangs. They have 200 teeth. Then they squeeze you til you die.

[Dad's Note: To watch the video, click on the screen above. Depending on your Internet connection it may take anywhere from a few seconds to a couple minutes to buffer. The clip is from Letterman earlier this month. Note to parents- Letterman does say "oh my G**" a few times at the beginning of the clip. If you need to, you can mute the audio until Jack gets the snake onto Dave's desk.]

Finding Kylie

This one is for Kylie, my friend from preschool. This is a picture of me and her from preschool.

Do you know who I found tonight? Kylie. We were friends in preschool. That was 625 days ago so I hardly remember her. She was at Gammy's church and we were watching a play. I saw her and I said "Who are you?" She said, "Remember Kylie?" Then I remembered her. Do you know she's 5 years old too?

We sat and drawed on paper together and I went and got her some snacks like a gentleman. I wanted to write her a note that says "I love you" but I don't know how to spell that, so I asked dadda to write "I love you" on a paper. Then I took that paper to Kylie. I told her it said "I love you." Im glad I found Kylie.

Velociraptor- The Christmas Dino

This one is for Silas.

Velociraptor is a good Christmas dinosaur because some of them are white like the snow. Velociraptor is a bad dinosaur but he's very good to his kids. But he's really not bad because Jesus made him to eat meat. Velociraptors wouldn't do a good job pulling Santa's sleigh because they really can't fly. Even if they were pulling Santa's sleigh on flat snow they would be too small to pull it good. But it would be good for Santa to have some velociraptors because they would be great to keep bad guys out of the North Pole.