If I Had to Choose Just One Dinosaur

This one is for all the paleontologists.

We recorded this show on Discovery Channel about people who are trying to make real dinosaurs. I need to be a paleontologist when I grow up so I can help them with that.

If I had to choose one dinosaur to bring back to life, what would I choose?

It would definitely not be a pleurodon- but not because I don't like them. I LOVE them, but it would have to live in the water so I couldn't keep him in the backyard and there's no way I could play with it.

I wouldn't be a raptor because they can climb fences and would probably kill all my friends. They wouldn't kill me because I'm The Dinosaur Boy. But it would probably kill everybody else.

I might choose a troodon. They're omnivores and that means they eat meat and plants, but maybe I could make it promise only to eat plants. And if it just has to eat meat I'd make sure it only ate bad guys.

Maybe I'd choose a therazinosaurus, but we'd have to clip his claws or he'll scratch our neighbors. But the thing is, dinosaurs probably don't like getting their claws clipped. I saw what Tickety Teacup did to Dadda- can you imagine what a therazinosaurus would do?

[Dad's Note: Tickety Teacup was a former pet cat, who walked out of the yard one day and showed up again some weeks later. When I tried to pick her up, she bit and tore me to shreds and ran away. My arms and hands swelled to double their size and we feared she had rabies. She was trapped and tested. Negative on the rabies, but little Teacup sadly is no more.]

A T-Rex Named Sue

This one is for Sue, the T-rex.

Did you know that the biggest T-rex ever found was a girl named Sue? Dad T-rex's should be the biggest t-rex's, but Sue is a girl! How fair is that?

This paleontologist- he found out how old she was by counting the growth rings in her knee bone. That's cool how you can do that.

She was bipedal, but scientists used to think that t-rex's just stood up and dragged their tail and just looked for food with their heads up.

But now they know they bent down with their tail up so it balances like a see-saw. The head looks like the heaviest, but the top part of the tail is heavy like that, so it needs to balance.

What they're still trying to figure out is how it kept all of its weight on only two legs and still run so fast.

The Kids Need To Stop Littering

This one is for an ornithomimus.

The kids need to stop littering. I found a ton of Kisses wrappers and orange peels in The Kids' yard. They have tons of garbage back there. And they can't tell me they didn't do it because if they didn't do it, how did it all get in their yard right by their porch? I drove my jeep back there and picked it all up. I'm only picking up their garbage one more time, so they better stop.

It would be one thing if they were little and didn't know better, like when I dropped a donut on the floor when I was really little and it became a disaster. I left it too long and ants got all over it. And since I was afraid of ants back then I had McCall pick the donut up for me.

You Can't Just Quit

Davis says he wants to quit school. I told him he shouldn't do that, because you can't just quit school. Just like Dadda can't just stop going to work, unless we don't want a house any more. Just like Mumma can't just stop having babies in her belly.

Monsters Stuck in my Mind

I don't know what to do, cause I'm trying to go to sleep but monsters are stuck in my mind- and I don't get it cause haven't even read Goosebumps in the last 2 days.

Maybe I'll think about something happy, but that's hard. Dadda says I have control over my thoughts, but it's not so easy. Sometimes I can get control of my mind and sometimes I can't.

I know, I'll think about happy things- like dinosaurs or that white alligator at the zoo. I can think about the show we just recorded where they say they might be able to make a real-life dinosaur in the future. Oh, that would be cool.

Ichthyosaurs are happy dinos, but they can sometimes get grumpy. I'd like to make a pool in our back yard and get about 10 ichthyosaurs to put in there. Then they can have babies, but that would make them more grumpy if you try to touch them- cause you don't mess with an ichthyosaur's babies.

Did you know that we got a new game? Well, we just rented it so maybe we already took it back. But it's so cool. It's a Spongebob game and I love Spongebob. I think there's still a couple Spongebobs I haven't seen yet.

I wonder if it's close to morning, cause I'm not going to sleep tonight. I'll stay up all night then get a drink in the morning because I only can have one drink at night and I already got one drink, so I have to wait until morning to get my next drink.

[Dad's Note: Hmmm...I wonder if this monster thing has anything to do with Bridger watching "Allen and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein" (see Sunday's post) or the fact that Bridger has spent the last week reading the whole Goosebumps collection. Nah, couldn't be...]

Allen and the Chipmunks

This one is for Allen and the Chipmunks.

Do you know what one of my favoritist shows is? Allen and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein. It's such a cool movie. There's an evil doctor that is trying to make the chipmunks into his zombies so he can take over the world. He has a Frankenstein monster that really isn't a bad monster, but the chipmunks think he's a bad monster.

There is this guy that owns the chipmunks named Dave. I don't know which pet store he found that sells talking chipmunks, but it's really cool. Dave always gets mad at the chipmunks when he thinks they're being bad. He says "Aaallenn!"

What a great show!

Santa Knows

This one is for McCall. This is a picture of me and McCall in my jeep from Santa.

I'm so glad it's springtime! That means I can ride my jeep. I didn't even ask for that jeep for Christmas. Isn't it funny how Santa knows what you already have? He doesn't always give you what you want- he gives you what he knows will make you happy.

100%

This one is for my teacher.

Guess what? Yesterday I got 100% on my spelling test! I didn't think I could do it, but we practiced and practiced every day. When she said each word I thought "this is so cool. I know how to spell that!"

Teacher said "Good job, Bridger." I told her this means I get to go to Leatherby's and get white ice cream with peanut butter. She said that will be so fun. I love Leatherby's but I can't figure out why they call it that. Leather is cow skin that Indians used for clothes and to draw maps on. That has nothing to do with ice cream at all.

Angel Is Getting Better

This one is for the Transformers.

Do you know what? Angel is getting better. Mumma still has to smoke her though. I said a special prayer for her and now she's getting better. That's so cool.

Do you know what else? I think I'm going to do really good on my spelling test tomorrow. There are some words that are hard for me to spell, but I practiced and practiced. The one I'm best at is "friends"- f-r-i-e-n-d-s. Do you know how I remember that one? Fr=2; ie=2; nds=3. 223 = friends. Cool, huh! Now I just need to remember that tomorrow on my test.

Angel Is Very Sick

This one is for Angel.

Heavenly Father, Angel is very sick. Her eardrums are busted and she has snot in her lungs. Mumma always has to smoke her. Please bless her eardrums and bless her to get the snot out of her lungs. Please bless her body to win the fight. Bless the dinosaurs and I love you in the stars. Name a Jesus Christ, Amen.

[Dad's Note: "Smoking" Angel is Bridger's way of describing the process of treating her with an albuterol nebulizer. Angel has two ear infections, both perferated. She also has a serious upper respiratory infection, and must be "smoked" every few hours. Please keep our little sweetheart in your prayers.]

President Hinckley Went to Jesus

This one is for President Hinckley. He is a special man.

President Hinckley went to Jesus. Now he's there with Patty and the Crocodile Hunter and Old Granny from Texas and the dinosaurs. He was very special to me and I watched his funeral when they put him in the ground. I love the prophet.