Alison Krauss Could Be My Dolly

This one is for Alison Krauss.

I was just wondering if Alison Krauss has a dolly. A dolly is when you find somebody that you love so much and they are your dolly. Mumma and dadda call each other dolly.

I don't think Alison Krauss has a dolly. I was thinking maybe I could be her dolly because I love her so much. The only thing is maybe she'd make me sing if I was her dolly. I don't like singing very much, but I would definately play my ukulele for her. I hope she likes dinosaurs.

Tonight's Reading Stats
Reading time: 22 minutes
Total pages: 65
Books/Sections: Tyler is Shy; Our New Baby; Endangered Reptiles- The Marine Iguana; The First Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life- Under the Sea

Monday Mailbag: Dromeosaurs, Grown-Up Work, and the Goodyear Blimp

Responding to Singers, Fiddlers, and People Under Water, Kristen said...
You asked if I liked dinosaurs...and I must say, I do VERY much!! :D My little sister also loves them! And you know, thinking about it now, it would be pretty awesome if Alison sang a song about dinosaurs! Did you know her son, Sam, loves dinosaurs too? What's your favorite dinosaur Bridger?

BRIDGER RESPONDS: No way! I didn't know Alison Krauss had a boy. That's a pretty lucky boy. If he likes dinosaurs, maybe he could come over and we could play. My favorite dinosaur is all the dinosaurs- even crocodiles, snakes, alligators, lizards- every reptile in the whole white world and the whole white space. But right now I'm thinking of a dromeosaur, or raptor. Probably one that has short feathers that is hunting for his prey. Oh I just saw a very pretty picture of Alison Krauss.

Responding to Helping Hilly Give Blood, Steph said...
I would be willing to bet Hillari was grateful for your help with her blood donation. Maybe medical school is in your future.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Stephy, I'm going to do all of the 'ologies' when I grow up- even doctor-ology. Is that one of the ologies? I could be a people doctor and an animal doctor. It would be cool to be a dinosaur doctor in the time of the dinosaurs. I will do all kinds of work when I grow up, like clean my room or play on a 'puter like dadda.

Responding to School Reading Contest, Grammy said...
I sent you some moolah for your contest and I hope you win. If you want to take all those special people and Stein though.. the school might have to get a Texas size balloon.. or the Goodyear Blimp. Ask Dad to look that up for you!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Grammy, here is a picture of a blimp. That's a funny name.

Thank you very much for the money for my read-a-thon! It makes me have special feelings. Oh I hope I win that trip in a hot air balloon.

Responding to Did Jesus Really Live Again, Ammon said...
Thanks for sharing your feelings about the ressurection. You truly shall live again and so will I thanks to a loving Savior. You're awesome. It's so fun to read your blogs.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Ammon, I know who you're named after- that guy who cut off bad guys' arms. I was learning about him one time at church. That guy was true blue.

Tonight's Reading Stats
Reading time: 21 minutes
Total pages: 8
Books/Sections: First Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life- Dromeosaurs; Fantastic Frogs; Amazing Snakes

**4 Reading Days Remaining! Thanks to so many of you who have sponsored Bridger's reading so far. We are very grateful for your generosity. If you haven't yet and would like to sponsor Bridger, click on the PayPal box in the sidebar!**

School Reading Contest

My school is doing this reading contest where the winner gets to fly in a hot air balloon with their teacher. Oh I want to go on that hot air balloon! A hot air balloon has this basket on it and a balloon's on a basket and you're in the basket and you go up in the air.

If I could take whoever I want up there with me I'd definately take Tiff and Tammy and my whole family. And Nigel Marven, Bear Grylls, Jack Hanna, some dinosaurs, and Alison Krauss. Oh, and Stein the dolphin without teeth. We'd have to take a big tank of saltwater up there for Stein, though. I'd also find a really good entimologist to take up there with me.

I will read 20 minutes a day so I can win. I hope I win because that would be so fun!

[Dad's Note: Bridger's school is holding a read-a-thon fundraiser. Bridger's goal is to read 20 minutes per day for the next two weeks. Students may ask people to sponsor them by making a donation of any amount as he reads. The student in each class who meets his/her reading goals and brings in the most donations for reaching their goal receives a ride in a hot air balloon.

If you see Bridger regularly and would like to sponsor him, you can make a cash or check donation in person. Anybody else in the world who would like to make a donation can do so by clicking the PayPal box in the sidebar of this blog. Those of you who live outside the U.S. may choose to donate using your national currency via PayPal.

I really don't like the idea of soliciting funds- especially from friends and family. So please understand that there are no expectations here. Bridger thought his blog would be a good way to get the word out (ever the little marketing exec) and we figured we'd throw it out there for anybody who would like to donate.

Bridger really wants to win a hot air balloon ride, and if he can earn it I think it will be really good for him. So sponsor him if you'd like- and only if you'd like- and watch for daily updates on his reading status.]

Monday Mailbag: Singers, Fiddlers, and People Under Water

Responding to Along Came a Spider, Steph said...
Hey Bridger,I love your cool costume. Momma really did a great job on it. I think using Dadda's socks was really clever.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I love my spider costume! I wore it all day- even to the kids house. But then momma took the socks off so dadda would have something to wear to work.

Responding to Alison Krauss is Not Crazy, Kristen said...
Well it looks as though you and I have something in common! I love Alison Krauss too, and I wish she'd come near me soon!If you think hard, Alison is just a little crazy! She's so fun and out going! Haha! She's one of a kind!Her music is just absolutely beautiful!It's great to see such a young fan like you, express your thoughts with others about this wonderful lady!Have a great day, keep playing little guy!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Weston loves Sara Evans and I love Alison Krauss. I like Sara Evans too, it's just I like Alison Krauss more. Weston has his songs and I have my songs. I really wish she would come to Dinosaur Park with me. Even I wish she would sing a song about dinosaurs. Do you like dinosaurs, Kristen?

Responding to Picture of the Week, Tiff said...
Bridger, that is a cool picture. Where was it taken?

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tiff, we taked that picture at a really cool place. I don't know where it is, but they have very nice sharks and angelfish, and lots of people under the water.

[Dad's Note: Better clarify a little...The location was Bonneville Seabase, an interesting and remote saltwater scuba diving spot littered with old military and nautical relics. Seabase is of course situated in the middle of the Great American Desert.]

Monday Mailbag: Baby Names, Spiders, and Fiddlers

Responding to the last week's Monday Mailbag, Dawnie said...
Angel Star Crystal is a very interesting name. When I was little I loved the name Crystal Star and that was what I named one of my cabbage patch dolls.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Dawnie, do you know why I want to name my baby Angel Star Crystal? A angel is a girl with white clothes that can fly and they live with Jesus in the stars. And a crystal is shiny and beautiful. Angel is in the stars with Jesus now and I can't wait until momma's belly gets really fat because that means she will come soon!

Responding to A Very Nice Spider With 164 Eyes, Tammy said...
How many eyes does your sneaker have. Two, or if she wears glasses maybe four.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tam, a spider wouldn't need glasses! Do you know what? We are doing nursery rhymes in school and McCall is Little Miss Muffet and I am the spider that sat down beside her. I wanted to be the sneaker spider but that isn't really a spider that people are normally afraid of. Then I thought about being a tarantula, but a tarantula really isn't a spider. McCall isn't afraid of any spiders anyway. She just stamps them.

Responding to Alison Krauss is Not Crazy, Tiff said...
Bridger, I love listening to fiddle players. Alison Krauss is a great fiddler. Bridger, I love listening to fiddle players. Alison Krauss is a great fiddler. Here's a link to a picture of one of my favorite fiddle players...Eileen Ivers plays a really cool blue electric fiddle!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tiff, that is a cool fiddle because it's blue and that's my favorite color. I think you should listen to Alison Krauss with me and I will listen to Ellen Ives with you!

Alison Krauss is Not Crazy

This one is for Coulter.

We were going to the D.I. day before the other day and we were listening to Alison Krauss and she was singing this song about "nobody as crazy as me." What's up with that? Alison Krauss isn't crazy at all! She is very nice and she has a beautiful voice. I saw her before in the mountains when she was singing to me and playing her violin.

Mostly we listen to her songs in the car, like when we go to Wal-Mart or the mountains, but I really want to go see her again. I hope she knows I have a blog because I think she would really like my blog. I used to think she played the ukulele, but now I know it's a violin. It would be awesome if I could play with her. I could play my ukulele and she could play her violin. A violin is kind of like a ukulele but you play it with a stick. The guitar part of the violin is most like the ukulele, but the stick part of the violin is not like the ukulele at all.

[Dad's Note: Technically, Alison plays the fiddle. Violin, fiddle, ukulele- all pretty much the same, right? The song is "Crazy as Me." The album is Lonely Runs Both Ways. Good stuff.

Check out Bridger's previous posts about Alison Krauss here.]

Alison Krauss, Jack Johnson and My Ukulele

This one is for Alison Krauss.

I need to learn to play my ukulele like Alison Krauss and Jack Johnson. Maybe Tiff or my dadda can teach me. Tiff plays this musical thing that she blows on and it makes a little noise. It has a bag of air. Dadda plays the ukulele good. He plays Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. I want him to play a dinosaur song. When I learn how to play my ukulele then I can play dinosaur songs.

[Dad's Note: Actually Alison Krauss plays the fiddle, but close enough.]

The Dinosaur Boy Celebrates His 164th Post

[Dad's Note: Bridger's blog has reached a landmark of sorts. This is his 164th post. 164 was Bridger's first favorite number and for a while he associated it with everything. He has mentioned it often in his posts. Some examples:

7/5/06: "I am experiment 164. "
7/6/06: "That book is 164 special to me"
7/10/06: "When I am 8 I will get the priesthood power. It is 164 powerful!"
7/15/06: "I will stay awake 164 so I'll be awake when he gets home."
7/15/06: "There are 164 dinosaurs that lived."
7/31/06: "I just bought a deinonychus raptor for 25 cents! It's legs are 164 long!"
8/8/06: "Linzie broke through me and Connor and it hurt 164 bad."
8/27/06: "That place was 164 old, but not older than the dinosaurs."
10/23/06: "a pleiosaurus hunter who could fight hard and weighs 164 tons."]

I have 164 blogs! That's a lot. Right now I'm drawing a big huge haunted house with a guy that has no head and a big fat pumpkin. It's a spooky house, but not spooky to me. I'm making this for decorations for when it's Halloween again, so I'll be all set. This house has lizards in it and carnotaurs and snakes. Lizards are cool because they are reptiles like dinosaurs. Also it has experiments.

Another Day at Dinosaur Park

This one is for Katie. She reads my blog every day.

I'm going to watch Jurassic Park 3. That is about a big old spinosaurus that breaks a airplane. And the airplane is gigantic but the spinosaurus is bigger. And he could just break the cage.

We went swimming tonight. I have a strong swimming suit. It makes me have muscles. It makes me float in the water. Tomorrow when I go to Dinosaur Park Zane the Dino Brain will ask me what my favorite dinosaur is. I'm going to say a metriacanthosaur. I will be in a contest tomorrow at Dinosaur Park. I am dressing up like a paleontologist. If I win the contest I get to be on TV and be famous! Maybe I will also win "Walking With Monsters." Oh I love that show.

I wish Alison Krauss could come to Dinosaur Park with me. She could come if she knew where it's at.

[Dad's Note: We'll let you know how the contest goes. "Walking with Monsters" is a dinosaur documentary that is sold at the Dinosaur Park gift shop for about $27. It's actually pretty cool- but not $27 cool. Bridger has wanted Alison Krauss to come to Dinosaur Park with him since he was 3 and wrote her this letter.]

A Letter To Alison Krauss

[Dad’s Note: Bridger is still recovering following his surgery, and is currently (and for the foreseeable future) sleeping- no doubt with visions of dinosaurs dancing in his head. We’ll let him sleep tonight. For tonight’s entry I will post a short letter Bridger wrote to bluegrass artist Alison Krauss last year.

Bridger was 3, and we had just arrived home from an Alison Krauss concert in Park City, and he wanted to write her a letter. Bridger has loved Alison’s voice since he was a baby, and this was his second time seeing her in concert. We happened to get front row seats for this concert and Bridger’s singing and dancing caught Alison’s eye several times during the performance, much to his delight. The following is the text of his letter as dictated on 8/2/05.]

This is for Alson Kauss. I love to see you, Alson Kauss. You are a good guy. Do you like dinosaurs? I’m thinking about dinosaurs right now. I think I want to ask you to go to Dinosaur Park with me. I bet you’ve never seen it before and I think you would love it. There are jungles and trails and dinosaurs that you can see and dinosaur eggs. There is even real dinosaurs there. A real triceratops and her baby and she is fighting with a baby t-rex. And maybe when we go there you can sing me special songs like you did tonight in the mountains. I even drawed a picture for you. I love you.

Love,
Bridger

[We never sent the letter because we figured it would never find its way to her. Perhaps we should anyway.]

Of Alison Krauss, Prizes, and Dinosaurs

This one is for everyone!

Do you know that today I heared Coulter singing "Ba-Ba-Ba, Ba-Barbara Ann?" That's a great song but my favorite song is the Dumbo song that Alison Krauss sings. This is a picture of Alison Krauss with her violin.

Stephy came to my house today and gave me prizes because my throat hurts. She gave me 3 cool dinosaurs and a brand new grabber. And Will and Jen and Tiff came too. Gammy gave me a dimetrodon and a spike and a styrachosaurus and cool dinosaur jacks.

I miss The Kids but I miss my dadda even more. I will stay awake 164 so I'll be awake when he gets home. I will show my special dinosaur book to dadda. The one that Coulter ripped the page out of.

There are 164 dinosaurs that lived. Did you know that there are dinosaurs the paleontologists haven't even found yet? I hope they find them soon.

[Bridger's little brother Weston takes over for Bridger, who's pain medicine seems to have just kicked in.]

I help Bridger do his blog because I love to. Because Bridger got sick and he took medicine. I don't feel really sick so I will help do his blog. I want to write about I love spinosauruses. They name is Ripper. I love Lightning McQueen because he's red. I like red. I have itchies all on me and I can't get them off me .