The Dinosaur Boy Talks Politics

This one is for Nigel Marven. I was watching him the other other night really late and he was showing how alligators protect their babies.

At the SpookTacular, the kids were watching Nightmare Before Christmas. I love that show so much. I started talking to Simmy about the elections and I asked him who he was voting for. He didn't say anything, and his dad told me he's not very interested in voting at his age. I told him I find it quite interesting.

[Dad's Note: Bridger is 7, Simmy is 6. Weston is 5, and he says he finds it "quite interesting also."]

Merry Christmas from the Dinosaur Boy

This one is for Santa, the Wonderpets, and dinosaurs.

Merry Christmas everybody in the world!

I had a wonderful Christmas. We went to sleep on Christmas Eve so that Santa could come, but I thought I heard some clip-clops on our porch. That would make sense because we don't have a chimlee.

I got a Mega Spinosaurus and Glider the pteradactyl. I got a jeep and even a Nigel set and a Crocodile Hunter show. Oh, and a Wonderpets show- The Wonderpets Save the Reindeer. I can't wait because Friday night Dadda's going to stay up with us and watch it. We're never going to sleep!

My Letter to Santa

Dear Santa,

Do you talk to Jesus? I know you work for him because you give kids toys so they can remember him. But I can't figure out how the elves make toys. How do they make them look just like the toys in stores. I told Dadda I want a Magic Treehouse cartridge for my 'puter and Dadda said he doesn't think they have that kind of cartridge for my 'puter. I told him that's ok because your elves can just make one.

Do you know what? I'm going to leave cookies for you when you come! But I'm going to put them in a secret hiding place and leave you a map so you can search for them like treasure. How about that?

I been good this year, but I did get some tokens this week and I told David to stay away from me because he just gets me in trouble. I'm trying real hard to be a good brother and a good friend to McCall- because if you want a good friend, you have to be a good friend.

Can you bring me a Mega Spinosaurus, a Matchbox Arctic set, a Nigel Marven set, a T-Rex Arctic set, and please bring West a Polar Bear arctic set because he loves polar bears so much. And maybe you can bring Coulter his very own Tyrone so he'll stop playing with mine.

I love you, Santa.

Love, Bridger

All of the Ologies

This one is for Gammy.

Guess what? I'm watching more Nigel Marven shows and the one I watched first is coming on again. That tells me that all the Nigel shows I just watched will keep coming on all night! That means I will stay up all night to watch them.

Nigel Marven is a zoologist and adventurer. When I grow up I want to do all of the 'ologies.' I want to do paleontology, marine biology, herpetology, entimology. That's what I'll do when I grow up.

Today I read a book at Gammy's I want so bad- Stellaluna. Oh I love that book. It even has a Stellaluna that comes out that you can hang in your room. I just don't know where I would find that book to buy it.

[Dad's Note: Few books really touch the Dinosaur Boy's heart like Stellaluna, the story of an orphaned fruit bat that is adopted by birds.]

Tonight's Stats
Reading time: 20 minutes
Total pages: 15
Books: Clifford's Christmas; Under the Bed; Stellaluna

Nigel Marven is On Our TV!

This one is for Grace because she gave me this book.

[Get ready, boys and girls, Bridger is a chatterbox tonight...]

Tonight I read about pachycephalosaurus, dilophosaurus and deinosuchus. I read them in those same books I read last night- the same books from Wal-Mart that I said rocked last night.

I watched a Nigel Marven show before and now there's another one on. The other one was about piranhas. There was a dead chicken and it was in the water. He must have pushed it out there and the piranhas attacked it and just left it bones. I hope the piranhas we have don't do that.

This one is anacondas with zoologist and adventurer Nigel Marven. He is swimming with the anacondas. Now he's holding another anaconda. It looks like a baby. Oh dang! Now he's walking in the water barefeeted and there's anacondas in there. He's saying he can feel one under his toes.

Now he's trying to catch it. Caught it. This one's a big one. He's saying that anaconda's in the boa family. They are fascinating. This one's a male. That means he's a boy snake. When you hold them you have to hold their head really tight or they will bite you.

Now it's a commercial. Hah! This guy is saying he plays with his toy boats in the toilet. Oh great, another Animal Planet commercial. Actually I like those ones.

Now the show's back on and there are people in the jungle dancing and playing drums and Nigel is sleeping on a chair like a cowboy. Now he's riding a cow- I'm not kidding you. Why on earth is he riding a cow?

Man, I can't believe we have Nigel Marven on our TV! I can't believe it. You never know what Nigel Marven is going to do. I'm not afraid to touch snakes like Nigel Marven. I even wish I could get a snake but momma says abso-freaking-lutely not.

[Dad's Note: Awesome- another classic Bridger TV narration. We actually don't have piranhas, but we do have pacu (a close relative of the piranha), which really freaked out our Venezuelan Dish Network installer a couple weeks ago.

Nigel Marven is a Crocodile Hunter type who has done several dinosaur specials and is occasionally featured on Animal Planet. Bridger thinks Nigel is the coolest guy in the world.]

Tonight's Reading Stats
Reading time: 30 minutes
Total pages: 8
Books/Sections: Colossal Book of Dinosaurs- Pachycephalosaurus; Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures- Dilophosaurus; Mammoth Book of Dinosaurs- Deinosuchus

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: Two Babies in One Belly

Ammon said...
I heard you guys had lots of fun Sat. night. I wish I could have been there to play, too. Someday you'll have to come down here and see the dinosaur track museum and we can play in my backyard and catch lizards.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Yeah, why did you not come? I can't wait to come catch lizards at your house. I need another lizard because one of my lizards died. Maybe when your boy babies come out of your momma's belly. How can you have two babies in your belly at the same time? That's bizarre!

I was thinking you should name your other boy baby Carlos, but then I thought maybe it would be good to name one Bear Grylls and one Nigel Marven. Those are some great names. Here is a picture of that girl who'se your momma that has those two babies in her belly.

[Dad's Note: Bridger recently discovered the word 'bizarre.' Now everything is just bizarre.]

Beware the Komodo Dragon

This one is for Nigel Marven.

When we was in the jungle we saw a real komodo dragon. Not a fake one- a real live one. We couldn't get too close because there was a wall, but I just told dadda I hope that komodo dragon doesn't sneeze because komodo dragons have poison spit. Komodo dragon is slow because his legs are on his sides and not under him like a dinosaur, but he can still get his prey. He just bites an animal and it dies because of his poison spit. Then he rips it to shreds. This is a picture of that komodo dragon and the other one is a picture of a komodo dragon skull.

Monday Mailbag: Black Eyed Peas, Needles, and the British

Grammy Darla said...
Happy New Year Bridger boy! Here in Texas, they eat black eyed peas for good luck. They are peas who got punched in the eyes, and they taste like it too.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Do they have eyeballs in them? If they do I would never like to eat them. I don't eat peas because they are green food, and I don't eat green food. Dadda tries to make me eat broccoli. He says it's what dinosaurs eat, but I know dinosaurs didn't eat broccoli. I never saw that in any of my books, so I can see right through that.

Tiff said...
Bridger, that's a cool coloring book! I'm sure Jack Hanna would love to answer your questions. You know what? I bet when you are a man and can go on adventures like Jack Hanna and Bear you won't be scared of needles. I like to give blood and I don't think it's scary. Plus you get treats when you're all done and sometimes you get a shirt :)

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Dadda is a man and he's scared of needles. He passes out when he gets poked with needles. Do they give dinosaur treats when you give blood? Dadda says he doesn't know if they give dinosaur treats or not, and that makes me think he really hasn't gived blood. If he really gived blood he would know something like that.

Marcia from England said...
Bridger, I live in the UK and I found your blog while helping my son research for a paper about reptiles. I am sorry you lost your aunt. You are a very thoughtful child. Thank you for your daily thoughts.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: England?! Bear Grylls is from England and so is Nigel Marven! That's why they talk like that. Do you ever go on adventures?

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.