My Zebra Spider

This one is for Simon on Alvin and the Chipmunks. What a great movie.

Do you know what I got? I caught a zebra spider. I put it in a baggie until Mumma got me a jar. Dadda was really scared putting the spider in the jar. That's funny that Dadda is afraid of spiders.

My spider has blue teeth and he's black and white like a zebra. I been feeding him ants, but I caught a sneaker spider the other day and fed it to my zebra spider. He caught that sneaker spider and sucked his guts right out. It was kind of cool, but kind of sad because I really do like sneaker spiders. I would never feed my pet sneaker spider to my zebra spider because I love him too much.

Bugs For Sale!

This one is for a sky dragon.

I got a great idea! I'm going to sell the bugs I find. I'm a really good bug finder because I know all the places that they live. Beetles are easy to find because they're everywhere. Worms are underground. Bees are kind of tough to catch.

I find bugs all day long, so I make these nice homes for them in plastic bags. First I get a plastic bag. Then I put some organic material in it because that's what most bugs eat. Then I put in the bug and some grass or leaves for them to play on. I also get clovers for their bed, and maybe a few dandelions.

I think I'll sell worms for $1, potato bug $2, ladybug, $10 (that's because they're harder to find). And firebugs for $15 and butterflies for $20. Sneaker spiders are $31. So you get the bug and the special bug home, but I'm thinking about only selling the bug home. I don't know.

Potato Bug Hunter

This one is for my new potato bug.

I love The Kids but I'm sure glad they went to Moab. I been waiting forever for them to leave so I could go underneath their trampoline and hunt for potato bugs. Their trampoline is right on the ground and there is a hole underneath where there are lots of potato bugs and worms. When spring gets here there will be lots of sneaker spiders too.

I used to kill sneaker spiders but now I love them and I try to save them. The problem is whenever I try to pick one up I tear off a leg. Then another and another.

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!

New Years Monday Mailbag

Grammy said...
Bridger, No Way! Santa brought you a Roboreptile? You are so lucky! I read that he has biomorphic movement and stereo sonic sensors! And he can whip his tail and jump??? I can't even do that! I think you are 164 lucky!!!
Merry Christmas!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: That's true, Grammy! Me and Kaden are going to have a battle. He has a 'mote control spider and I'll have my robo-reptile. The battle will be in January. Or maybe after August. My robo-reptile will fight his spider and win because mine has biomorphic movement.

Grammy also said...
I read that parasaurolophus means Similiar Crested Lizard, and that his crest could be six feet long! How did he keep from falling over backwards? You look just like a paleontologist in your picture, and Weston looks like your assistant. Oh Yeah..

BRIDGER RESPONDS: He didn't fall over backwards because of how strong his body is. His body is strong enough to hold the crest up. The crest looks like a horn but it's not really a horn. But they use their crest like a horn to make sounds to warn other dinosaurs like if they saw a metriacanthosaur.

Ammon said...
Merry Christmas, Bridger. I hope Santa brings you exactly what you asked for, and what your sneaker spider asked for. I can't believe you don't like Pedra. Oh, well. Ella is cute, too.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Ammon, Santa did come to the sneaker spider! He brought him a bug park. It even has a teacups ride in it that looks like a little miracle-round. When the sneaker spider wakes up I will set him free inside there. I don't not like Pedra, it's just that I like Ella better. Maybe we could have Pedra be her middle name- Ella Pedra- that sounds good.

[Dad's Note: "miracle-round" = "merry go-round." Pictures of the sneaker spider's bug park coming soon!]

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

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.]

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!

Monday Mailbag: Dino Books, Chapstick, and Diplodocus

Steph said...

Bridger,
You continue to amaze me with all the dinosaurs you know about. I don't know anyone who is as intrigued with dinosaurs as you are. I'm glad you have a blog to share all this information on. Keep learning!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I'm glad you read my blog. Did you know I have lots of books about dinosaurs? You even gave me one. Grace gave me one too. I have so many books that I can't even count them all right now. I think I have 164 of them. They have pictures and charts in them. Momma doesn't know how to read so dadda reads them to me. I read them all- even the Cat in the Hat dinosaur book. So I need more now.

Jane's Mom said...
Bridger, Jane says thank you (for dedicating his blog post to her).

BRIDGER RESPONDS: You're welcome Jane-Jane. You have lipstick that looks like candy. I have chapstick because lipstick is for girls. I have a lot of chapstick. I can't wait to play with you at school tomorrow!

Tiff said...
It may be a long, long time before your sneaker spider comes out of hibernation. Good luck with that.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Guess what, Tiffy? That sneaker spider waked up yesterday and he's hibernating again today. I just keep him warm and cozy. You know what else, Tiff? I just watched a show called Mini Monsters that had a diplodocus in it. I call him "backfeet" because his feet look like komodo dragon feet.

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The Sneaker Spider Takes a Peek at Winter

This one is for Tammy. She has rocks that you eat.

The sneaker spider waked up today! His legs are out and he's climbing on the grass in his bottle. I took him to the window to get warm in the sun because he was a little cold. The sun can make things warm because it is so bright. Silly sneaker spider- he must think it's spring already. When he finds ou it's still winter he will go back to sleep again.

I hope Santa Claus comes to the sneaker spider. Maybe he could bring him a bug park with all kinds of other bugs in it, with a button that opens it and closes it and nothing can ever get out of it. That way I could let him out of his jar and he could be free in the bug park. He would love that so much.

[Dad's Note: Amazingly enough, the sneaker spider did indeed wake up today.]

What I'm Thankful For

This one is for my cousin Simmy.

Today is Thanksgiving. I am thankful for Jesus and the dinosaurs- especially brachiosaurus and other longnecks, and velociraptor and compsagnathus. I am thankful for the sneaker spider and my shark in the bottle. Do you know what I'm not thankful for? Bad guys and Satan.

Today we had a feast. Everybody else had turkey and rolls and stuff but I had spaghettios. I don't eat turkey because I don't eat nice animals. I only eat animals that are bad or mean. Turkeys aren't very smart but they are nice.

Simmy would like to say what he's thankful for:

SIMMY: I'm thankful for my mom and dad and all kinds of cows and every single world.

The Sneaker Spider Is Hibernating

This one is for Tiff. It was her birthday party and I gave her purple flowers and blue chocolate because blue is Tiff's favorite color. The thing I loved about it is that she loved my present better than any one she got.

The sneaker spider is doing good. He's hibernating right now. He doesn't move. He just lays still with his legs crunched up so he just looks like a little ball. He lives on my dresser by my lizards. I think those lizards would like to eat him. They better not, because he's my pet. They can eat bugs, but not bugs I catch for a pet.

I have a lot of bugs in my wagon. Sometimes I don't know what the bugs eat so I just give them grass, because that's the only thing I can think of to feed them. Ants are easy because they like everything, even crumbs. Dang, there's a dead cricket in my lizards' water.

[Dad's Note: I guess I'd better make sure that Sneaker Spider 'wakes up' next spring;)]

Bridger's Jungle Survival Tips

This one is for Jane. She is a good friend.

Lions are the king of the jungle but Dinosaurs are the king of the world. I love the jungle but you better be careful because there's a lot of wild animals there. I'm always careful when I'm hiking in the jungle. I'm not scared of the bugs and if I get scared I just climb and climb.

Dinosaurs lived long before people but something tells me there are still dinosaur eggs somewhere in the jungle- somewhere in a really deep spot where all the wild animals are, like monkeys and chameleons and spiders. You better be careful for those and you better be careful for ticks.

When a tick gets in you, you have to smoke it out of you. If you try to pick it out it's head will stay in you. Ticks don't breathe out their nose like we do- they breathe out their bodies. If I ever catch a tick I'll put it in a jar and put it by my sneaker spider.

A Saga Ends: Catching the Sneaker Spider

This one is for Lisa.

I caught the sneaker spider today! We was out mowing the lawn and dadda found the sneaker spider. I runned in the house and I got my wagon and my magnifying glass. I put the magnifying glass down on the ground and he crawled into the end. Then we got a jar and put him in there. Now he will be happy.

I used to be afraid of the sneaker spider. He used to sneak up on me every day. But one day I just became un-scared. Then I thought to be nice to all bugs and I thought of that sneaker spider nicely. Maybe he was just sneaking up on me to tell me he wants to be my friend. Then I started looking for him. That was very very long ago, and now I found him!

[Dad's Note: Yes, I'm sure the Sneaker Spider is having a blast in that jar:) If you're new to Bridger's blog or unfamiliar with the infamous Sneaker Spider saga, consult the following posts:

Sneaker Spiders at the Kids House
I'm Not Afraid of the Sneaker Spider
The Sneaker Spider Resurfaces
Bridger and the Sneaker Spider: A Hate/Love Relationship
Plans for the Sneaker Spider

It's an excellent epic!]

Plans for the Sneaker Spider

The sneaker spider isn't mean to me. He just follows me. Maybe he follows me because he likes me. Kindergarten learned me that I should be nice to all bugs, even spiders. Next time I see him I will pick him up with a spoon or a bug picker-upper called tweezers and put him in a cup or something. If he's nice to me I will play with him, but I will not let him crawl on me. I will find something for him to live in, like a bowl or a cup or a tank. Then I would find stuff for him to climb on, like grocery trees. I would put some dirt in to make him comfy, and maybe some leaves or grass. Then I would make him spin webs for me that have words in them.

Bridger and the Sneaker Spider: A Hate/Love Relationship

This one is for Mrs. Quist. I hope we talk about dinosaurs in school tomorrow!

I need my dad to teach me how to kill bugs with my magnifying glass because I want to find the Sneaker Spider and kill him. Weston killed the mom sneaker spider, but the dad and the baby sister are still alive. I'm going out there right now to find that sneaker spider and kill him.

WESTON: I will kill that spider with a stick.

[UPDATE] I don't want to kill that sneaker spider any more. Maybe I could just keep him as a pet. I learned in school never to kill bugs.

The Sneaker Spider Resurfaces

This one is for Momma.
I just found the sneaker spider in my spider book! Also I found a big picture of the giant spider my dadda found in Tescas. I guess if you want to get a picture in a book you take a picture and send it to the library and they put it in a book.

I went to Dinosar Park last night. Did you know they have real dinosaurs there? There's a baby t-rex trying to eat a momma triceratops and her babies. It's a baby t-rex so he's not old enough to fight, but he sure doesn't look like a baby, but he is.

[Dad's Note: If you're new to Bridger's blog, the story of the Sneaker Spider was an intriguing saga during this summer's early days. We're not sure exactly what kind of spider the Sneaker Spider is, but apparantly it followed Bridger for several weeks until Weston killed it with a stick. The spider in Bridger's book is a common garden spider.

The "real" dinosaurs at Dinosaur Park are very realistic animatronic dinos.]

Introducing "The Kids"

[Dad's Note: "The Kids" dropped by tonight while Bridger was blogging. They had some insightful things to add to Bridger's thoughts. Kade is 6 and McCall is 4.]

This one is for my cousins Hollis and Ty.

This is some pictures of a dilophosaurus and a velociraptor.
Spiders are bad because they suck good bugs' blood. But maybe they're not bad because Jesus made them to eat bugs. Insects are bugs, like praying mantis. Did you know that praying mantis's are bad? I saw the sneaker spider again on the kids' trampoline. It's not scary to me because I'm tough. I'm not afraid of ghosts or skeletons or monsters. But monsters are pretended. The Holy Ghost is real. He looks like he has a body but he doesn't. It is a spirit that is on our team and he helps us. Dinosaurs and the soldiers are on our team too. So is the baby Jesus and Mary. Do you know how much I like these guys? 26! Is that a lot?

MCCALL CHYMES IN: Spiders are bad for you to eat. I like butterflies. Bridger likes butterflies but those are cute and pretty so they're mostly girl things. Some other girl things are dolls. I have one, two polly pockets but I lost them. I touched Bridger's lizards. They feel smooth and they're fast. Lizards are boy and girl stuff.

KADE'S THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER: Caterpillars, grasshoppers, and ants are mostly boy stuff, because they don't have beautiful colors that girls usually like, and girls are usually afraid of those insects. Queen ants are girly too. Insects are evil to me. I kill every one I see.

Sneaker Spiders At The Kids House

This post is for Lisa. She is the kids mom. I sit in her swing and talk to her about dinosaurs. She be's very nice to me and I love her very much.

Did you know that dragons are cold-blooded monsters? I got a cool dragon at Wa-Mart, but now I can't find it anywhere.

There is a sneaker spider at the kids house. It sneaks up on me every single day. But Weston killed it with a stick. But it was the momma one he killed. The dad is still out there somewhere. Probably under the ground, since that's where bugs live. When Weston finds it he will kill him too.

There is a hole outside the kids house. We should dig it up and find if there's any spiders in it. I was at the kids house and I opened the back door. Lisa was going to come out to watch that trick I can do. I can do a hand-stand flipover cartwheel. See? When she opened the door I seed a spider that's a sneaker spider. It was the momma. It's not a zebra spider. A zebra spider is a spider that's striped up with white black white black white black everywhere.

WESTON'S OUTLANDISH CLAIM OF THE DAY: I'm going to get a new pool because there's spiders in my other one. I'm going to get it at the Wal-Mart.

[Dad's Note: Maybe our family should spend a little less time at Wal-Mart.]