Wednesdays with West: I Want a Harmonica

This one is for Angel.

I really want a harmonica because it makes pretty music. I told Mumma I really really want a harmonica and she said let's go to the dollar store and find one. So we goed to the dollar store so we goed to Toys-R-Us, then Macys and we asked everybody but they said "we don't have one."

Then we goed to Wa-Mert but there was no harmonicas there- only ukuleles. If I had a harmonica I would play pretty music like "Jingle Bells." Maybe tomorrow we can go to a guitar place that's full of instruments. Maybe they will have a harmonica for me.

Small Things, Low Prices

This one is for Miss Lori.

Do you know why Dadda drives a small car? Because it costs less money for him to do that. I noticed that the smaller something is, the lower price it is. Like a dinosaur. A big dinosaur at Wal-Mart is way, way more expensive than a teeny tiny one. Dinosaurs like the little squishy one Coulter got at the dinosaur museum in Texas is even cheaper. It's kind of like a big Butterfinger is much more expensive than a tiny one. I have these cool little toy guys that Bret gave me. He got them at a very low price.

I Want An Easy Button

This one is for the T-Rex. They used to think t-rex ran very slow but now they found out he ran pretty fast. I always knew he ran faster than they thought he did.

What's an easy button? I think I might want one of those. Do they sell them at Wa-Mart? I seen them on commercials. I want one because I been trying to ride my bike without training wheels. Every time I try to put my feet on the pedals and try to balance, I have to put my feet on the ground before I could even move a muscle. It's very hard and I'm still working on it. But if I had an easy button I could just push it and I would already know how to do it.

[Dad's Note: Oh boy. Bridger is referring to the easy button commercials for Staples. Well, at least he's right about the t-rex. See this article at National Geographic. Not sure how he heard about this one.]

[Mumma's Note: Trust me, If such thing truely existed I would've used it on him long ago!]

Goodbye, Stein

[Dad's Note: Stein the dolphin has passed away after a long battle with liver cancer. He was in his mid 40's. As he aged past normal dolphin life expectancy (about 25 years) he began losing his teeth, making him very easy to recognize. Bridger met Stein in San Diego last year and has mentioned him often in his posts.]

This one is for Stein. He went to Jesus.

Poor Stein went to Jesus. He was a good dolphin. He was a sensational dolphin. He had no teeth because he was so old, but it was ok because the SeaWorld workers took good care of him. He had this thing called cancer that grew in him until he died.

I'm very sad about Stein, but it's ok because I know Jesus is taking care of him. Also the Crocodile Hunter, and that's really good because the Crocodile Hunter knows how to take care of animals.

Wish I could hold him and love him when he was dying. Then maybe he would feel better. I wish I could have seen him again and I wish I could give him something. Like I gave old granny a sticker of a starfish when she died. I got it from wal-mart. I don't even think they sell that sticker anymore at wal-mart. Then I put that starfish sticker on her shirt before she died.

Do you know what's good? I think when Stein gets resulected, he will be a kid dolphin again and he'll have all his teeth. I love Stein.

[The following is an excerpt of a letter from our dolphin connection, Erin at SWCali:

I am very sorry to inform you that Stein passed away on May 28, 2007. I was actually there when he died (coincidentally). He died peacfully in the arms of his trainers. He had been battling liver cancer. He was a very old dolphin. I am very sorry you won't be able to see your favorite dolphin during your trip to sea world this summer. Just remember he was loved by a lot of people, including Bridger.

Erin took some pictures of Stein in March. Here are those pictures with her comments:

This is Stein and Bodine. Bodine is a pacific bottlenose dolphin and the biggest bottlenose dolphin at sea world. He weighs about 850 pounds. They tend to be a lot larger, and a lot darker than the Atlantic bottlenose dolphins which is what Stein is. I don't know what Stein's actual weight is but it's probably around 450 pounds.

That is Stein on the right and two of youngsters, Nitro (age 3) and Venus (age 2).

This is Stein on the scale with a female named Beaker. Beaker is actually Stein's daughter. Her mother is a pacific bottlenose dolphin, which is why she is so dark. Beaker has two kids of her own. Her most recent one, Captain, a female, born in October 2005, is at RPP with her.

Stein on the scale again.

Thank you Erin for the information and the pictures.]

Previous Stein-related posts:
Prayer for the Toothless Dolphin
Toothless Dolphin Update
Things That Make Me Happy
Hot Air Balloon Time

Picture of the Week: Wacky at Wal-Mart

Wednesdays with West: Frogs, Spider Hats, and Flying Cars

This one is for my froggy.

We watched Meet the Robinsons right now and it is cool because it has cars and froggies in it. My favorite part of the show is the car part. There is a machine car that flies. There is a little kid named Lucas and he made a machine. Then a bad spider hat broke that machine. That spider hat's eyes turned red when he got naughty.

My other favorite is the froggy part where the froggies was singing. I have a froggy and I love him so much. He was to the pet store for a long time and we got him back. Now he lives at our house. He's a fireberry frog.

Granny from Tescas and Kelsi is at Wa-Mert right now. They are there for a long time. Maybe they are buying food. I think they are buying cake.

[Family Zoo Curator's Note: Weston's frog is a firebelly toad.]

Bridger's Reading Stats
Reading time: 20 minutes
Total pages: 31
Books: Frogs and Toads and Tadpoles Too

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

Dinosaur Stories That Rock

This one is for deinonychus.

I have a great idea for my blog! I've been reading these wonderful stories in these dinosaur books we got at Wal-Mart. These stories rock! [Dad's Note: That's a new one.]

Here's the deal- I'm going to have dadda write some of these stories on my blog so that everybody in the world can read them! Whoever writes these stories is a good writer. I learn lots of stuff from them. Like how a deinonychus can judge his jumps. Judge means he looks at the dinosaur he wants to kill, then he can tell how far to jump. I learned that brachiosaurus loves cool water very much, just like me.

[I suppose I'm legally ok to reprint some excerpts from these stories. Heck, I'm sure these authors could use the publicity. What I'll do is create a 'Stories' section and post them there. The boy really loves these stories.]

Tonight's Stats
Reading time: 30 minutes
Total pages: 10
Books/Sections: Colossal Book of Dinosaurs- Deinonychus; Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures- Brachiasaurus; Mammoth Book of Dinosaurs- Albertosaurus

[Thanks to all of you who have sponsored Bridger's reading so far. He appreciates it very much. If you would like to donate, click the PayPal box in the sidebar.]

Grounded: Weston Steps to the Plate to Pinch Hit

I am writing Bridger's blog tonight because he is grounded because he goed in the street and he be'd mean to Coulter.

I want to talk about double-A battries cause my car takes 4 AA battries. You get them at Wa-Mit but you don't get them at the B.I. You buy those battries and you put them in the bottom of the car so it can go. Sometimes things need new battries. Maybe if Bridger starts being nice he can write his blog tomorrow. Here is a picture of race cars that I want to put on Bridger's blog.

[Dad's Note: Yes, the Dinosaur Boy is grounded from his blog, for the very reasons Weston mentioned. Battries = batteries; Wa-Mit = Wal-Mart; B.I. = D.I (Deseret Industries).]

Monday Mailbag: McDonalds, Wal-Mart, and a Two-Headed Turtle

Tiff said...
I hate commercials, too. The ones I hate the most are the ones for Albertsons with Patricia Heaton, and all of the Low Book Sales and Welch's Grape Juice commercials. Do you think you could bust those commercials right out of the TV?

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I would love to bust those commercials right out of the TV but then I would bust the TV. TV's are expensive and I would have to go Wal-Mart to buy another one. Do you know what I was thinking? McDonalds is like Wal-Mart. It never ever closes and that's why I like it so much. Tiff, did you know there are sometimes McDonalds's in Wal-Mart? How cool is that?

Katie said...
I wanted to tell you about a turtle. It is a two headed red eared slider turtle. There is only one in the whole big world. You can have your dada help you find it on the computer. There is a video that you can watch with David Letterman and Jack Hanna. When I saw this I thought of you. I hope you like this turtle. I love your blog and you.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I love you too, Katie. We looked up that video and here it is!



I do love that two-headed turtle! I bet if turtles could talk, one head on that turtle would talk to the other one and they would be friends. If I had to have another head on my body I would choose Silas' head, because we're best of friends.

Cold-Blooded Dimetrodon Monster from D.I.

This one is for Mrs. Quist. She's my good teacher.

This is a picture of my new cold-blooded dimetrodon monster that I got from the D.I. He is very hungry so he's finishing my dinner. Do you know why I got to buy that dimetrodon? Because I got my report card today and I'm doing good in school. Momma said I can go to my favorite store and she'll buy me whatever treat I want. I told her "I pick it, you buy it."

My favorite stores are D.I. and Wal-Mart. I wanted to go to D.I. because sometimes things at Wal-Mart are too much moneys. Plus, Wal-Mart has a lot of girly stuff. At D.I. nothing is too much moneys. I still love Wal-Mart, but Wal-Mart did not have a cold-blooded dimetrodon. Also we found a Power Ranger book and a Jack Hanna show! You can't get Jack Hanna show's at Wal-Mart. Dadda doesn't like Power Rangers because he thinks they're goofy. I only like them because they have Dino Thunder.

I Have a Germ Bug

This one is for Gammy.

This is a picture of a microraptor. It is a bird-like raptor.

Weston has a bug today- a germ bug. I just caught a little bit of his, but Weston has the rest. We have fevers but we are on opposite schedules. I had a fever before and now I don't. Weston has a fever now. We take medicine that tastes like blueberries. Dadda has to go to Wal-Mart to get us more Wal-Mart Tylenol and Wal-Mart profen and holly-day cookies. Those are the cookies that I don't bake, I just eat them cold.

The Dinosaur Boy Responds to Reader Comments

[Dad's Note: Bridger would like to introduce a new 'mailbag' feature on his blog, where he will take a few recent reader comments and respond to them.]

Bob said...

You and your cousin Kelsey both only like to look at green food, but not to eat.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Green food is beautiful but I don't like to eat it. Do you know why? Because I never tried it. Does your girl baby like green food?

Grammy said...

Wow... Weston must have a turbo tummy to swallow a penny and not get sick. He might be like a Great White shark. I wonder if he ever ate a license plate when mama wasn't looking.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Maybe Weston really is sick but he doesn't want to tell mom so he can start drinking Coke again. The only way we can tell is by an exalator. That's where you stand behind it and it shows your bones. Then maybe we can find momma's wedding ring too. I don't think he could eat a license plate because his mouth is not like a dinosaur mouth. Dinosaurs' mouths can open very wide.

Tiff said...

That musical thing with the bag of air I play are called
uilleann pipes (pronounced ill-uhn).

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tiff- there's a lot of things I need to learn, like how to roller skate and play my ukulele and how to walk with my cane. And I want to learn how to play those airbladder pipes. But I need to get some. Maybe next time we go to Wal-Mart. Here's what else I was going to tell you- I have two snakes that I don't know what kind they are. One is yellow with red spots. The other one is black with white spots. Snakes can eat whole eggs. They open their mouth about a hundred years wide and eat those eggs.

Tech Talk with Weston

[Weston had some thoughts he wanted to share tonight. Bridger was gracious enough to let him take the helm and share his tech wisdom.]

This one is for Coulter baby because he's still sick.

I have a suitcase that you put CD's and DVD's in. Do you know the difference of CD's and DVD's? You watch DVD's and you listen to CD's on the radio. But you can watch DVD's on the 'puter too. Do you know what a cartridge is? You play games on a cartridge on your game 'puter. You can't put a cartridge in dadda's 'puter.

My favorite cartridge is Lightning McQueen. I don't have that yet because it's a lot many moneys. I need to do lots of work so I can get moneys. Then I can go to Wal-Mart and buy that cartridge.

Bridger has a dinosaur game where you try to find dinosaur bones. I'm a Lightning McQueen boy but I like dinosaurs. I like Ripper the 'pinosaurus. I really really want that Lightning McQueen cartridge. When I buy it I will put it in my 'puter and turn it on and see what games are on there. Then I will sit in my green chair and drink Coke and play that cartridge.

Welcome Home, Teacup

This one is for McCall because she threw up last night.

I'm so glad that my Tickety Teacup kitty came back to me! She sneaked out the back door a long time ago and she finally came back.

She was the littlest cat ever and I told Weston I'm going to go pet that cat and buy her. We buyed her for one dollar at Wal-Mart. She wasn't too much money- she was only one. I named her Teacup because she was so little she could fit in a tea cup. Goff has been scaring Teacup.

Mmm...I'm eating rolls with grease on them. Dee-licious!

[Dad's Note: (Tickety) Teacup was the runt of her litter. A family was giving the kittens away in front of Wal-Mart and Bridger fell in love with her. We assume she has no vocal chords because she can't meow. A few weeks ago she left and returned only yesterday. 'Grease' = butter.]

Why Does Momma Take So Long In Stores?

This one is for my pal McCall.

Why do momma's take so long in stores? Sometimes we go in the store with momma but sometimes we stay in the car with dadda. Lots of times dadda just doesn't want to go in stores. I don't like to go in boring stores but I do like to go in good stores like Wal-Mart and D.I. Sometimes dadda lets coulter drive the car around the parking lot when momma is in the store.

When momma goes in the store by herself she just takes too long. I think she is dilly-dallying in there. Last night she went in Wal-Mart for so long and we had to call her on dad's phone and ask her if she was dilly-dallying. Do you know what I love to do when momma is in a store? Trick her! When she comes out of the store we pretend like we're driving away. It is very funny.

MCCALL CHYMES IN: Bridger gets all his stuff from Wal-Mart. Everything. That's becase Wal-Mart has a lot of dinosaur stuff. Bridger spends all his money on dinosaurs. Nothing else. Every time he gets some money he buys dinosaurs.

[Dad's Note: She's right. Bridger spends every last cent he gets (or finds) on dinosaurs and dinosaur accessories.]

Shark in a Bottle, Dinos on a String

This one is for my new shark.

Mom and Dadda brought me a special real shark. A worker put it in a bottle with blue water and Momma gave it to me. I love it! I wish I could take it everywhere with me, even school- every day. Even Wal-Mart.

They also brought me some dinosaur beads in New Orzeans. I will wear them to school and show Silas. I can bring my shark on Blue Day. On Brown Day I will bring my cane. On Green Day I will bring Rex, that dinosaur I got at the dinosaur musezum.

Tim, Who's Nickname is Timothy

There was a little boy named Tim in my class that pushed me and I landed on Julia. I told her sorry, I just couldn't stop. But she said that's ok nicely and we decided to be friends. She asked me where I got my watch and I told her at Wal-Mart and she said "that's cool." I like Julia. She's a good one.

Tim eats wood chips and picks his scabs and licks the blood off. He even wore his pajamas today that had dinosaurs on them. That's funny because he doesn't know anything about dinosaurs. Zero. His shirt and pants didn't even match. He said he was sorry for pushing me. Maybe he didn't mean to push me. Tim's nickname is Timothy.

Baloonkas and the Chocolate Factory

[Dad's Note: The following are the ramblings of an over-stimulated, delirious kindergartener]

My mom says I should dedicate my blog to people and not things. Like I wanted to give this one to this horse tie I'm chewing in my mouth, but I'll give this one to Momma. But the horse tie is cool because you can bend it around anything.

I'm watching a show about chocolick. It's called Willy Wonka. Dadda says he never seen it but I remember he saw it. Everything is made out of chocolick. There is little guys called baloonkas. There's a lot of them and there is a big huge waterfall that is chocolick. I'm not kidding you.

Wouldn't it be fun if you could live somewhere that everything is made out of chocolick? I wish we had a room in our house that had flowers made out of chocolick that you could eat.

Did you know there is a kind of gum in this movie that turns people fat- into the size of a blueberry? It makes you move slow and have little hands and little legs. It makes you look like you're going to blow up. If dadda ate some of this gum it would turn him blue and turn him fatter than he already is.

Now they are eating lots of delicious candy. A lot, I tell ya. But they don't even get obetes like Dus-E-Boy.

What if there were chocolick dinosaurs?! If I had those I would take them with me every single place. Hmm. Now a little kid's grandpa is singing. He went with the little boy to the factory with so much chocolick. That show makes me want chocolick. But we couldn't get any now because all the stores are closed. Except Wal-Mart.

[For newcomers, 'obetes' = diabetes.]

Chasing the Ice Cream Man

This one is for my sweet kitten named Teacup. I got her at Wal-Mart a long time ago.

I was at the park today and I heard the ice cream man coming. I got a dollar and runned and runned and it never stopped, so I runned down the street and it finally stopped. I ran 825 far! Dadda thought it wouldn't stop but I knew it would stop. I already had the shark ice cream before so I got a color one that pushes up.

[Dad's Note: Bridger acutally ended up running about half a mile after the ice cream truck. We were in a park and the truck was just passing by on a non-residential street. Bridger grabbed a dollar from his mom and took off faster than I've ever seen him run before. I chased after him and we both ran after the truck. When it finally stopped, the ice cream man said "At first I thought you two were just out for a run. Then I noticed he (Bridger) had no shoes on." He let Bridger choose anything on the menu and he gave me a bottle of water on the house.]

Swimming, D.I., and Wal-Mart- The Perfect Day!

We goed swimming again today. I also got a stegosaurus from the D.I. for a dollar! Can you believe that? I had a lot of plans today. First I had cereal and then I was going to have ice cream then play dinosaurs with dadda. But then I just had to go to Wal-Mart with momma to pick out my birthday cake.

I like my 'puter, but it's pretty old. But it's still good. There is sticky stuff on my Jurassic Park dinosaur picture. I think Coulter put it on there because he's always doing stuff like that. There's so much sticky stuff that I'm just done with it. But I won't throw it away.

[Dad's Note: Bridger throws NOTHING away. 'Puter = computer (in this case, a Leapster).]

Meat: A Dinner Conversation at Chilis

This one is for baby Carter.

[Dad's Note: Bridger spontaneously dictated this post while we were out to dinner. I jotted it down on the kids menu with red crayon. Let's hope I can read my own handwriting...]

This is Weston's favorite restaurant because he gets his ribs. I'm having a cheese sandwich with red dip. I didn't choose ribs because I don't like them. I don't like them because I never had them. My favorite restaurant is McDonalds in Wal-Mart.

Meat is inside of dead animals. So Weston is eating a dead animal. Chickens is the only dead animal I like. But I also like round meats in wrappers. Do you know how those animals get dead? Somebody shoots them.

I bought a new dinosaur watch at Wal-Mart with my own moneys. It is so cool. Maybe I can learn how to tell time.

[For those new to Bridger's blog, red dip is Bridgerese for ketchup and round meats in wrappers are Slim Jims.]

Soldiers, Manatees, and Girly-Wirly Games

This one is for Ammon. His dadda is a soldier that protects America. This one is also for the manatees. A manatee is a big creature that eats salad. I think it would be cool if a manatee fighted a shark, but manatees are too nice to fight and the shark would probably rip him to shreds.

It was McCall's birthday party. There wasn't very much boys there. I gave McCall a doodle bear we bought at Wal-Mart. She loves it. That party was fun, but there were a lot of girly-wirly games. Except for the balloon one and red rover. You have to try to break out someone's arms. I ran fast like a raptor and I broke through. Linzie broke through me and Connor and it hurt 164 bad. I was going to tell you about a fun game I played today, but sorry, I already forgetted.

Dinosaur Collection Strategy

This one is for Grammy Darla. She sent me dinosaurs that start out really little. Then you put them in water and they get big and turn into dinos! Thank you Grammy for those dinosaurs.

Whenever we go to the D.I. I get a dinosaur there. But only one. Sometimes when there are other dinosaurs there I put them all somewhere safe so other children won't get them. Do you know why I do that? Because there's hard dinosaurs that I really need and if somebody else takes them then I can't get them. If there are children that want dinosaurs, maybe they can go to another store like Wal-Mart or K-Mart or Kohls.

I have a new favorite store- Toys-R-Us. That's because it's all toys, not like Wal-Mart that has food, pinatas, boring clothes. But Wal-Mart is still my favorite store.

Happy Birthday Dadda!

This one is for Gammy.

I wish I could eat food. When my tonsils were still in I could eat chickies. Dadda, I just want to smell that meat, ok? I can't eat food because it will hurt my throat and make me throw up blood.

Today is Dadda's birthday. He is old. I don't remember how old he is. I'm just not very smart any more. We got Dadda a cake from Wal-Mart and I bought him some cool creatures. I drawed him pictures of a baby daspletosaurus and a baby dilophosaurus that came out of their eggs.

Wal-Mart is my favorite store. Do you know why? Because it has more toys than other stores and because it doesn't close at dark-time.

[Dad's Note: Bridger is still feeling the effects of the anesthesia and pain medication, so he's not quite himself yet. He has trouble remembering things when his medicine kicks in and it troubles him greatly.]

Thoughts on Wal-Mart and Being a Dadda

This one is for Uncle T.


It's dark time now and all the stores are closing. But not Wal-Mart. That's because workers are waking up to go to work there. When it's my Dadda's birthday I will get him a dinosaur cake from Wal-Mart. When it's his birthday he will be 30. Now he has to find somebody that's 30 so he will know how to act when he turns 30.

I will not work at Wal-Mart when I grow up. Dadda sometimes works at night and it's not fun at all. He can't even watch shows and have party night. When I grow up I want to be a dadda. But daddas don't have kids out of their bellies. When I am a dadda I will still live with Momma and Dadda. Preslie will just come live here with us.

[Dad's Note: Perhaps we should change the name of this blog to theWal-MartBoy.com!]

Tonsil Day Tomorrow

This one is for Dustin who lives in the hostipal because he has obetes.

Tomorrow they will take my tonsils out because they are too big. And they make me not sleep good. I have to wait 20 minutes to go to sleep. They will put me to sleep when they take my tonsils out but I wish they could just do it when I am awake so I can see them.

When they put me to sleep I will dream about dinosaurs. I will dream about a daspletosaurus called "Little Das" that wanders out into the jungle alone. Maybe I will dream about Jesus too. Dinosaurs and Jesus.

When I am 8 I will get the priesthood power. It is 164 powerful! I will just bless all the poor people who never got blessed. At the hostipal party they gave me a bracelet and a special hat. Shoot! I just forgetted my special hat at Gammys.

I'm thinking about Wal-Mart, about how they don't close at dark time like other stores. Why do other stores have to close? I don't know what to think about that.

UPDATE: Tiffany, my dadda read me your letter about Wal-Mart. Maybe if other stores can find good workers like Wal-Mart they won't have to close at dark time. I think those workers live at Wal-Mart.

[Dad's Note: Dustin (aka. Dus-E-Boy) only spent 3 days in the hospital, but for some reason Bridger insists he still lives there. Tonight he attended a special orientation at the hospital for kids having surgery. He's pretty excited to get his tonsils out- though we have mentioned nothing about the needles.]

No Saber-Tooth Tigers? I Lion Will Do

This one is for Griffin.

I just got a fierce lion at Wal-Mart. It was only 50 cents. Momma bought it for me because I did so good at Sami's. I was a gentleman and minded my manners. I got that lion so it could fight with my dinosaurs. They have to fight because having things fight is much funner than not having any fights.

Lions didn't live in the time of the dinosaurs, but Wal-Mart didn't have any saber-tooth tigers. When they fight, the dinosaurs will win because dinosaurs are the most powerful creatures to ever walk the earth. Any dinosaur could beat a lion. I don't like Simba the Lion King or Timon and Pumba. I just like their songs.

Did you know that Wal-Mart never closes? Why do other stores close when it's dark time but Wal-Mart doesn't?

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.]

Sunday Night Random Thoughts

When it's my birthday, do you know what cake I want? A dinosaur cake from Wal-Mart! Simmy had a Batman car on his cake so I want a dinosaur on my cake. When I turned four I had a red dimetrodon on my cake. When I grow up I think I'll be 28. I will still like dinosaurs when I grow up because they are the most powerful creatures that ever walked the earth. Some even lived in the Tooele Valley. And Utah is where the Utah Raptor was found.

I like my lizards so much and I really want to hold them. I want to say hi to Carter. He is a baby. He is my cousin and I love him so much.