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		<title>Meet The Farties &#8211; &#8220;Princess Pop&#8230;.and All That Royalty&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted "Princess Pop" to be….sweet, adorable and so loveable…but still have a little spunk in her. Always going with being cute and never crude. …. Every little girl will want to take Princess Pop to bed to snuggle with.  Princess Pop loves to wear PINK and a big bonnet. In fact Princess Pop loves to wear anything PINK! Isn't she adorable??? ----that bonnet …how cute is that???]]></description>
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<h2><span style="color: #ff66cc;">The Famous &#8220;Baby&#8221;, Princess Pop</span></h2>
<p><a href="http://thefarties.ca/press/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Pop-front.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-164" title="Pop-front" src="http://thefarties.ca/press/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Pop-front.jpg" alt="" width="309" height="435" /></a>Well now that you have met several of the other characters in the book &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221;, that&#8217;s &#8220;Mr. Bart Fart &#8212; Not Me Mama&#8212;Freddy Fartie—Timmy Tootie—Billy Bubbles—Princess Pop&#8221;, it&#8217;s time to meet the famous &#8220;&#8221;BABY&#8221;" Princess POP!!</p>
<p><strong>How &#8220;Princess Pop&#8221; Came To Be…..</strong></p>
<p>When I started to write about &#8220;The Baby Butt&#8221;,  I wasn&#8217;t sure of the age I wanted the Baby Butt to be …but I knew I wanted the Baby to be a girl!  I played around with different looks, ages and suddenly my Fartie Power went to work and there was  &#8220;Princess Pop&#8221;.</p>
<p>Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!&#8230;&#8230;.Gurgle &#8212;Gurgle—Opps ….Giggle</p>
<p>It&#8217;s Princess Pop!!!!</p>
<p>Princess Pop is called…. &#8220;Miss Royalty&#8221;.    Do you want to know why?  She just smiles whenever she does anything and everybody laughs. Princess Pop is always looked after and she does not have to do anything &#8217;cause……she is &#8220;The Baby&#8221;.</p>
<p>Look at Princess Pop in her beautiful bonnet ….so cute…. so perfect. ..So happy …  do you know why she is always smiling????</p>
<p>giggle gurgle oops!</p>
<p><a href="http://thefarties.ca/press/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Bonnet-crying.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-163" title="Royal Princess Pop" src="http://thefarties.ca/press/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Bonnet-crying.jpg" alt="" width="354" height="264" /></a></p>
<p><span style="color: #7d5091;">&#8230;Yes it is me &#8220;Princess Pop&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #7d5091;">I love to dance the &#8220;The Baby Bop&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #7d5091;">Pick me up cause I&#8217;m so cute</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #7d5091;">Even when I let a little &#8220;TOOT&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #7d5091;">giggle giggle ….ga ga ga&#8230;</span></p>
<p>….But… Sometimes my brother Freddy Fartie and my cousins Billy Bubbles and Timmy Tootie make a LOT of Noise&#8212;&#8211; I mean !!!A LOT OF NOISE and then they try to blame me……. &#8220;The Baby Butt&#8221;.</p>
<p>Can you even imagine that?  I mean LOOK at me! Why would &#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221;  even believe them??? I did not think &#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221;  would either &#8216;but sometimes they fool her and I get the …look…  You know the look… How could someone so small and adorable make that much noise??</p>
<p>Well I&#8217;m here to tell you that even my TOOTS are CUTE!!&#8230;. cause I&#8217;m &#8220;The Baby&#8221;.</p>
<p><a href="http://thefarties.ca/press/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Pink-Boa.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-166" title="Yeah, That's My Pink Boa" src="http://thefarties.ca/press/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Pink-Boa.jpg" alt="" width="324" height="429" /></a>Some day when I get bigger I will kick their &#8220;BUTT&#8221; Oh yeah, I won&#8217;t always be ….The Baby!  &#8220;BUT&#8221; that&#8217;s another story! LOL</p>
<p>I love to watch Cartoons with my little &#8220;Butt&#8221; family and &#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221; cuddles with me. My brother Freddy Fartie and my Dad, Mr. Bart Fart, watch the movie too.  I giggle, I laugh, and love it when all of us watch <span style="color: #ff00ff;">&#8220;Baby Butt goes Bungee Bouncing&#8221;.</span></p>
<p>It is so funny I giggle and giggle and then I toot and toot, then I giggle some more. It is a great time cause I am &#8220;Royalty&#8221; and no one ever says anything to &#8220;The Baby&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221; also likes to take me places.  I get all dressed up and ready to go.  My tummy is full of my favorite food…mush. Everyone we see likes to make &#8220;Baby Butt&#8221; laugh and I love the attention&#8212;&#8212; giggle…pop… giggle…pop… &#8220;&#8221;but&#8221;" I don&#8217;t feel good anymore!</p>
<p>Oh No! Oh No!!!  Step away!! Stop making me Giggle and my tummy Jiggle …..noooooooooo …. …the party is over and home I gooooooo!!</p>
<p>Oh well I am still adorable &#8216;cuz I am &#8220;the Baby&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>My philosophy to each character and Princess Pop….</strong></p>
<p>I wanted &#8220;Princess Pop&#8221; to be….sweet, adorable and so loveable…but still have a little spunk in her. Always going with being cute and never crude. …. Every little girl will want to take Princess Pop to bed to snuggle with.  Princess Pop loves to wear PINK and a big bonnet.   In fact Princess Pop loves to wear anything PINK!</p>
<p><a href="http://thefarties.ca/press/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Bonnet-smiling.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-167" title="Princess Pop" src="http://thefarties.ca/press/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Bonnet-smiling.jpg" alt="" width="355" height="265" /></a></p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t she adorable??? &#8212;-that bonnet …how cute is that???</p>
<p>As you get to know each of the little &#8220;BUTT&#8221; characters better, you will just love them.  You can have them all as part of your family too. All the little &#8220;BUTTS&#8221; love to hear you giggle… laugh and just have fun reading all about them and their gassy adventures.</p>
<p><strong>In closing…</strong></p>
<p>I am having so much fun writing all about the little &#8220;BUTT&#8221; family and their gassy adventures with you here on the blog. If you could help me out, I would like to know what you think about ..&#8221;The Baby&#8221;…  Princess Pop. I really enjoy hearing from you all and getting your feedback. It just gives me more &#8220;Fartie Power&#8221; to write another day.LOL</p>
<p>Here on my blog, I even offer <em>commentluv</em> which is great for other bloggers out there.  I love to read your comments. You can create a link back to your own blog!  But you don&#8217;t have to be a blogger to give me your feedback&#8230;.Also, feel free to &#8220;fan&#8221; our Facebook Page and follow us on Twitter.  You can do that right here on the blog site!</p>
<p>If you like, you can find out even more about &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221; on our website; just click here <a href="http://www.thefarties.com/">www.thefarties.com</a> Thank you for enjoying the fun and laughter that &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221; brings and the wonderful feedback from all of you.</p>
<p>Can you guess who it is going to be for the next post? Yes, that is right, &#8220;The long tall drink of water &#8212;Timmy Tootie&#8221;&#8216; with all his hootin rootin and tootin going on!!!</p>
<p>Until next time,  Keep to the Fartie Power !!&#8230;.. have a &#8220;Rootin&#8221; Hootin&#8221; Tootin&#8221; Great Day!</p>
<p>Sandy Van Cromvoirt</p>
<p>&#8220;The Fartie Lady&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Meet The Fartie&#8217;s &#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221; &#8211; and All That Jazz</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted "Not Me Mama" to be a… Hot… Happening… Ever Loving… Styling Mama that loves her bling!! And she NEVER tells her age!!

I wanted each of us to be able to relate to "Not Me Mama" -- someone that can cook up cabbage rolls in the kitchen for her little "BUTT" family and then be ready to go out looking gorgeous in high heels and diamonds.

That is why I want you to know I had a hard time deciding on whether "Not Me Mama" should be Blonde, Brunette or a Hot Redhead!!]]></description>
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<h2><span style="color: #f30bc9;">Sandy Van Cromvoirt &#8211; Cabbage Rolls Anyone?<br />
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<p><a href="http://thefarties.ca/press/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Mamma-front.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-156" title="Sandy Van Cromvoirt - Not Me Mama" src="http://thefarties.ca/press/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Mamma-front.jpg" alt="" width="326" height="450" /></a>Hi everyone! Yes it’s me, Sandy (The Fartie Lady).  Many of you have been interested in knowing more about my character- the lady that started it all, so here is how<strong> The Fartie&#8217;s &#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221; </strong>came to be…..</p>
<p>As you might recall, there are six Fartie characters:  Mr. Bart Fart and  Billy Bubbles, who you’ve already met, Freddy Fartie, Timmy Tootie Princess Pop and me, Not Me Mama.</p>
<p>I wanted &#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221; to be a… Hot… Happening… Ever Loving… Styling Mama that loves her bling!! And she NEVER tells her age!!</p>
<p>I wanted each of us to be able to relate to &#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221; &#8212; someone that can cook up cabbage rolls in the kitchen for her little &#8220;BUTT&#8221; family and then be ready to go out looking gorgeous in high heels and diamonds.</p>
<p>That is why I want you to know I had a hard time deciding on whether &#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221; should be Blonde, Brunette or a Hot Redhead!!</p>
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<p>“Not Me Mama” loves to wear green, and  bright red lipstick!! So I went with the beautiful redhead look!  Do you like it?</p>
<p>&#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221; is a fun loving &#8220;BUTT&#8221; and loves to get up on the stage and sing with her &#8220;BUT-TIES&#8221; at parties!! &#8220;Mrs. Fartie and the But-ties&#8221; will knock you on your &#8220;BUTT&#8221; !! LOL</p>
<p>&#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221; loves to go to the movies with Mr. Bart Fart. Her favorite movie is  &#8221;<span style="color: #ff00ff;">Farties have Feelings too&#8221;</span>.  It is a wonderful romance story about little &#8220;Butts that overcome all the challenges of gas and go on to become a beautiful couple!!</p>
<p>&#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221; cries every time – Maybe it’s those cabbage rolls making &#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221; cry.</p>
<p>Do you want to know why I am called &#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221;? Well let me tell you.  We Mamas just don&#8217;t <em>admit</em> to any gas going on even if it <strong>is</strong> us. We just say, no, no, no, that wasn&#8217;t me, couldn&#8217;t be! We Mamas just don&#8217;t do that !! Well, at least we won&#8217;t admit it! We Mama&#8217;s try to be very lady like and hold, hold, hold on!!&#8211; until we can&#8217;t take it anymore and then we run like crazy somewhere where we can safely let our &#8220;Fluffies&#8221; escape and no-one gets hurt! Whew, that was close!</p>
<p>Sometimes it is very hard when I am teaching, Freddie Fartie. Timmy Tootie, and Billy Bubbles manners concerning their bodily functions especially when I am having a terrible time holding on too. Then I get rattled and all frustrated and away I go running willy nilly to find a safe spot to let out my “concerns” so the little &#8220;BUTTS&#8221; do not hear me and start giggling!.</p>
<p>Now you know, it just would not be right for &#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221; to let things get out of control with these little &#8220;BUTTS&#8221; &#8212;then all&#8211; <strong>hell</strong>o would break loose and there would be no stopping the &#8220;BUTTS&#8221; from saying &#8220;Hello&#8221; <span style="text-decoration: underline;">all</span> the time!</p>
<p>So to make it easier on everyone, the little &#8220;BUTTS&#8221; line up and let the &#8220;Farties&#8221; &#8220;Tooties&#8221; and &#8220;Bubbles&#8221;  goooo!! When they are all done, each of the little &#8220;butts&#8221; says &#8220;&#8221;"EXCUSE ME! PLEASE&#8221; and off they go to play.  It gives “Not Me Mama” a little quiet time for a while.</p>
<p>I look forward to sharing more info on our little &#8220;Butt&#8221; family&#8217;s gassy adventures with you here on the blog and I would love to get everyone&#8217;s feedback. Tell me what you think of &#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221;.</p>
<p>Do you like her as a Blonde? Brunette?  or Beautiful Redhead ?? I look forward to your comments!</p>
<p>Here on my blog, I even offer <em>commentluv</em> which is great for other bloggers out there.  Leave a comment and you can create a link back to your own blog!  But you don&#8217;t have to be a blogger to give me your feedback&#8230;.Also, feel free to &#8220;fan&#8221; our Facebook Page and follow us on Twitter.  You can do that right here on the blog site!</p>
<p>If you like, you can find out even more about &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221; on our website; just click here www.thefarties.com. Sales of our book are going so well. Thank you for enjoying the fun and laughter that &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221; brings and the wonderful feedback from all of you.</p>
<p>Can you guess who is going to be featured in the next post? Yes, that is right, &#8220;Princess Pop&#8221;.  Little Princess Pop sometimes get blamed when the little &#8220;BUTTS&#8221; are being toooo loud! They say it is &#8220;Princess Pop&#8221; and we all know that babies don&#8217;t know what they are doing. They just go pop, pop, pop AND SMILE!</p>
<p>Until next time, keep the <strong>Fartie Power</strong> alive!! and have a &#8220;Rootin&#8221; Hootin&#8221; Tootin&#8221; Great Day!</p>
<p>Sandy Van Cromvoirt</p>
<p>&#8220;The Fartie Lady&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Meet the Farties – It&#8217;s &#8220;Billy Bubbles!&#8221;</title>
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I wanted Billy Bubbles to be a… roly, poly, round, squeezable little "BUTT" -  a happy go lucky little "Butt" with big glasses and a baby curl on top.   Billy Bubbles loves to say "Hello" so he lets bubbles go everywhere he goes. Sometimes Billy Bubbles blows so many bubbles, we can't find him "but" we can hear him!]]></description>
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<h2><span style="color: #86c083;">Bubblicious!</span></h2>
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<p>Hi, it&#8217;s Sandy, (The Fartie Lady)<em> </em>again<em>. </em>This time I am writing about another character in my book &#8220;Meet The Farties&#8221;. As you may recall my first book has six characters. These characters are &#8220;Mr. Fart Bart&#8212; Not Me Mama&#8212;Freddy Fartie&#8211;Timmy Tootie&#8211;Billy Bubbles and Princess Pop.  I wrote about Mr. Bart Fart in my last post.   This time, we&#8217;re going to introduce you to Billy Bubbles!</p>
<p><strong>How Billy Bubbles Came To Be…..</strong>This little &#8220;Butt&#8221; is just so cute, and adorable, you will just <strong>love</strong> him!</p>
<p>Have you ever heard your Mommy or Daddy say  &#8220;was that a little bubble?&#8221; when they hear a little noise coming from you?</p>
<p>I know when my kids were young, I would say &#8220;was that a little bubble, honey&#8221;? Now I say the same thing to my grandchildren. Everyone would giggle and off they would go, laughing their little heads off and being silly about their &#8220;BUBBLES&#8221;.</p>
<p>As I continued developing this little &#8220;BUTT&#8221; family, I knew there had to be a little &#8220;Butt&#8221; named Billy Bubbles. The name came to me easily enough &#8220;but&#8221; what is Billy Bubbles all about, I wondered&#8230;?</p>
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<li>What does he look like?</li>
<li>What does he like to do?</li>
<li>What is his personality?</li>
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<p>So many questions for such a little &#8220;BUTT&#8221;.  And the creation of little Billy Bubbles began.  As it turned out, I did not have far to look, as my little grandson &#8220;Josh&#8221; is so much like &#8220;Billy Bubbles&#8221;.</p>
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<p><strong>Does that not look like Billy Bubbles to you?</strong> So adorable with such a big smile and glasses; how cute is he?</p>
<p>Billy Bubbles&#8217; favorite colour is yellow and so it is for &#8220;Josh&#8221; &#8211; in fact, that was one of Josh&#8217;s first words….. &#8220;ellow&#8221; .  Both like to chew bubble gum and blow big, big, bubbles!  Now this is where things hit a fork in the road, as  &#8220;Billy Bubbles&#8221; likes refried beans and Josh says &#8220;not a chance&#8221;!  Josh sticks to his bran flakes for that extra punch of nutrition. Just stand back when they have finished their refried beans and bran flakes!  It&#8217;s not very pretty.</p>
<p>Every Friday night at Billy Bubbles&#8217; home, it&#8217;s movie night with the family. They love to watch the movie &#8220;Silent but Deadly&#8221;.  You all know what that&#8217;s all about!  Maybe you know someone that is silent and deadly too!</p>
<p>Oh well, Billy Bubbles&#8217; Mama -would you like to know her name?  Would you?  You will&#8230;&#8230;. &#8220;but&#8221; not yet! She goes and gets out all the goodies (black licorice) and they all have a rooting- hooting- tooting good time on movie night.</p>
<p><strong>My philosophy to each character and Billy Bubbles….</strong></p>
<p>I wanted Billy Bubbles to be a… roly, poly, round, squeezable little &#8220;BUTT&#8221; -  a happy go lucky little &#8220;BUTT&#8221; with big glasses and a baby curl on top.   Billy Bubbles loves to say &#8220;Hello&#8221; so he lets bubbles go everywhere he goes. Sometimes Billy Bubbles blows so many bubbles, we can&#8217;t find him &#8220;but&#8221; we can hear him!</p>
<p>Billy Bubbles&#8217; likes to wear his favorite little yellow rain coat when it is raining; not cats and dogs &#8221;but&#8221; farties and tooties. Would you like to see little Billy Bubbles in a yellow rain bubble coat?  It will be very small. Maybe in one of the up and coming series of &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221;   What do you think?</p>
<p>I try very hard to stay with the philosophy of cute not crude! Billy Bubbles is just so cute, everyone wants to take him home!</p>
<p>Yes, there is so much more to this book than a little family of &#8220;BUTTS&#8221; and their gas. They become part of your family. Can you think of anyone that reminds you of Billy Bubbles?</p>
<p><strong>In closing…</strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to sharing more information of our little &#8220;Butt&#8221; family&#8217;s gassy adventures with you here on the blog and I would love to get everyone&#8217;s feedback. Tell me what <span style="text-decoration: underline;">you</span> think of little Billy Bubbles?</p>
<p>Here on my blog, I even offer <em>commentluv</em> which is great for other bloggers out there.  Leave a comment and you can create a link back to your own blog!  But you don&#8217;t have to be a blogger to give me your feedback&#8230;.Also, feel free to &#8220;fan&#8221; our Facebook Page and follow us on Twitter.  You can do that right here on the blog site! If you like, you can  find out even more about my book on our website &#8211; <a href="http://www.thefarties.com/">just click here!</a> Sales of the book are going so well and we are getting such wonderful feedback!</p>
<p>Can you guess who it is going to be for the next post? Yes, that is right, the ever loving Mama that tried very hard to teach the little &#8220;BUTTS&#8221; manners!  We will find out all about how &#8220;Not Me Mama&#8221; does it!  Until next time, have a &#8220;Rootin&#8221; Hootin&#8221;  TOOTIN&#8221; Great Day!</p>
<p>Sandy Van Cromvoirt</p>
<p>&#8220;The Fartie Lady&#8221;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted Mr. Fart Bart to be older looking but still very cute and huggable.  Like all the other little "Butt" characters now and in the future,  I want them to appear adorable and loved by all.  Just to let you all know, Mr. Bart Fart is the only Fart word in the book.  The reason that I used the fart word was it rhymed with Bart and it suited the story.

I try very hard to stay with the philosophy of cute not crude! There is so much more to this book than a little family of "Butts" and their gas.   There is a moral to the story.  You can read my first blog post to get more background on how this book came to be and my hopes for its success.]]></description>
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<h2><strong><strong><span style="color: #9361a8;">Introducing Mr. Bart Fart!</span></strong></strong></h2>
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<p>Hi, this is Sandy Van Cromvoirt (The Fartie Lady)<em> again. </em>I am so delighted to be getting feedback on my blog!  Many people have asked me to tell them all about how the characters in this children&#8217;s&#8217; book came to be.  So the next few blog posts will deal with the &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221; characters starting with Mr. Bart Fart.  As you will recall, the first book has six characters. These characters are &#8220;Mr. Bart Fart&#8212; Not Me Mama&#8212;Freddy Fartie—Timmy Tootie—Billy Bubbles and Princess Pop.  You can find out even more about this book by clicking over to our website &#8211; <a href="http://www.thefarties.com">www.thefarties.com!</a></p>
<p><strong>How Mr. Bart Fart Came About…..</strong></p>
<p>I was busy writing the first &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221; book and I kept thinking&#8230; who would make a good Dad Butt in my story?  One day  I looked over at my dear husband as he was busily doing the vacuuming and the dishes LOL (just kidding guys)  &#8220;BUTT&#8221; (love that word now), he really does help out as I need more special time to be creative!!</p>
<p>And in a brilliant flash (like Fantastic Fartie Power), it came to me -Mr Bart Fart! You see my husband&#8217;s name <em>is</em> Bart and you can imagine all the wonderful names he was called in school.</p>
<p>I started writing Mr. Bart Fart into my little book. I got really excited as he became a wonderful father figure to the little &#8220;BUTTS&#8221;; he always has a little gas going on LOL.</p>
<p>Well I got<strong> so</strong> excited I forgot to tell him he was in my little book until it was ready to go to press -  &#8220;OOPS!&#8221;</p>
<p>I had some fast talking to do by telling him how famous he <span style="text-decoration: underline;">will</span> become and how his legacy will be forever in the hearts of children and adults everywhere.</p>
<p>Thankfully, my husband has a great sense of humor and he was just fine with everything.  Bart has always said; &#8220;Every day with you Sandy, is an adventure&#8221;.  I took that as a compliment.  I think he meant it that way don&#8217;t you? Anyway, that is how Mr. Bart Fart came to be.</p>
<p><strong>My philosophy to each character and Mr. Bart Fart….</strong></p>
<p>I wanted Mr. Fart Bart to be older looking but still very cute and huggable.  Like all the other little &#8220;Butt&#8221; characters now and in the future,  I want them to appear adorable and loved by all.  Just to let you all know, Mr. Bart Fart is the only Fart word in the book.  The reason that I used the fart word was it rhymed with Bart and it suited the story.</p>
<p>I try very hard to stay with the philosophy of cute not crude! There is so much more to this book than a little family of &#8220;Butts&#8221; and their gas.   There is a moral to the story.  You can read my first blog post to get more background on how this book came to be and my hopes for its success.</p>
<p><strong>In closing…</strong></p>
<p>I look forward to sharing more information of our little &#8220;Butt&#8221; family&#8217;s gassy adventures with you here on the blog and I would love to get everyone&#8217;s feedback.  Tell me how your children have responded to the book! Here on my blog, I even offer <em>commentluv</em> which is great for other bloggers out there.  Leave a comment and you can create a link back to your own blog!  But you don&#8217;t have to be a blogger to give me your feedback&#8230;.Also, feel free to &#8220;fan&#8221; our Facebook Page and follow us on Twitter.  You can do that right here on the blog site!</p>
<p>Until next time and the next post on &#8220;Billy Bubbles&#8221; , have a &#8220;Rootin&#8221; Hootin&#8221;  TOOTIN&#8221; Great Day!</p>
<p>Sandy Van Cromvoirt</p>
<p>&#8220;The Fartie Lady&#8221;</p>
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If my little book "Meet the Farties" can help people laugh more, it is doing what I had hoped for.]]></description>
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<h2><strong><span style="color: #9361a8;">Not All Fluff!</span></strong></h2>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-large wp-image-48" title="Sandy at Indigo" src="http://thefarties.ca/press/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Sandy-at-Indigo-1024x768.jpg" alt="Sandy at Indigo" width="526" height="395" /></p>
<p>Hi, my name is Sandy Van Cromvoirt (The Fartie Lady &#8211; <em>that&#8217;s me on the left and my daughter Rhonda-Lee in blue at Indigo on one of our book signings</em>).</p>
<p>I am a budding self-published children&#8217;s&#8217; book author.  I have always made up little songs, jiggles and anything that would make people laugh.  When I was young, I would get up and dance and sing on anything that looked like a stage.  I just love to laugh!</p>
<p>I am a wife, mother and grandmother and all around full-of-life, funny person.  I wanted to share with fellow readers, how my funny, wonderful children&#8217;s book &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221; came about and also share with you, our &#8220;Rootin! Hootin! Tootin&#8221;  journey.</p>
<p><strong>How it all began&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Once upon a time when my little granddaughter Skye-Blue was younger, she would spend a lot of time with me. She would come up with all types of different names for bodily functions!</p>
<p>We would laugh and toss back and forth lots of funny names related to our bodily functions. From all those silly conversations, the little &#8220;BUTT&#8221; family began to take shape.  In one of those moments, Skye-Blue would say to me &#8220;Watch out, Grandma here comes &#8220;Magnificent Mary&#8221;, and magnificent it was!</p>
<p>We laughed so hard that I thought if we had so much fun, maybe other people might as well.   From that moment on, the little BUTT&#8221; family emerged.  Skye-Blue is almost all grown up now&#8230;(here  she is pictured with me), <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-42" title="Sandy and Skye-Blue" src="http://thefarties.ca/press/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Sandy-and-Skye-Blue.JPG" alt="Sandy and Skye-Blue" width="486" height="363" /> but we still love to laugh over the characters in this book! We would like to introduce them to you;  Freddy Fartie, Timmy Tootie, Billy Bubbles, Princess Pop, Oh Not Me Mama and Mr. Bart Fart resulting in the children&#8217;s&#8217; book,  &#8221;Meet the Farties&#8221;.  It is a family of little &#8220;Butts&#8221; (shown up above here on the banner) and their gassy adventures! You can find out even more about this book on our website &#8211; <a href="http://www.thefarties.com">just click here!</a></p>
<p>With each &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221;  book, comes six trading cards of the Fartie Family and the famous key chain that make six distinct Fartie sounds.</p>
<p>Everyone has their favorite Fartie character and their favorite Fartie sound from the key chain!</p>
<p><strong>My philosophy behind the book…</strong></p>
<p>There is so much more to this book than a little family of &#8220;Butts&#8221;</p>
<p>I wanted to create something that would be cute, funny and be enjoyed by many.  I also wanted each little book to have a moral or lesson for the children to learn from.  With this little book &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221;, I have found that everyone &#8211; not just children, get a real charge out of  &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221;.   It is my wish that I can spread joy and laughter with my series of &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221; books.  I have started donating &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221; books to the childrens&#8217; wards in hospitals. The nurses are very happy. They say there is nothing children love better than bodily function noises and laughing is one of the best medicines for healing.</p>
<p>If my little book &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221; can help people laugh more, it is doing what I had hoped for.</p>
<p><strong>What Might be next for &#8220;the Farties&#8221;…</strong></p>
<p>I can not tell you everything we are doing but I can tempt you with what you can look forward to in the next &#8220;Meet the Farties&#8221; series……Six new little &#8220;Butts&#8221; characters with their trading cards and a surprise.   The now famous &#8220;Magnificent Mary&#8221; will be in the next book. …….. &#8220;The little &#8220;bum&#8221; that started it all&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>In closing…</strong></p>
<p>I look forward to sharing some of our little &#8220;Butt&#8221; family&#8217;s gassy adventures with you here on the blog and I would love to get everyone&#8217;s feedback.  Here on my blog, I even offer <em>commentluv</em> which is great for other bloggers out there.  Leave a comment and you can create a link back to your own blog!  But you don&#8217;t have to be a blogger to give me your feedback&#8230;.Also, feel free to &#8220;fan&#8221; our Facebook Page and follow us on Twitter.  You can do that right here on the blog site!</p>
<p>Until next time, have a &#8220;Rootin&#8221; Hootin&#8221;  TOOTIN&#8221; Great Day!</p>
<p>Sandy Van Cromvoirt</p>
<p>&#8220;The Fartie Lady&#8221;</p>
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