Jayne Update

Jayne has decided that he likes to do dishes with mommy(wearing Daddy's apron)! he's a "really good" helper. He usually gets kicked out of the kitchen for splashing too much. He stuck it out for all of them today though : ) He also got a huge blowup banana from Daddy when he came back from the produce convention. He really liked it although he really missed Daddy while he was gone too.

Drawing Day is Tomorrow!

Turns out that I will be camping durring drawing day : ( That won't keep me from drawing though. I may not be using drawing day as a great opportunity to finish Colorsaurus ABC, but I am bringing my sketch book and chalk for Jayne too. Even my youngest bro-in-law (9) is going to be drawing. The goal of drawing day is to get 1 million drawings done, so feel free to lend us artists a hand ; ) I won't be getting my drawings online till Sunday, but I will still be doing them.

For more info about drawingday click the pic below : )

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day everyone. I hope everyone had as nice a day as I did. First of all I was lavished with gifts...I mean it, Adam really went all out. First he got me a guitar for Rock Band and new drumsticks and then he gave me a HP TouchSmart tx2z series! It has got to be the coolest laptop ever made!!! You can touch the screen and everything. He said that it is a half mother's day and half congrats on writing an awesome book gift. I can't wait to start using it for Colorsaurus ABC. Adam also made breakfast and dinner, did the dishes, and a little tidying up. He brought us all to Oxbo park zoo too. Jayne had a blast and a deer licked his fingers. He kept walking up to other kids and showing them his hand. I kept explaining a deer licked his hand but the kids just thought it was weird (these are kids up to about 3, they think most everything is weird). Over all it was a nice day : )

Colorsaurus Book Signing

Mid Town Gas and Grocery in Stewartville will be hosting a book signing for my new book, Colorsaurus!

Who: Michelle Morgan
What: Colorsaurus Book Signing
Where: Mid Town Gas and Grocery on Main Street in Stewartville
When: May 16th from 3pm-5pm

I will be reading Colorsaurus to all the kids and there will be a coloring contest. I have also heard rumors of drinks and cookies, but all the little details are not in place yet.

If you are on Facebook, you can become a fan of Colorsaurus HERE. The fan page does have an album with all the pages of the book, so you can read it before you buy it. You can also RSVP to the event.

If you aren't on Facebook and would like to see a sample, you can see a small sample on HERE.

Book info:
32 pages, 7.5" x 7.5", perfect binding, white interior paper (80# weight), full-color interior ink, white exterior paper (100# weight), full-color exterior ink

Description:
Join Jayne as he takes a flight into the imagination with his dinosaur friends. Colorsaurus will help your little ones learn colors and counting as well as finding and pointing things out in the pictures. It is also an easy read for early readers. This colorful book will have your child wanting to read it again and again.

Potty Party

Here is some back story:

Jayne to an intrest in how the toilet works back in January, so we got out his potty chair. It is a cute little thing that makes all kinds of sounds and music. He started to play with it when we were in the bathroom and after a couple of weeks he wanted to try it out. So, we let him sit on it whenever it suited him and on Easter Sunday he finally went potty in the potty chair. We decided that since he went it was time to kick off potty training full force. We decided to have a big potty party for him to kick off his new phase in life and get him really excited to use the potty. We planned it for today, but in the meantime, he went in the potty on tuesday night and Saturday night.

We went shopping for all the potty party necesities on wednesday and Jayne really had a fun time picking things out. We got him 2 cars and 2 more books to have durring potty time to keep him occupied. The books he has now are, The Potty Train, Even Firefighters Use The Potty, and Cars look and find book. He really likes them all and especially likes pointing out the cars with Daddy. He likes the cars a lot too and they are sandbox cars wich are really easy to clean and that was an important element for us since they are for potty time.

When we woke up this morning (at 6:30am, yuck : P ) we heard "wa-wa, wa-wa", so we knew Jayne found his brand new Wall-e shirt. We went in and got a pic and turned him around. He was so excited about the Wall-e shirt that he didn't even notice the big Diego box in the very middle of the room! Then Wall-e was history because he saw a balloon in the box. Under the balloon was his big boy underpants. He was so excited about them that he sat down and tried to put them on himself with his diaper and jammie shorts still on, it was so cute. After that we directed him out to the living room full of balloons. He was so excited to see them, basically it was just a VERY exciting start to his day all around : )

He went potty in his potty chair right after his morning milk and got his potty cookie (1 everytime he makes a sincere effort at trying), a sticker for the callendar Daddy put on the bathroom door (1 for potty 2 for poop), and a dinosaur card (same as stickers). We also called Grandma and she was so excited for him, which made him extra proud of himself. He also went a little before supper and right before bed. We are so proud of him that he went 3 times in 1 day!

Some other fun activities we did with Jayne were...Make rice crispy bars, balloon war, noise makers, and we got 3 new DVDs to watch (Wow Wow Wubzy, Backyardigans, and Elephant Tales). We had a really fun and productive (potty training wise) day as a family. Here are some pics from the end of the day (Jayne's callendar and dinosaur cards):

Some spring pics

I'm doing this with Jayne on my lap, so I am not changing the picture order (they are in reverse order of how they happened). I'll just tell you what they all are and that's it for today : )

Jayne looks at the cow at the petting zoo at this morning's egg hunt (look for him in the Stewie star next week ; ) Jayne looks at eggs and got to help slice them for breakfast. Jayne snuggles his bananas at fareway. Jayne makes cookies at Nana's house. Jayne finds colorsaurus hiding in Mommy's room, that made him very happy!

Enjoy the pics and have a great Easter.

Colorsaurus Paperback

I received the proof copy of Colorsaurus in the mail today! It turned out wonderfully and I couldn't be happier with it.

I will be placing an autographed 1st run bulk order for anyone that is interested. The book cost will be $15. If you would also like a copy of The True Bride it is $20 alone or $15 if purchasing both books. This is for locals only as I will not be re-shipping them after I get them in. We will work out a time and place together for delivery. The order will be placed on May 1st, so I will need to know before then.

All other orders can be placed here: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/colorsaurus/6332157

It is 32 pages, 7.5" x 7.5", perfect binding, white interior paper (80# weight), full-color interior ink, white exterior paper (100# weight), full-color exterior ink

Description:
Join Jayne as he takes a flight into the imagination with his dinosaur friends. Colorsaurus will help your little ones learn colors and counting as well as finding and pointing things out in the pictures. It is also an easy read for early readers. This colorful book will have your child wanting to read it again and again.

Check out the link above for more sample pics, but here is a micro sample: