Joan Ellen Cornell

4:36 PM

Well hello there :)

I know i've been MIA for a while. Lots going on at the moment. I've also been toying with the idea of starting a completely new blog. I'm not sure yet if i'm going to do that, so I guess we'll see. I've also purchased my own domain (www.joanellen.com) and plan on changing my blog name to Joan Ellen. I am having trouble getting blogger to forward this address to my new domain name, that's why my blog has been offline or whatever for the past few days. I'm giving up for now and may end up starting...

11:19 AM

First dentist visit

Porter had his first dentist appointment yesterday. The kid was a rockstar, I shit you not. They raved about how awesome he did and that he was a "model patient". He literally sat in the chair, let her lay it down, opened his mouth, and went with it. They cleaned his teeth and counted them and stuff, not too in depth of an appointment, but the kid did amazing. I was so proud of him. I kinda went in there thinking he already had a cavity, and I was right, unfortunately. He's doomed with bad teeth genes, his...

12:43 AM

Lately

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11:51 AM

Halloween 2013

I better get this post up before Halloween gets too much farther behind us! I was kinda lazy this year on the costume front- I kept thinking that I needed to figure something out but never could actually do so. Then about 3 days before Halloween I was picking P up from his dad's house and found this cow costume that must have been handed down to us. So cow it was. It ended up being pretty dang cute, and warm! I didn't end up taking too many pictures, it was super windy and chilly so we kinda...

7:30 AM

Rimmel's new Stay Matte Liquid Mousse Foundation

I was lucky enough to have been chosen to try Rimmel's new Stay Matte Liquid Mousse Foundation! (it doesn't even hit shelves until January 2014!) I love this stuff! I would say I use it daily, but considering I don't even leave the house every single day, I don't wear makeup every day. But when I do wear makeup, this is included now! I use a little bit under my powder foundation, and they work great together. The mousse isn't too thick, it's super lightweight and looks awesome on me. Perfection Rimmel, perfection :) Another awesome product, complimentary...

11:39 AM

Home pre-preschool has begun

I have been wanting to start some sort of structured "school" around here, and this week we finally started, and it's been lots of fun already! I've been pinning ideas for a while now, and last Sunday I finally sat down and got organized. I planned the week ahead. I decided we'll work on two letters a week, a shape, a color (or two), and this week we're working on the numbers 1-5- counting them and recognizing what each looks like. It's going so great thus far! We spend about 10-20 minutes at a time, two or three...