breakfast crew(foods for your fancy)

Yesterday morning we decided we would spend some family time (stuffing our faces full of food) before I had to go to work at my very first day at the tattoo shop(more on that in another post!) We all decided that Perkins was the best choice in our little town (so that mommy could have a choice other than pancakes that give me a horrible tummy ache!)
(oh fickle me lol)
The girls decided to get some strange little drink concoctions of red syrup, sugar, water and hyper?! I took a sip of Zoe's and it was very yucky indeed , but I guess kids like em so whatev!

One thing about living in the south, is that people do most of their bonding over food (cookouts,picnics,church events,parties etc ALL are planned around food.I suppose it's not TOO bad you can stuff your face with delicious treats in moments of awkward silence and conversation can then be lead to "how simply wonderful the food is! I just MUST have your recipe!
Despite this strange, at times disturbing trend (the south has more severely overweight people than any other regions of the US) memories are still made this way and certain tastes will always bring your mind back to special occasions and happy or sad thoughts.


Yesterdays "breakfast tastes included:

pancakes piled high with more sugary goodness for the girls! More pancakes for Kevin.And mini chimis for me!

After stuffing our faces,giggling,and telling Amelie repeatedly to stop yelling (until Kevin had to remove her and himself from the restaurant to go and sit in the car for time out! )(sheesh YAY TWO!!) Zoe and I headed up to the counter to pay and noticed ...more delicious treats! Behold baked goodness!!!!!



So,that was our lovely family food fueled bonding time! Now we are about to head out in search of more food (this time in the healty variety at the local farmers market!) I hope everyone has a good Saturday filled with fun,food,and many happy memories!!
xoxo

just call me mrs green thumb!

I must admit we have been hiding inside a lot lately from the brutal southern sun.But one thing we have been doing outside is building up our little garden! last year our garden was all flowers!

It was indeed the happiest little site outside of the windows each day! This year our little garden box is all about the veggies! We have lettuce and radishes,squash and tomatoes! Nothing feels better than getting out in the yard and digging around with the garden tools!

Having a family garden is so much fun and practical in so many ways.Getting outside as a family (or by yourself) and all working toward a common goal is so much fun and very rewarding. Zoe and Amelie are able to watch food and flowers grow from tiny little seeds into a nice fresh salad on their dinner plates,or a beautiful bouquet of flowers we can bring to gramma!
Also having a summer garden helps keep little ones busy with a very important "job"This helps with the unfilled hours of summer boredom that sometimes occur!

Helping children understand with hard work they can make things grow will also help them in their daily lives and as they get older.
And of course another obvious benefit of having a garden (flower or food) is that you dont have to pay high grocery store prices for things that may have been grown using chemicals and such.Also you dont have to pay the high cost for fresh flowers! You just go to your yard and clip a few pretties to bring in the house as a decoration or gift!
We still, however take our trips to the farmers market for things we are not growing. But seriously, I can not give enough praise for the love I have of gardening and watching the miracle of making things grow!!

Our love of gardening isnt just limited to our home built garden box, we also have lots going on in a small container garden on the patio! (This is where my flowers and herbs are this year)


I hope this post made you wanna get out and start a garden this summer (or at least get a nice house plant?!) Oh yeah one more awesome thing about gardening?! Cut little garden gnomes!!!(duh!!)

If you are wondering how to make your own garden box.There are directions on how we created ours at ohdeedoh.com (Our garden box was featured on their outdoor space contest last year. It's a very easy build and doesnt take long at all!!!
click here to see our garden box and directions to make your own!
xoxo

colors n candies

This week will be a very busy week for little ol' me! I am applying to art school!! After months of debate and being one college course away from an assoc. degree of graphic design, Im taking the plunge and getting my portfolios ready to mail off to two different art schools. I'm sure this week will bring lots of beautiful colors in the form of pastels paints and pencils...

I'm going to try to remain positive and remember my love of art while I get the "paper work" side of things together and while I toil over which pieces to include in my portfolios! I feel a bit nervous about my attempts to enter art school,not because I can't do it, but because I know I'm a bit older than the other students and I've been out of the graphic design game for a few years now. It's also a bit of a nerve puller to get a portfolio together and have people judge your art.... which in my opinion is just the heart expressed in different media! But,you do go to school to learn after all, and because I know the importance of this to me now, I have a feeling I will be working very hard to be the best I can in each and every class I take. In the meantime I think I will enjoy some sweets while I feel out FAFSA forms and download my best work onto cds...

Yeah that may sweetin things up a bit!
xoxo

capturing summer days...i want to keep close...

Today it's rainy and gloomy. I've been shuffling about the living room re-arranging furniture and ripping off chair covers in hopes to spruce up our little space. All this because of the rain and because I cant take two little ladies out to play and frolic. In memory of happy warm days(just a few days ago to be exact) I'll share with you some pictures of out door adventures. (In hopes of many more to come)

Summer has a kit in our house,it usually includes:sidewalk chalk,bubbles,water shooters,and other random outdoor toys,that can be easily taken outside for hours of kiddie delight!

On this particular day,we packed our kit up and took it to my parents house for some outdoor fun :)



Like I mentioned in my last post,I've been so very busy now that I'm working again,Kevin's work schedule has changed too,so our little family seems to be all over the place (doing nothing of any particular importance) I've REALLY been missing blogging,so my goal is to get it back to where it was (and even better!)


I hope this rainy day finds you well! Thinking of new creative (colorful) things to create and move into your world, but right now I have a chair and foot stool to cover in some fun fabric!
xoxo

i still exist...

my new feet tattoos say so :)

I have been so busy! Im working back at my old (retail) job a lot now, and little a.korn designs is still rocking at the neely house!

Kevin and I have new dreams we are trying to turn in to reality.Zoe and Amelie are gearing up for summer activities (swimming lessons,ballet and tap,and soccer camps oh my!) Our Summer is off to a great start! I hope yours is too!!

happy mommys day!!!

xoxo

its been so long!!!

I KNOW!!! I'm a BAD BAD blogger!!! But in my defense I'm also a busy busy blogger!!! I've been working at the store,toting around my tots,going on mini road trips with gal pals,studying,making bows and tu tus and other hair creations,booking photography shoots,roller skating,meeting awesome new people in the tattoo industry,celebrating friends birthdays,cleaning,skateboarding (eep the list goes on and on) So SEEEEE I've had my plate full of goodness!

Today is no different we've already had people out looking at the furnace (which needs to be cleaned) made several calls ,and taken the trash to be picked up! So,I thought I'd stop in my Little A.korn Blog" to give an update! The weather outside is super yucky and COLD today!!! We have, however,had a few beautiful days in the sun! A few weeks ago Kevin's friend David asked if we wanted to get together with his kids and go to a local park to feed the ducks and play.We of course thought this sounded like an excellent idea and away we went to the park!!!

Once we got there,all the girls ran straight to the water (which pretty much gave me a heart attack but thrilled them senseless!!) to feed the ducks!

It took awhile for the ducks to make it our way,

but soon enough they arrived for the bread crumb feast!!!

The girls all had a blast feeding the (very large) ducks bread crumbs!

But after awhile, both the ducks and the kids lost interest,and the playground was a-callin our names!!! We all had fun on the playground (yeeees EVEN me!!!)



Yay warm sunny early Spring days!!! I truly hope this bit of cold,rainy,gloomy,weather goes away soon!!! I'm ready for more fun in the sun!!
xoxo