tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57159571715444787582024-03-13T16:58:24.198-07:00Mod MischiefA blog about my life and the weird stuff I make.Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.comBlogger506125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-69346834876607370712018-04-01T11:37:00.001-07:002018-04-01T11:37:41.337-07:00Happy Easter!We hope you're enjoying a beautiful holiday!<br />
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Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-18648812993205058392018-02-03T10:31:00.002-08:002018-02-03T10:36:07.232-08:00Flash's Guardians of the Galaxy Birthday Party<div style="text-align: center;">
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As Axel's birthday falls so close to Halloween, I was hoping to save a little sanity by working his <a href="http://www.modmischief.com/2017/11/halloween-at-our-house.html" target="_blank">Halloween costume</a> into his party theme. He was really excited about his upcoming Rocket and Groot party, but, three-year-olds being the fickle creatures that they are, on the day of the party he insisted that he would be the Flash and nothing could convince him otherwise.<br />
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Now that Axel is getting older he has strong opinions on things, like how his party should be, which can be a little challenging for me, but on the flip side he is able to help out with the preparations which is a lot of fun.<br />
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This theme worked well for the skill levels of a preschooler since nebulas and starscapes don't need to be precise and actually look best a little messy. My little helper and I had a great time baking and decorating galaxy star sugar cookies and painting the photobooth backdrop. His pride in the projects was so heartwarming, I'm smiling just thinking of it.<br />
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We also made a batch of <a href="http://www.two-daloo.com/night-sky-activities-preschool-galaxy-slime-borax-free/" target="_blank">galaxy slime</a>, which seems to be all the rage on Pinterest. Unfortunately this was an instance where Axel's enthusiasm wasn't particularly helpful, as he dumped an entire jar of glitter in the mix before I could stop him. I tried to add more of the other ingredients to compensate but it didn't turn out quite right and I wound up including way too much food dye so the final product made for purple-tinted hands.</div>
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For fun and games, our friend Amy made us a fantastic beanbag toss game featuring the space monster from the second Guardians of the Galaxy movie. So cool!<br />
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Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-68389170857623315292017-11-11T14:09:00.000-08:002017-11-11T14:09:31.309-08:00Halloween at our House<div style="text-align: center;">
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We only had about a dozen kids come by, but that's up from the 3-5 we have gotten in years past.<br />
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Axel had been asking to go trick-or-treating for weeks, so he was pretty excited when the big day finally arrived!Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-73096348654092702982017-10-30T08:00:00.000-07:002017-10-30T08:00:21.684-07:00Weekly LennoxJust like<a href="http://www.modmischief.com/2014/11/one-month.html" target="_blank"> I did with Axel</a>, I've been taking a weekly photo of Lennox.<br />
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I've kept it mostly the same, but swapped out the <a href="http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=70788" target="_blank">German safety goggles</a> for some fun steampunk costume googles, so there is something to set his photos apart from Axel's.</div>
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Even though they were both born 5 weeks early, Lennox is way bigger than Axel was at the same age. He's growing so fast he's already too big for his newborn sized clothes.
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Besides their size, the other big difference is how much harder it is to photograph Lennox. Finding time to set up the picture and take the shots with a 3-year-old running around and "helping" is challenging!</div>
Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-73871536019944397732017-10-29T16:34:00.000-07:002017-10-29T16:34:28.185-07:00Costume fun 2017Halloween is almost here!<br />
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Last week Axel, Lennox and I went to a dress up party. There's no shortage of costumes around here, so when Axel decided to be Spiderman, I pulled out some superhero costumes for Lennox and me too.<br />
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Yesterday we dressed up again for the Canada Games Centre's Spooktacular event. This time it was just Axel and I, and we went as Rocket Raccoon and Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy.<br />
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I made the Rocket costume and Groot mask for Yukomicon. There's also a full Groot body suit for Chris but it's not finished yet. Hopefully it will be done in time for Halloween and Axel's Guardians of the Galaxy themed birthday party.<br />
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This week we got our first snowfall of the season.<br />
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I'm glad we had already put up a bunch of our Halloween decorations, although it does hide many of the details, like the fresh mounds of dirt on the graves and the bones strewn around the yard.<br />
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We're going for full-on, obnoxious-level, Halloween decor this year. Axel loves it, even if he finds some of it scary. Hopefully it will help attract more trick-or-treaters to our house.<br />
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I'll have to post more photos when it's all done - there's still lots to add!<br />
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The snow has pretty much all melted away now, but winter is almost upon us.<br />
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Yesterday, Chris' Google Photos assistant made him a little video that pulls on the heart strings perfectly.<br />
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Some women love being pregnant, but <a href="http://www.modmischief.com/2014/06/being-pregnant-sucks.html" target="_blank">I am not one of them</a>. For me, it's months of being tired, nauseous and generally miserable.<br />
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But now I can forget about all of that, because another adorable little boy has joined our family.<br />
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Arriving in a rush, 5 weeks premature just like his big brother, Lennox made his grand entrance early on a Saturday morning, weighing an impressive 6 pounds 13 ounces (that's a lot for a preemie!).<br />
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Fortunately, Chris was in town <a href="http://www.modmischief.com/2014/10/welcome-to-world-axel.html" target="_blank">this time</a> and did a great job supporting me through the labour and looking after everything while Lennox and I were in the hospital.<br />
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Despite having gone through this all before, we're only slightly more prepared than last time, and have been slowly settling in to life as a family of four. It's definitely more hectic dealing with a toddler in addition to a newborn, but I am really excited to be on maternity leave and able to tackle some fun projects at home over the next few months. Hopefully I can catch up a bit on some blogging and share some of the fun with you!Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-24241972529064603692017-06-05T21:27:00.000-07:002017-06-05T21:27:12.911-07:00At the Airshow<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://caat2017.com/" target="_blank">The Canadian Arctic Aviation Tour</a> was in town this weekend. Sunday was a beautiful day; it was perfect for sipping lemonade and watching the trick planes from our front porch.<br />
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We took Axel up the airport to see the planes up close. He was so excited he was skipping and jumping the whole way from the parking spot to the planes.<br />
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Not a bad way to spend the day with a 2 year-old!<br />
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Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-42090430416032332802017-04-22T17:42:00.000-07:002017-04-22T17:42:13.449-07:00Axel's First Haircut<div style="text-align: center;">
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While I was in love with his adorable curls, Axel has been brushing his hair out of his eyes an awful lot lately and we decided it was finally time for his first haircut.<br />
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Axel and Chris both went for a trim today at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/theshedhairsalon/" target="_blank"> the Shed</a>.<br />
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The stylists were awesome and handled Axel's tears and screams with incredible patience. I'm very impressed the final results considering all the squirming he did!<br />
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Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-23720243985092154532017-04-16T15:38:00.000-07:002017-04-16T15:39:09.297-07:00Happy Easter!<div style="text-align: center;">
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I hope you are enjoying the long weekend! We've been having lots of fun with Easter stuff now that Axel is old enough to be excited about bunnies and eggs.<br />
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Axel helped blow out and dye the eggs. I'm impressed that we only broke one!<br />
We used food colouring, water, vinegar and a bit of olive oil to get some pretty marbled eggs. And it was easy enough for a two-and-a-half-year-old (with a bit of supervision).<br />
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We decided to cook a turkey and invited a few friends over for dinner. I really need to host dinner parties more often, they're so fun!<br />
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I set the table with cute napkin bunnies (<a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/908072/bunny-fold-napkins" target="_blank">thanks Martha Stewart</a>!) and flowers in some stuff from our silver tea set collection.<br />
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Since we have a huge collection of bunny ears for the<a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=Billion+Bunny+March" target="_blank"> Billion Bunny March</a>, I had enough for everyone at dinner.</div>
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This morning Axel hunted for eggs around the house (the ones we dyed and a few chocolate ones too). I think Chris and I had as much fun hiding the eggs and watching Axel search for them as Axel had finding them!<br />
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Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-86496290194066590272017-02-15T22:15:00.001-08:002017-02-15T22:15:30.300-08:00Super Quick Last Minute Star Wars Costumes<div style="text-align: left;">
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First you gather a bunch of earth toned clothing for the Jedi. I found some beige/khaki coloured pants and a long sleeved shirt in Axel's closet. I grabbed an old belt of mine and some brown shirts from our clothing swap donation bin.</div>
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I figured this Old Navy shirt that no longer fits Chris would make a good Jedi tunic.</div>
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The best part about working with t-shirts is that the fabric doesn't fray, so there was no need to worry about finishing the edges.</div>
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I cut off the shirt's sleeves and collar, and then cut down the center of the front.</div>
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Layered over the beige shirt and pants, and with a belt around the center, it was already looking like a Jedi outfit!<br />
The belt has holes all the way around, so I just folded it in half to fit Axel.</div>
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I had Axel try it on and then cut off the bottom of the tunic to shorten it to size.</div>
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Chris added an LED to the inside of a bubble wand we had kicking around, and then wrapped the handle in duct tape for a perfect toddler-sized lightsaber.</div>
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The best part of the party was when they turned off the lights and all the kids practiced their lightsaber skills. It was too dark to capture on my camera, but it was adorable watching Axel wave around his glowing lightsaber!</div>
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Originally I was thinking of dressing as Leia, but we have these awesome imperial officer caps in our costume collection, so I whipped up a quick duct tape badge and stuck it on a black turtleneck. Instant bad guy!</div>
Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-78404976534300836132017-02-14T20:14:00.000-08:002017-02-14T20:17:06.829-08:00Happy Valentines Day!<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
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I hope you are having a fabulous Valentine's Day (or an equally awesome <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles_Awareness_Day" target="_blank">Singles Awareness Day</a>).<br />
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Chris and I recently designed a fun little project for <a href="http://yukonstruct.com/2017/02/10/monster-love-valentines-day-craft-party/" target="_blank">YuKonstruct's Valentines craft party</a>.<br />
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Inspired by some other little Operation games, we made a laser-cut version. I'm especially proud of the arms, which interlock to keep the candies in the game if you're giving it as a gift.<br />
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Check out the <a href="https://www.instructables.com/id/Operation-Valentines-Day-Game/" target="_blank">full instructable</a>.<br />
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<br />Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-31954493298187968102017-02-11T17:58:00.000-08:002017-02-11T17:58:02.785-08:00Yukon Quest 2017<div style="text-align: center;">
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The dog teams are making record time in their race to the end of the 1,000 mile <a href="http://yukonquest.com/" target="_blank">Yukon Quest</a> this year.<br />
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Axel and I went to watch the start of the race, and it was a much warmer day than the<a href="https://modmischief.blogspot.ca/2015/02/yukon-quest-2015.html" target="_blank"> last time</a> it was in Whitehorse.<br />
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Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-13312417918104649222017-02-03T21:40:00.001-08:002017-02-03T21:47:20.761-08:00Life in Seconds<br />
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As I mentioned in <a href="http://modmischief.blogspot.ca/2017/01/resolutions.html" target="_blank">my last post</a>, one of my goals for 2017 is to get back into the habit of documenting my life.<br />
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I've been using <a href="http://1se.co/" target="_blank">1 Second Everyda</a>y to capture snippets of everyday life at our house.<br />
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The video quality isn't great. The camera on my phone is terrible and the lighting situation in our home is far from perfect. But it still makes me incredibly happy to see the compiled video for January.<br />
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I realized after a week or so that all I ever filmed was Axel. He's so cute, I don't mind if the finished product becomes 356 seconds of Axel.<br />
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Last January I made a resolution to "stop complaining about it, fix it" - while it seemed like a great idea at the time, it backfired big time. Trying to do everything myself just isn't sustainable.<br />
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After learning that lesson the hard way, I've come up with the following resolutions for 2017:<br />
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This has been a hard lesson, but by scaling back on which projects I take on I hope to really focus on doing fewer things really well.</div>
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I'm really excited about some of the things I have in the works for the next few months.</div>
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This will hopefully mean blogging more!</div>
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While working on the <a href="https://modmischief.blogspot.ca/2016/09/life-lately.html" target="_blank">Instructable Makerspace Contest this summer</a>, I was often looking back at my old blog posts for things I had done in the past and ideas for projects to replicate. It was so nice to have that history to look back on.</div>
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This blog has been a little neglected of late, but I'm hoping to get back into the habit of doing more frequent updates.</div>
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Using <a href="http://1se.co/" target="_blank">1 Second Everyday</a> was so fun for the <a href="https://modmischief.blogspot.ca/2016/12/winterval-2016.html" target="_blank">Winterval lanterns</a>, I'm also going to try to film something every day in 2017. So far January is just videos of Axel being adorable.</div>
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Our kitchen renovation is still not done. Axel's nursery was never completed. The master bedroom is a mess and the same awful blue and orange that it was when we moved in. It stresses me out.</div>
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By working to improve our little house I think that I will enjoy spending time at home with Chris and Axel more. Making things more functional will make our lives easier.</div>
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Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-25532511097780775792016-12-30T18:55:00.001-08:002016-12-30T18:56:39.725-08:00Happy Holidays<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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2016 is almost behind us. It's been a tough year for many, but we've been lucky to have some pretty great memories from the past 12 months. With Axel it seems like every week is full of exciting new firsts.<br />
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We enjoyed some time with family over the holidays, baking cookies, playing in the snow and eating so much delicious food.<br />
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<a href="http://yukonstruct.com/" target="_blank">YuKonstruct</a> was invited to build an art installation for <a href="http://unlikelyeventsyukon.com/" target="_blank">Winterval</a> this year.<br />
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I was going to be working in Victoria for two weeks and, since the hotel room was already paid for, Axel and Chris decided to join me for a little escape from the Yukon winter.</div>
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Vancouver Island was lovely compared to the cold and snow in Whitehorse, but Axel was not a fan of the rain.<br />
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<br />Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-47500667475757015732016-12-17T21:02:00.000-08:002016-12-17T21:02:43.056-08:00Belated Halloween PostThis ol' blog of mine feels pretty neglected of late.<br />
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It's not that we haven't been doing much, it's just that I haven't been finding the time to write about it.<br />
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Despite it being long overdue, I thought I should share some photos from Halloween.<br />
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This was Axel's first time trick-or-treating and getting into the spirit of Halloween.<br />
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We read a lot of Halloween books and watched a bunch of Halloween kids specials on Netflix leading up to the big day, so when it came time to hit the streets, he knew exactly what to do. It was adorable, seeing him so excited to knock on doors and hold out his candy bucket.<br />
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We wanted to make the most of the giant bird we had on hand, so we went with a cursed jungle decoration theme to work in Kevin.<br />
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We put up our<a href="https://www.foodallergy.org/teal-pumpkin-project" target="_blank"> Teal Pumpkin Project </a>signs at the start of the month, in the hopes that it would help attract more trick-or-treaters, but we still only got 5 kids at our door on Halloween night. We're the only house on our block that gives out candy, so it's hard to lure kids down our street. Hopefully if we keep making our decorations more and more elaborate each year we will start drawing more attention and treat-seekers in the future.<br />
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Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-38414051703529139962016-10-02T15:06:00.001-07:002016-10-02T15:08:45.296-07:00Axel's Growing UP Birthday Party<div style="text-align: center;">
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Axel's second birthday party was this weekend and it was a lot of fun!<br />
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Our little guy is crazy about balloons, so we went with an Up themed party. We built an almost-full-sized Kevin (the bird from the movie) for the photobooth and laser cut felt wilderness explorer badges for all the guests. In addition to a bunch of helium balloons, we filled a play pen with balloons for a little ball pit that was a huge hit.<br />
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The goody bags were filled will little tubs of playdoh, <a href="https://family.disney.com/craft/up-printable-finger-puppets/" target="_blank">Up finger puppets</a>, balloons and chocolates (Kevin's favourite treat).<br />
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For food, we served hot dogs (like Russell gets on the Spirit of Adventure), cake by <a href="http://www.klondikecakes.com/" target="_blank">Klondike Cakes</a>, <a href="http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/jell-o-cloud-parfaits-175158.aspx" target="_blank">jello sky parfaits</a>, fruit, veggies and other snacks.<br />
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So the big news is that <a href="http://yukonstruct.com/2016/09/16/won-instructables-makerspace-contest-2016-update/" target="_blank">we won the Instructables Makerspace Contest</a>!<br />
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After our second summer of making things like crazy, it's so wonderful that YuKonstruct (pretty much our second home) gets to take home the grand prize of a new laser cutter and other great stuff.<br />
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Since the contest has wrapped up, Chris and I have been working on preparations for Axel's birthday party.<br />
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<script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script>Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039362221240738399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715957171544478758.post-35989304153263885692016-06-29T18:30:00.000-07:002016-06-29T18:30:09.478-07:00We're at it again...<a href="http://modmischief.blogspot.ca/2015/06/instructables-challenge.html" target="_blank">Last year</a> I challenged myself to write an instructable every day during the month of June for the <a href="http://www.instructables.com/contest/Makerspace/" target="_blank">Instructables Makerspace Contest</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://yukonstruct.com/2015/09/13/instructables-makerspace-contest-update/" target="_blank">YuKonstruct narrowly missed out on the big prizes last time</a>, so this year we're after redemption!<br />
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While I haven't been completely successful at publishing a new instructable every day this month, I have managed to get <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/ModMischief/?show=INSTRUCTABLES&limit=51&sort=FEATURED" target="_blank">12 personal projects featured</a>.<br />
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I'm most proud of finally doing an instructable for <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Vault-Door-Wedding-Invitation/" target="_blank">our wedding invitations</a>! If you have a chance, <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Vault-Door-Wedding-Invitation/" target="_blank">please vote for them in the Wedding Contest</a>!<br />
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The weather in Whitehorse has been beautiful so we tried to make the most of it.<br />
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Today was a little overcast, but it was still great for an Easter scavenger hunt at the Y<a href="http://www.yukonwildlife.ca/" target="_blank">ukon Wildlife Preserve.</a><br />
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Last year, the theme for the Sourdough Rendezvous was "the future is now" and the organizers decided that, in keeping with the theme, the annual ball would be a steampunk ball.<br />
The Steampunk Ball was such a huge success, the organizers decided to do it again this year.<br />
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While YuKonstruct helped with decorations last year, the makerspace's only contribution was laser cutting gears out of cardboard. This time around, Rendezvous approached YuKonstruct to design and build some really impressive steampunk props.<br />
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Chris and I jumped at the opportunity to build some epic steampunk decor.<br />
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Chris designed an airship and porthole photobooth backdrop in SketchUp and then we built them with the help of several YuKonstruct and Yukon Comic Culture Society volunteers.<br />
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It was a ton of work, but it was all worth it to see it in action at the ball.<br />
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But what would a ball be without getting all dolled up?<br />
We pulled out all our costumes and managed to dress up a bunch of our friends. I love it when I can justify my crazy costume collection.<br />
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