24-Month Check-Up

I screamed like a little girl today as soon as we walked from the parking garage into Kaiser Permanente.  I continued this outcry all the way into Dr. Lu’s office.  I knew what was coming and I didn’t like it…my 24-month check-up. 

Here are my current stats:

Height:  35 inches (66 percentile)

Weight:  27 pounds (41.5 percentile)

Head circumference: (95 percentile)

Mommy described me as a tall, skinny kid with a big head…much like my favorite candy, the lollipop.

I must admit, I was a bit melodramatic today.  All this crying and I didn’t even have to get any shots today.  Next shot is when I’m four…

Birthday Part 6: The Making of the “Fish in a Bag” Soap

Mommy saw the idea of “Fish in a Bag” on Martha Stewart and decided that it would be a neat thing to add to the goodie bags at my party.  The idea is to use melted clear glycerin soap and add a life-like goldfish in the soap so it looks like it’s swimming in “water.”

The package of glycerin.

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Cutting the blocks of clear glycerin to facilitate the melting process.

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Using an ice bath to set the glycerin so that the plastic goldfish can be properly positioned in the bag.  In the process of researching how to make these, Mommy found out that spraying rubbing alcohol on the surface of the glycerin will get rid of the bubbles.

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Setting up a clothes-pin line to properly shape the bags.

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Final step is using ribbon to tie the bag and attaching a label!

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