The Soltrop Six

mother’s day 2020

May 12, 2020

I have been so behind on my blogging that I thought I would post about my Mother’s Day! It was a great day during this crap quarantine. We finally said screw it, and visited our moms. It had been way too long!

Samantha’s Traumatic Brain Injury: Week Six

March 27, 2020

GUESS WHAT! Samantha has a discharge date!

April 9th is suppose to be the day she gets to make the transition back home. Thank goodness because I haven’t seen her in two weeks! My parents aren’t even going to see her right now either due to COVID-19.

toddler easter basket gift guide 2020

March 23, 2020

This year I’m only going to be sharing my toddler gift guides. My older daughters (age 11) are getting more specific items now that they are getting older. Seriously Kasey has about ten Stranger Things items in her basket, haha. I have tween gift guides from past years that still have awesome ideas though! The photo above is a quick mock up Easter Basket I did with items we already had at home – more tween ideas!

Easter baskets are my favorite to buy for – I like it more than Christmas gifts! Not really sure why! Here are some good ideas for this year’s toddler baskets…

Also note that I found all of these online! Since most of us are on a mandatory lockdown, most people will be ordered online.

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Samantha’s Traumatic Brain Injury: Week Five

March 19, 2020

I HATE YOU CORONA VIRUS!!

As of last Thursday, Samantha’s rehab hospital wasn’t allowing any visitors at all. This was devastating! Samantha, from what we can tell, has some short term memory loss and often gets confused about things. She honestly doesn’t understand what the virus is or what kind of impact it’s making around the world. Not being able to see any familiar faces would have been so hard for her.

functional easter basket ideas

March 16, 2020

Some people like to use a traditional Easter basket and store it year after year. Other people like to think outside the box and use fun items like umbrellas, strollers, etc. for their baskets. I typically like to use a storage basket that we can use for organization throughout the house. I also just love buying baskets, not really sure why. This gives me a good excuse to get some cute baskets for the house! I’m sharing my favorite baskets/tubs that would work perfect as Easter baskets!