Good morning, friends — this vlog is a real look at our winter weeks at home when it’s cold (like 19° cold), the mornings feel extra slow, and we’re settling into that cozy rhythm. I’m sharing homeschool snippets from our oceans unit study, the kids’ simple lunch (pepperoni roll-ups and grapes), and those little moments that make home feel sweet — like watching snow flurries even when they don’t really stick. I also chat through what we have coming up with clubs/activities and Jackson’s birthday plans, because winter always feels like a little reset for our routines. Mid-week, real life hits (because it always does) when our van window regulator breaks again — this time in the Burger King drive-thru — so we’re tracking down the part, planning the repair, and trying to keep our Thanksgiving travel timeline from totally falling apart. In between all of that, I’m doing a grocery haul and kitchen restock, keeping meals simple and budget-friendly, and baking banana bread plus our first try at homemade white bread. You’ll also see Alice’s Stranger Things character sketches, a few cozy reading moments while I try to get out of my book slump, and just a whole lot of normal mom life with humor, gratitude, and warm food in the middle of the chaos.