Good morning, friends. In this vlog I’m just taking you along for a real mom-of-five day—breakfast, supplements, coffee, and jumping right into homeschool. Wesley and I worked on his eight times tables (with a little doodling happening too), and I shared how Mondays are actually my favourite weekday because it feels like a fresh start. I’m usually most “on it” on Mondays—my alarm went at 6:15 and I didn’t even press snooze, and my workout was so good that I was right back to my creatine water after. While the kids worked, I was doing stretch-and-folds and finally making the chocolate sourdough bread Simeon has been begging me for. I also talked about tweaking my sourdough bake time because my sister’s loaves aren’t as chewy as mine—so I’m experimenting with keeping the lid on longer and doing less time lid off to change the crust. We kept lunch super simple with leftovers, veggies, and one of our favourite homeschool rhythms: watching World Watch News at lunchtime when everyone’s plates are ready and we can just sit and eat. Later, Wesley and I had a little shopping date while Charity was at swim lessons—Dollarama (his Christmas gift card has been “burning a hole in his pocket”) and a quick stop for dry shampoo. It’s an end-of-the-day, hot-mess kind of vlog… which is honestly just real life over here.