Hello, I'm Sophia Lusbexter and welcome to Spinning Plates, the podcast where I speak to

to busy working women who also happen to be mothers about how they make it work.

I'm a singer and I've released seven albums in between having my five sons aged 16 months to 16

years, so I spin a few plates myself.

Being a mother can be the most amazing thing,

but can also be hard to find time for yourself

and your own ambitions.

I want to be a bit nosy and see how other people balance everything.

Welcome to spinning plates.

I'm a risk-taker I am. I'm speaking to you with a really full house. I meant to do my introduction to the podcast earlier in the week when it was really quiet and I had this day where the house was really silent. I was like, this would be a great time.

But I got distracted. I don't know what happened. And now,

so last night, we had two sleepovers, two nine-year-olds in our sitting room, two 12-year-olds in our, what we call the den.

It's like an office room with a screen and lots of books in it. We've also got the kittens. That's that little thump you just heard was one kitten jumping off a bed.

The kittens have been sealed into the sitting room, I know, and I had to relocate them into Ray's room.

So there's two kittens in Ray's room. Basically, no one's where they're meant to be.

I think three of us spent the night in the correct place.

Actually, no.

Well, Richard and I were in our bed all night.

Kit stayed in his room.

Mickey moved into our bed halfway through the night.

Jesse was downstairs.

Ray was downstairs.

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