Friday Things #561

1. The kids were off at the beginning of the week, and it was so nice to enjoy a couple of slow days, including a few board games.

2. And some video games…

3. And couch snuggles 😍

4. Has anyone read the new Mel Robbins book The Let Them Theory? I’m so intrigued by it, but I still haven’t finished Happier Hour, so I must do that first!

5. From the most recent James Clear newsletter: “Spend today interpreting whatever people do in the most generous way. See if you feel better as a result.”

6. Today is National Pancake Day! If you’ve never made my buttermilk pancakes recipe, today is the perfect excuse! We make these every single weekend (my kids almost have the recipe memorized), usually one plain one (for me), and the rest a mix of blueberry and chocolate chip!

7. We’ve all been super invested in watching the Four Nations Face-Off hockey tournament the last two weeks, and the championship game was USA vs Canada last night… so much anticipation! When I finished writing this last night, the game was headed to overtime 😬

8. They used a snippet of the Herb Brooks speech from the movie Miracle during the intro last night, and it will never fail to give me goosebumps. We may need to break out that movie for the kids ahead of the winter Olympics next year!

9. We finished watching the final season of Cobra Kai this week… even though it was cheesy in spots, we’re 80s kids and appreciated the nostalgia of this reboot 😊

10. TGIF! Ahhh my buddy Duke, he still gallops over to me, tail wagging, and I love it so much 💙