365 Days of Jadyn: These are a few of our Favorite things.

#1 Breakfast.

For as long as I can remember in my childhood, my mother got up in the morning and made each of us a beautiful, full breakfast. I carried the tradition through college, making myself an omelet virtually every morning. When I lived with my parents again, my mom went right back to making me breakfast every morning (I pitched in). And now, Jadyn and I enjoy a smoothie and eggs every morning. Breakfast is a long, relaxing ritual with us. We think of every breakfast food we can fill ourselves up with and savor it for about an hour. Only then can we start our day. Breakfast is a definite favorite.

# 2: The Car.

Anyone's really. It doesn't matter...she thinks she owns them all. This must be a toddler thing. She claims ownership over everything by screaming "Mine!" Oh child, if only it were that simple. She can

spend hours in the car, fully entertained. Her ultimate favorite is Daddy's car (I wonder why).

#3 Breath of Fresh Air.

I didn't have even the slightest clue how intensely I could feel cabin fever until I was cooped up with a toddler all day. Every morning we would look out the window and hope for sun. I am so happy it has been showing its bright face lately. Jace had his spring break from school two weeks ago. Every evening he came home from work, we scarfed down some dinner and played outside till the sun went down. It was such a blast. There's a golf course right across the street from our house, so hitting a bucket of balls was an obvious activity one night. Jadyn LOVED it...of course.