So, because last night was sort of...er...challenging due to a very strong-willed 3-year-old who wanted to party at 2 a.m., we didn't make it to church. We love Living Water Church, and want to become members soon, and truly forge those friendships and establish that family in Christ, so it was kind of a bummer that we missed this morning. But, alas, this is the life we live and from day to day, one never knows if "plans" will unfold as "planned." Instead of worship, we went for a family drive. We traveled down a direction we've never taken before. It was neat to see new landscape, new
developments, and new folks. We love adventure. We never stay put. We are out and about, and I love that about James---that he's got the same wander-lust! We stopped at a gas station so he could consult the map. I got out to check out this nude, mission-style furniture in a small shop. I poked my head in, saw not a soul....a lot of benches, some tables. I left. Heading down the sidewalk, back towards the minivan, where James studied our next move, with windows up, and outside sounds masked by a vocal Lil' Linc and opinionated Woo Loo, I heard a dreaded noise. An aggressive, ANGRY dog's bark! I turn my head back to see this shiny, black, rather LARGE-framed beast
ferociously gaining on me!!!!!!!!!! I faced forward and continued on at the same pace. I thought to myself, "Okay. This is going to hurt," imagining his FANGS puncturing my fleshy limb (ha ha ha ha--you'd have to know my current weight struggle to laugh at this one!) It was just one of those occasions where you know, absolutely without a doubt, that something unpleasant is
fixin' to happen, and there
aint a
durn thang you can do about it! Well! THANK THE LORD his master, a gal about my age, came a
racin' after that monster! "STOP
BARLKEY!!!!!!!!!" I grasped my heart, hoping and praying that
this'd do the trick to stop this canine from punishing me, and oh my goodness. The dog turned towards his owner. She said to me, very sympathetically, "He wanted to say, 'Hi!'" I smiled weakly and made it, briskly, back to James, who had not heard so much as a puppy whine. He unrolled his window. I literally supported all of me on the door frame, and nearly collapsed. My legs felt like jell-o. ACTUALLY, they felt EXACTLY the way my entire body had felt when they pumped morphine into me while hospitalized with
pylonephritis! I was "weak in the knees." As an adult, I didn't really know what fear felt like any more. I mean, when was the last time I felt truly endangered?! Well, all, I felt it today. And I have to say, I am relieved that that man's best friend did not have his way with me! It took me quite a long time to recover. I feel exhausted from that
teensy moment in time. Seriously. Thank you, God, for sparing me! After this, we went on to have a super fun excursion. Tons to see and do! More later!
Before school---this day was "Balls, Bubbles and Balloons!" They finished up the alphabet so it was a play day! I think her legs look sooooo long!
Look at this face! Oh, I just love his squishy cheeks! His skin is so incredibly soft!
After her "nap," she came down having dressed herself!
I love his sweet disposition and small smile. (And I adore his gaping wide open smile also!)
I love his squishy chubby legs...
And let's not forget his HUGE big toe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How cute?!
I love Wendy's social personality...
And the fabulous friends she attracts! This was from Anna's lemonade stand during our neighborhood garage sale!
"And like that, the bird's voice was restored!"
Anna is older and SO much easier to pose!!!!!!!!
No school today. Overcast. What to do? I know! Fairy pics in the wood! Bundled them up in the stroller and once in the forest, I got her into her get-up and she was in awe as she felt just like a real tinker fairy in the forest! It was fantastic!
The other day, I took advantage of Linc's nap in my arms. What better opportunity for a focus study?
His profile.
Don't them lips need kissin'?!
It strikes me that his hands, while pudgy and baby hands, are more masculine than Wendy's were! I can tell that his hands are definately just bulkier or something!
Grabbing his toes.
This evening, Monday night, Wendy was taking a peek to see what brother had done.
When I caught her with the camera, both she and Linc thought it was just hysterical! I guess I can use Wendy to be my dependable diaper-checker now, huh?
I whipped out that beloved bubble suit again, thinking this time Linc will fill it out more fully and it'll be cuter pics! What say you? I reclined him, made googly eyes at him, and ta da!
Making a funny face of his own, and....
....his serious face, which I adore.
So, back to Taste of Asia, Wendy would sometimes, rarely smile for the camera. She did here. Isn't that sweet?
But for most of our lunch, she looked like this:
And said things like, "I don't like egg rolls. They have too many yucky 'sings' in them!"
"Wendy. I will get you the sugar-coated puff donut if you eat ONE MORE BITE OF ORANGE CHICKEN, okay?! Please. Come on, Wendy. You need to eat. No stories at bedtime then." Then I'd get this look, with a whine:
Then she'd challenge, "How 'bout I eat ONE more bite of watermelon and THEN I get 'STREE' donuts, okay Mom? Okay?"
Random shots of Linc....
This is his wild kicking, really, really excited face!
This is his, "Mom. WHAT are you?!" face.
Look! Linc's teeth have all come in early, so I got him this special teething ring for babies with prematurely erupting teeth. 
Now that he's got his teeth all in, extraordinarily!, he's eating people food.
Random Wendy shots...With Ava outside the other day. Oh, the bounce house was out, it was a cute sight!
I have blue "hair mascara" for Wendy. So, I took a lock on her right side and gave her a bit of punk before preschool. I'm glad she wasn't sent home!
"Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who is the squankoliest one of all?"
Helping Dad water the grass. 
You know she loves Zhu Zhu pets. She did this. She put the tiara from her Barbie horse and from a magnetic doll set, and the shoes from her My Little Pony, and she did the girlies thing imaginable. She made her "chick-munks" princesses. All on her own.
Mothers Day was wonderful. I felt so very blessed with the lives of my beautiful daugther and fantastic little man. I'm thankful God chose me for their mother, and I'm thankful that the man I love and belong to is half-way embedded into these two critters as well. Sigh. And now I'm glad I they are asleep so I can go to bed! Ha!