The Misses Watts: Catch-up after being sick

So last Sunday I told you we had people over for dinner and that it was delicious. What I didn't say was that the previous night I had felt a little nauseated, but by Sunday night was hungry and didn't feel any of that wooziness, so I ate my dinner. Well, about 2.5 hours after dinner, the wooziness came back. I felt bad that we'd had people over if I was sick, but I'd really thought I was fine. That night I was incredibly nauseated and didn't sleep much because of it. Steve stayed home from work Monday so I could rest, which was a huge boon. He even went grocery shopping! Tuesday, I still was sick, but I didn't want to keep him home again, so Cecily and I just had a quiet day together and the girls played by themselves after school. Wednesday, I was finally feeling like I was on the mend (four days later!), so we ran some errands and cleaned up the mess that 3 days of mom not feeling well will cause.

The rest of the week was pretty packed, but each day was good in its own way. I got to have a girls night with my friend, Camber on Wednesday night. Thursday and Friday were fall break for the kids, so they played with friends in the morning and Mira had an eye appointment in the afternoon. She will be the newest glasses-wearing member of our family as soon as they come in. I feel for her because she's scared to be a "glasses girl." So grandparents and anyone else sympathetic to her plight, if you'll pray for her I would appreciate it. I'm not sure how to make her feel better. The optometrist says that it's just an astigmatism (and not nearsightedness), but if she doesn't wear the glasses it will get worse faster. After the appointment, we picked up Camber's daughter, Cassie, for a sleepover, and Steve had D&D that night. Friday, we played in the morning, had chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, and then after lunch, took Cassie home on our way to my parents' house. My mom had lots of fun activities planned for us. Blinking monster eyes out of paper, cookie and kiss witch's hats, and we each got our own haunted house to decorate. I loved seeing how each of my girls made their house unique and creative. Saturday, Joe and Cindy and their kids came up to go to the tour of the Biblical Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant at BYU and to celebrate Steve's birthday. We played a lot of games and were taken out for dinner by Nick and Wilda. It was a fun day and we always love seeing cousins. Today, Steve and I were wiped out and so, after church, had a play computer games with the kids sort of night.

Mira and Emilia like dressing Cecily up. I love that they covered her entire head in bows for this outfit. I think she was the Queen of Cecilyland in this particular instance.

Playing with the pieces from Cootie...
Me: She looks like a cowgirl. Is she?
Cecily: Yeah. But she wears skates, cuz she likes to skate everywhere.
Me: Oh, okay.
Cecily: And she not from a farm. She's from a dance party.
. . .
Cecily: Now I'm making her dad. He has hands so he can grab things.
Me: Is he wearing a bow?
Cecily: (without any hint of humor) Yes.

While we were running errands, I took Cecily to a new donut place in Spanish Fork. I didn't have one, but she scarfed hers down, so I'll say it gets a thumbs up.

Cecily was very proud of this lego creation.

Our haunted houses from visiting Nana:

Cecily's:

Mine:

Emilia's:

Mira's:

From the Biblical Tabernacle tour:

Remember the b&w photo challenge I told you about? These are all photos I considered, but ended up not using:

These are the ones I picked to use:

And remember the leaf photos I told you about? Well here they are. I'm not sure what to do with them, but I think they turned out about how I wanted them to. A lot of these are Mira's designs. I am so impressed with her eye for composition. The ones that are her designs, I marked at the bottom.