October means fun!

Yay for October!
Every year, we fill October with birthdays and parties and pumpkins and dress up and candy!
Jessa is pretty new to Octobers, since she was just 5 months old last time. She might take some warming up to the dress up idea! Or at least to the dress up like a monkey idea. Poor Monkey J. I think she was hoping to be a princess. I wore that costume myself many years ago, and all I can say is, Jessa, if you want people around here to listen to you, then you've got to start talking.

Good thing for Jessa that dress up is only part of our October. We also have birthdays! We used to only have one, and that was Mina's on the 15th-- but NOW, we have two! Our second cousin Grace moved here over the summer and her 4th birthday is on the 17th! So we celebrated at Grandma's on Sunday. We share great-grandparents, and so that's fun for us.

We got some presents from Michaela and from Grandma!


it was FUN, of course, but the fun is only just now getting started! Mina is having another pumpkin decorating party on Saturday, and I think it will be great! There will be all her preschool friends and some of our neighbors, and of course Grace and her family!
And, also, October means basketball, but only for my dad. I'm old enough now to go to his games and watch him from the bleachers while Mom stays home and plays baby girl games with my sisters. I made a picture last week of Dad's team. It's very fancy. Dad is on the end, in the blue shirt. He's got the basketball. 'Cause he's my dad.