Boo!

Halloween was SOOOO much fun this year! Sal had such a great time and it is always so delightful to watch him experience things differently each year! He learned about ghosts on the Thomas Halloween DVD we borrowed from the library although he isn't afraid...we have ghosts in the closet, the dryer and his train tunnel. It's very funny and he'll now say "boo" to the tunnel. He was a train conductor which was perfect given his love of trains right now...he enjoyed wearing the costume and you'll see that he made the rounds and we got a lot of good use out of it!

Our Sweet Little Conductor! All Board!

Sal took cupcakes to Granny's work and of course she shared one with him!Sal went to Aunt Mary's work for Halloween fun! He even brought along a train and some track.
"Sucker is good"Mommy played the supporting conductor role at Aunt Mary's work.
Sal stopped by Hy-Vee to show Uncle Paul his costume.
Sal went to a "party" as he called it at Daddy's work on Friday. Daddy played the conductor role this time!


Sal loves plastic pumpkins, here's a little one he found in Daddy's cube!

Sal really liked Daddy's boss' purple pumpkin and of course Jon was nice enough to let him carry it around.

The Valera's at Sprint

On actual Halloween, we took our little conductor to see the trains at Union Station and to lunch at Fritz's. Daddy was home sick but Aunt Mary and Uncle Paul came along for the fun!

Sal poses with Aunt Mary and Uncle Paul

Marcia & Mary at lunch

Mom and Dad worked hard on making Sal's Step2 Car into a Thomas, like the true procrastinator she is, Mommy got a late start. It turned out pretty good - most important, Sal really liked it!

Sal is watching a Thomas video from his train.Front view

Grandpa played the supporting conductor role on Halloween since Daddy was sick. So cute, I don't ever remember Dad playing along this well when I was young!

Grandpa and Grandma with Sal just before trick or treating.

Sal and his witchy Mommy!

Granny, Mommy and Sal - Granny pushed Sal all around!

Sal loved handing out candy and playing with the candy in the basket even though he can only eat a few things.

Miscellaneous October Fun!

Sal had a chance to play with his cousin George when they visited this month.

Here the boys are watching the squirrels out the front window. They have provided lots of entertainment this Fall!Boys and their cars...here the school bus was serving as a car transporter. This picture cracks me up - frog!

Sal and George had fun playing at the Great Mall on a rainy day during their visit.

Here's a video of Sal playing the piano with Daddy while Mommy was out shopping.

Pumpkin Patch

We took advantage of a little sunshine on Sunday and went to the Pumpkin Patch at the Louisburg Cider Mill. It was a lot of fun to watch Salvador explore in his own way and to see the difference a year makes.

Sal's favorite attraction was this jungle gym - he loved playing in the "triangle" as he called it.

Sweet profile on a beautiful fall day!

Daddy and Sal looking for the perfect pumpkin!

Sal enjoyed running down the hill at the pumpkin patch. Faster is a word we hear a lot these days.Uggggghhh almost got it! Sal tried very hard to pick up many of the pumpkins we found.

Sal and Daddy checking out the goats.

Sal didn't feel like posing...good idea though!

Mickey's Choo Choo Express

We took Sal to Union Station last Saturday to see Mickey Mouse and trains of course! M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Daddy and Sal enjoying a story.

Sal got to play with Mickey's new choo choo

Sal LOVES the trains at Union Station...he was so excited to see them and kept watching for the "polar express!"

A Fall Saturday

With Fall in full swing, we went to Antioch Park for some fun last weekend!My two favorite boys in the whole world!
Like all kids, Sal loves to run around "town"

Sal enjoying the slide!

Sal in the tunnel - surprise!

Bathtime!

Sal will someday love all of his bathtime photos! He loves playing in the tub and really likes bubbles in his bath! A favorite tub toy is his Bullstrode the Boat with Thomas the Tank Engine from Iris & Nora!Sal tries to get the bubbles off before I wrap him up!

Mommy and her big boy!
Cute little puppy dog!

September Fun

It was hard to top such a busy and fun August and September went by in a flash!

Sal loves to wear Mommy's oven mitts - he likes to put them on and take them off, one...two!
Sal looks so cute in Daddy's Brazil hat!

Sal and Daddy playing at Sal's table!

Race for the Cure

Our family was part of Team Uniboober in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Team Uniboober is Aunt Mary's team - we love this uniboober soooo much! We walk and run in loving memory of Grandma Rosa (Herley's Mom) who lost her courageous battle with breast cancer in 2003. We miss her every day! Daddy ran his first 5K!
It was so early, Sal rode in the jogger in his jammies!

Our Uniboober and Mommy!

Aunt Ronnie, Aunt Mary, Mommy and Sal ready for the race!