Cade playing baseball at Wrigley Field

On Sunday, Cade got to go to a baseball clinic sponsored by Chevrolet at Wrigley Field. It was a free clinic, we parked for free and we even got 5 free dinners of a hot dog, chips and a drink. That's unheard of. When are things free, especially in Chicago? It was great! Cade's friend, Ethan, went to the clinic too. Here they are outside of Wrigley waiting to get in.

Maddi, Emalyn and I hopped on the L and went to State street for a little shopping and had a snack at Macy's and then we came back toward the end of the clinic. Brett stuck around at Wrigley and took tons of photos. 267 pictures to be exact! Here is Cade waiting in the bleachers for the camp to start.

I think this was his first station. Catching grounders. Pretty cool for an 8 year old to get to play baseball on Wrigley Field.

Too bad the ivy is dormant right now. Doesn't look so nice in the pictures.

Another station, not sure what exactly...

Fielding again.

Loved this action photo. You can see the tennis ball he's about to catch right above his glove.

Brett enjoyed being able to roam freely around Wrigley. This was from behind home plate.

More catching pop flys.

Moving on to batting...

And now waiting to get in the batting cage. Somehow, Brett talked his way into getting inside the batting cage and the boys were suprised to see Brett in there. Cade's friend, Ethan, is on the right.

Batter up. Hitting is not Cade's strength right now, but he was happy with how he did in the batting cage.

Not sure of the story exactly, but Cade is about to catch a ball that they were all trying to catch. I think since he caught it he got to do something special.

Moving on to pitching. Cade makes such a cute little ball player, if you ask his mama.

Maddi enjoyed watching Cade's group pitch when we got back to Wrigley. When they moved on to the next thing I asked Maddi where Cade went and she said, "they went to the dug in". Ha! I love it. She's a dancer, not a ball player.

Emalyn's first time at Wrigley Field.

Emalyn was loving the freedom to walk around and climb all the stairs around Wrigley.

Pitching...

...pitching...

and now the last station of the day...the dug out! Cade is the 3rd from the end on the bottom row. He had a blast and made some great memories. This is our first year in this baseball league and that's how we were able to go to the clinic. Hopefully they'll offer it again and he can do it again.

Some cute and funny faces of Emalyn eating a hot dog.



See the hot dog! Or as Maddi called it, a "dot dog". We can still hear Maddi's little voice in our head saying "I want another one dot dog". She said that a lot. She loved dot dogs. Now she thinks they are so gross. Silly girl.

Cade after camp is over and about to enjoy a hot dog.

Maddi, Emalyn, Cade and Ethan sitting on the Cubs dugout.

Emalyn was not enjoying being man handled by her bubby. Her face makes me laugh.

Cade man!

Inside the Cubs dugout. I thought it would be more fancy than it is.

I thought this picture was cute of Maddi, Ethan and Cade. I wonder what they were talking about.

Our family outside Wrigley. The last family pic we have with the sign was from when Cody and his family came to visit and I was pregnant with Emalyn. Now she's almost 18 months old. Time flies when you're having fun.

And lastly, a picture with the Ernie Banks statue. It was a fun day and even more fun that it was compeletly free!