Buns and Baseball

Maddi now has to wear a bun for ballet class along with a leotard and tights. They've always been able to wear any other dance clothes and hair how they want. On Maddi's first day, Emma noticed the difference in Maddi clothes and hair and wanted her hair just like Sissy's, in a bun. She totally looks up to big sissy. So sweet.

Here is Maddi with her junior girls at ballet. It's nice to see them looking so ballet-ish in their tights and leotard.
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This weekend was one of our usual crazy weekends filled with lots of fun. Cade had a baseball game Saturday morning but left early for the Chevy Youth Sports baseball clinic at Wrigley Field. It was quite the adventure getting to Wrigley. We thought we had plenty of time so we stopped for cash, then went home to get Cade his shirt with his name on it, then Emma had to stop to go potty, then Cade had to stop to go potty (in the hood, I might add), and then we were in crazy traffic. We finally made it to Wrigley...late, but we made it. It was a gorgeous day.

Cade missed one or two rotations because he was late. Here he is in his first group. He's the tall one in the orange shirt.

His turn to bat.

There were several helicopters flying by and later we found out it was President Obama. He had come home to Chicago for the weekend.

My big boy, Cadester, listening intently.

Pitching time.

Another station...

Cade's face made me laugh, he's running fast!

Moving on to something else. Cade's friend, Ethan, was in his group with him.

Hanging out in the dugout. Such a great experience and memories for these kids.

Kendall, Maddi and Emma being supportive sisters in the stands.

Fielding with the ivy wall in the background. They ended the clinic early because they had some college kids trying out for the Cubs. Not sure if they were for a practice team or just for scouts to see, but we stayed to watch them for a while as we ate our free hot dog lunch. It was cool to see them play, especially when they were throwing the ball in from right field to home plate. We really want to see batting practice, but we were kicked out before that because they didn't want to risk one of the kids getting hit by a foul ball.

After the clinic, we made our way across the street to McDonald's for some ice cream. A few funny things...Emma said she didn't want ice cream because she doesn't like ice cream, just cheeseburgers, so she had a cheeseburger. I'm pretty sure she's not my child. There was a Breast Cancer walk down by Wrigley Field so there were several vans driving around with bras on them. One of them had a blowhorn and they were saying "save the boobies" and another one had "need a lift" written on the windows. The kids thought it was very entertaining. There was also a walk of some sort with people wearing mustaches. It was very odd seeing girls, boys, men and women wearing mustaches. A visit to Chicago is always an eye opening experience :)

3 happy little kiddos!

2 happy little parents!

3 tired little kids, only 2 pictured :)