road to wrigley

*** warning..... lots of photos ***

Last night we took the kids to Wrigley Field for the Road to Wrigley game...

The first minor league game played at Wrigley Field. It was between the Peoria Chiefs and the Kane County Cougars.

We managed to get there early, in spite of the fact that their art class went longer than scheduled.
We watched some baseball...

...but the best part for the kids was what went on between innings.

Here's their reactions when the zooperstars came out...

Clara LOVED them and kept yelling over and over that she had seen them on America's Got Talent.... it was too funny.

Here's Clammy Sosa...
... Clara was in hysterics watching him.

Another thing that made the night fun was that the Cubs were playing Milwaukee at the same time, in Milwaukee... so everyone was cheering for the Cubs as they scored along with cheering for the game going on at Wrigley.
Alex dancing to YMCA (with a little help from Jeff)....
Another favorite with the kids was Birdzerk...
Here Harry Canary helps sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame during the 7th inning stretch...
more zooperstars....
The highlight of the game was that the kids would get to run the bases after the game. I mean, how many chances does a kid get the chance to run the bases at Wrigley Field??? Seriously, how cool is that? They made the announcement during the 8th inning so Jeff and the kids went down to line up under the bleachers. Apparently it was incredibly hot down there and jammed packed with kids and parents. Jeff kept texting me for game updates since the game was tied at this point. Halfway through the 9th inning, with the score still tied, this happened....
The tarp came out...
and with the rain, thunder and lightening... they called the game and canceled the running of the bases.

Jeff and the kids returned to our seats (since they were under the upper level and dry) and we sat for a while waiting for the rain to die down just a bit before we headed to the L to go home.

It was a great night! Even without running the bases (which they announced that they would make up.... that's pretty cool). We didn't get home until after 11 so our kids were late risers this morning. Thankfully I don't think we have anything much on our schedule today!

Have a great day!