10 Days!

Happy Last day of July everybody. The BPAC is very hard at work as there are only 10 days left until the 2011 Ocean City Baby Parade! These next few days are going to be the construction days for the big float. As a little recap we got a flat bed wagon that was a bit too small to fit 5-6 kids so we got a piece of wood to put on top that way the kids had a little bit of room. We have the wood and it is cut but when we put big water bottles on it to represent the weight of the float it was near impossible to pull.

JV and K testing the wagon without the wood.

So the wonderful minds of the BPAC started thinking and searching hardware stores and we think we found a solution. While we know that our wonderful Jeff Dever will pull his very hardest, we need some push power from behind. So our construction department believes that we can use PVC pipes to create and push bar for the back of the float. Pretty creative huh?

So here is a little schedule of what's going to be going on and what you can look forward to on this amazing blog.
August 1 or 2- we are going to try to get the push bar assembled
August 7- is our official PRE BABY PARADE PLANNING DAY!!
               We will have half of the Baby Parade participants and families in OC so we will
               be planning the actual day and putting together some areas of the structures
August 8-10- These are our final preparation days before the Baby Parade
August 11- THE BIG DAY!!!!!!! BABY PARADE 2011

Look for plenty of blog posts coming your way in the next 10 days

Keep on Parading

Construction Updates!

The BPAC is hard at work with many meetings and lots of painting! While our art department is doing fabulous work, we are having many construction issues. We have realized that our beautiful float is much too heavy for even the fantastic Jeff Dever to pull down the parade route! We are now trying to spread the weight around by adding a handle bar in the back, but as of right now we are a little stuck on how to make and attach this handle! We will keep you updated and keep your fingers crossed that we find a suitable pushing handle!
Keep on Parading!

We're Registered

Hey bloggers! With 16 days to go we headed to the Ocean City Annex and the Music Pier Information Center to officially register for the 2011 Ocean City Baby Parade! Seeing the look on the man's face when we said we had 9 babies was interesting.

Here's a little account of our day.

First we headed to the City Hall Annex and the place was hopping. There was a line at 11 am. We had some action too as there was a person that left their dogs in the car. We eventually figured out that the car was running so it seems the dogs are ok.

We handed the guy the forms. The original form was too small to fit all 9 names and ages so we made a secondary sheet.

We handed in our forms and they told us we had to go up the Music Pier to get a number.

We headed up to the Music Pier and our official category is Division C Section 1 and our number is 502.

502 is a good number!!! Can't wait for the Baby Parade to be here already.

A message from the CEO

We had a big weekend at BPAC headquarters.

Construction on the Baby Parade Float has begun.

We have entered unchartered waters, but so far so good.

I am proud to report this is 4th year of OC Baby Parading and even

with the use of the "power saw" this weekend, the BPAC organization

is proud to say we have an accident/injury free record!

Here are a few photos from the Construction Crew, The Art Department, and

Costume Design Dept.

Sneak Peek

28 DAYS!!!!!!
A few weeks ago I was rather nervous about the very little we had gotten done but whoa a couple weeks makes all the difference. We still have a big project ahead of us. The design for the double stroller and wagon are pretty much complete but our biggest challenge yet is still looming. The BPAC has never built a real float before and this is our year. We have to buy some wood to make it a bit larger (to hold all those kids) and then decorate around it. It is going to be one heck of a job but we at the BPAC are up to it.

Here are two sneak peeks at what our art department has been working on....

This is actually smaller than the ones below but I zoomed in to give it more quality

These are for the sides of the double stroller. They look small here but they will actually take up most of the side of the double stroller.

Have a great week and keep on parading!!!

PS- go see harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 :-) its a BPAC fav

Happy Fourth of July Weekend!!

Yep it's Fourth of July weekend which means trips to the shore, barbecues, fireworks, and fun! And it also means 40 days until the Baby Parade!! This week was a rather productive week for the BPAC. We got shirts, foam circles and our art department started on the first float's design. Here is a little sneak peek of what our art department has been working on.

Any guess what this is? 

Happy Fourth of July!!! Stay safe and have a great and fun weekend!!!
Keep on Parading