Update...

Hey bloggers and blog followers. It is now 44 days until the Ocean City Baby Parade. Is everyone getting tan and ready? Good.

Well the BPAC is hard at work and we cannot wait to show everyone what we are beginning to create!

Remember the pic that we showed you 6 days ago with the colorful circles... Well K painted m's on them and they looked so good that she made even more... Heres a pic of all the m&ms that will hopefully grace our amazing float.

We also went up to Ocean City and looked around to find some m&m shirts for the 5 eldest cousins to where while walking up the boardwalk. Believe me when I say that everyone must be in uniform on parade day :-)

Overall we are getting excited and nervous. When recently talking to E, our spiritual director, she said, she is "looking forward to the big day... we will dominate and we will do great with all the support of everyone throughout the globe that reads our blog."

Keep looking for many updates to come.

Keep on Parading <3

50 Days!!

Hey everyone.
Baby Parade 2011 is rapidly approaching and needless to say we are getting excited (and a little bit nervous too). We have sooooooooo much to do and only 50 days to complete it all. Things are very slowly getting done though. Costumes are beginning to come into place and little things for the floats are materializing. 


Here is just a little taste of what is to come....

A look at two costumes plus other m&m memorabilia

A little look at some painted circles which you can probably figure out what they are for :-)

We will have so much more to show you in the next few weeks and we are very excited about the Baby Parade




Keep on Parading!

Hail to the Chief

Jeff and the Matriarch in 2008

It is a very happy day as our own Jeff (aka chief) turns 16.
Watch out as he takes not only the roads but the boardwalk as our head of transportation for the BPAC! Hail to the chief!!

And the Official BPAC 2011 Theme is.....

A HAND FULL OF M&M's

Yep M&M's!!! M&Ms are a family tradition in our family. Every family party has M&M's and all the kids love them. They are the perfect chocolate candy. Our float name was created by one of the matriarchs of the BPAC. It is literally for the handful of M&Ms that will be decorated on the float and a handful of M&M's (aka the kids) that are in the float.

Our official kid count is 9!!!!!

All of the cousins will be in the parade. The five older and 9 younger will all be in attendance.

The official line up is...

AED- 4 yrs

JPD- 3 yrs

LCD- 3 yrs

PGV- 3 yrs

MGD- 2 yrs

BPD- 2 yrs

JBD- 1 yr

KMD- 6 months

JTD- 3 months

So we definitely have quite a handful on our hands!!

Keep looking for more upcoming updates about the beginning of our float construction!

100 Days Left!!!

Keep on Parading!

P.S. Tomorrow is a very happy first birthday to JBD!! He will be in his first Baby Parade this year!

116 Days to go

Hey everybody. What's going on? It's been about a month since our last post and we figured we should give our loyal readers a little update.

Our theme is pretty much set however we are going to officially announce our 2011 BPAC theme when there is 100 days left on the countdown.

The wagon you see above is similar to the wagon that we have purchased for the baby parade. We plan on getting a piece of plywood to make it a tad bigger to hold so many babies. We are going to have two structures. The first being our main structure of the wagon and the second being a double stroller for our participants that are too little to survive in the wagon with the older ones. At a recent family party we placed the 5 elder ones on the structure without expanding it and it went rather well. They stayed on and we practiced our waving abilities. 

Look for our 100 day post where we formally announce our theme!!!

Keep on Parading!

The Luck of the Irish

Today is a very special day. As a very Irish family we celebrate big on Saint Patrick's Day for multiple reasons. Today is not only a day to celebrate the Irish heritage but to celebrate the births of our BPAC matriarch and PG! PG turned three today and has been with the BPAC since its formation. He was only 5 months when he first appeared in the 2008 baby parade. And then tomorrow is K's birthday who has also been with the BPAC since its inception in 08. She is the head of artistic designs. Tomorrow is our big St Patty's day party for our family and the first official BPAC meeting of the 2011 season.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day
Happy Birthdays
And Happy First Official BPAC Meeting!

Keep on Parading!

A Very Happy Birthday!!

March is full of birthdays in our family and today marks our first March birthday!! Happy Birthday to A!! A has been with the BPAC for 3 years now and is our head of international affiliates. Last year at the Baby Parade she pulled one of our award winning floats! Happy Birthday!!!!


And since it is Ocean City Baby Parade History Month here is your fact for the day!

The Baby Parade has often reflected what is going on in the country and the world. For example: after the great depression many of the children's floats and costumes echoed the economic concerns or the bicentennial year of 1976 when a definite patriotic theme was felt.