Sunday, July 4, 2010

Hilton Head Island celebrates 4th of July with a parade...

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Kids of all ages celebrate the 4th of July here on Hilton Head by participating in the annual parade.  This year "Mr. Vundervants" was excited to decorate his bike.  Of course we had to hype the event up in our house with "Mr. Vundervants" for a full week.  We all crossed our fingers that he would actually participate when the big day arrived.

First we decorated his bike helmet with pipe cleaners and stars.



Next we took coffee filters and had "Mr. Vundervants" paint them with markers and spray them with water.  We took  pipe cleaners and some tape and made them into flowers and attached them to the bike.


The result was one happy "Mr. Vundervants" participating in his first parade!


 We will celebrate the 4th of July by spending the day on the beach and having a BBQ.  Later tonight we will  view the fireworks with "Mr. Vundervants" if we can keep him awake that long.  We have been experiencing temperatures in the mid 80s here all weekend with NO humidity so this 4th of July has been perfect.  I hope you all have a perfect 4th of July celebration with family and friends.

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44 comments:

  1. He is too cute! And I Love that helmut!! Happy Fourth of July!!

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  2. Hi Joyce,
    Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh,
    do you know how envious I am that you are celebrating the 4th in HHI?
    Wish we were there!!
    Roll on October when we shall be.
    Have a wonderful weekend.
    Maggie

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  3. Sooo cute..I love all the 4th of July fun! Thank you for sending some Joy of the day up to Canada..Hugs for a great new week. xoxo

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  4. What a cutie and that is my kind of parade. Enjoy your 4th!

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  5. He is way to cute - and I love that he did decide to participate in his first parade! Love it. Great decorations on the bike...

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  6. Now that is one cute little biker dude!! Cute decorations!!

    The tablecloth in my post is from New Jersey -- it belong to my great grandmother, who brought it home from the NJ shore as a souvenir -- she lived in PA!!

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  7. He looks so proud! Great decorations and a precious little boy!!

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  8. He is so ready for the 4th - he's a doll! sandie

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  9. Love the helmet....Mr. V looks like he had a wonderful 4th....hope your having a great summer...don't forget to call on Wednesday!

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  10. Omigosh, how cute is that?!!! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful images at MM. :)

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  11. These pictures are wonderful. It looks like you had a fabulous 4th!

    Thanks for visiting us today. The mosaics we made were all done on the site Big Huge Labs. Mary who hosts Mosaic Monday actually recommended it to us and we love using it.

    Best wishes for a beautiful week,
    Natasha, Stacey and holly.

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  12. He look so handsome in his decorated helment. Hope the parade was a sucess. Have a wonderful week.

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  13. Absolutely adorable! Love the decorating you did on his little bicycle and helmet! I know you must have been very proud! Sounds like you had a fantastic 4th too! Love the kid parade and your wonderful mosaic! Sooo cute!!!

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  14. Great post, Joyce. We have a parade next month in my small town and you've given me some great ideas for decorations. Love the helmut and bicycle. Happy 4th!

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  15. He is such a cutie! I love how you decorated his bike and he looks thrilled with it...Christine

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  16. That is so cute! What great memories for the children to grow up with! I love it.
    Sherry

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  17. Adorable! Glad he made the parade, he looks like he's having a blast!

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  18. He looks just adorable riding his bike. I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of JULY!

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  19. Too cute, he really looks like he is in his element! I'm sure that will be a main conversation for awhile...such great decorations for the bike.
    Looks like for once the weather cooperated across the entire nation....

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  20. What a patriotic and handsome little guy! Great decorating and lovely mosaic. You have such a sweet place here!
    kindly, ldh

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  21. So adorable!!! Love the pictures and the parade.

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  22. late in reading love the helmet and bike sounds like a god time have a good day.

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  23. Hi Joyce, and thanks for visiting :) The cherry pitter is available from Kid Smart Living, there was a link in the post for the cherry pie filling, but here it is directly :) http://www.kidsmartliving.com/plastic-cherry-pitter.html

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  24. He is the cutest! Looks like beautiful weather indeed!

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  25. He is really dear :-). He looks so proud on his bike keeping company with the big boys. I love your creative decorations and will pass them on to my daughters. It sounds like you had a near perfect holiday. I hope today is great as well. Blessings...Mary

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  26. What a sweetie! What a wonderful day you all must have had.

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  27. That is adorable! Glad you had a good 4th. It was nice here too. Lots of activities...I am exhausted!

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  28. That's so cute! What an exciting celebration!

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  29. What a fun 4th you had with that adorable little guy!

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  30. Joyce what wonderful photos! I was just going through some photos & found photos of when my girls were in our neighborhood's 4th of July Parade. The bike helmet is great! Our weather on the 4th was perfect, too!

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  31. What a cute post. Great decorating ideas for the bikes.

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  32. Cute kids! Nice decors.
    Such a beautiful celebrations.
    Happy 4ht belated.
    Have a great week.

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  33. What a cutie pie and what a wonderful way to celbrate the 4th! Too fun!

    Enjoy!
    Cathy

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  34. Wow, lots of good idea for decorating a bike. Love it! He looks happy and adorable!

    So glad your 4th was wonderful.

    Hugs,
    Kat

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  35. How cute is that boy on his little trike!
    So nice to see a child so happy and proud!
    Sandy
    thewondersofdoing@blogspot.com

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  36. What precious kids and what a great parade!!

    Love,
    Susan and Bentley
    xxoo

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  37. Too cute! I just love 4th of July bike parade!

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  38. Hi Joyce! I just love that bike helmet and decorated bike...what fun! That looked like a wonderfully patriotic parade!! So are you close to Parris Island? My daughter and I are flying to Savannah to head to Parris Island for a Marine Boot Camp graduation the end of September. I've been researching where to stay, etc. We made reservations at The Rhett Inn because it seemed to be "Southern" and I wanted to get a Southern Experience since this will be my first time ever in the South!! If you know of any good southern restaurant that we shouldn't miss I'd appreciate a heads up. :0)

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  39. Hello Joyce, I haven't visited you in such a long time. My list to visit is ever so long. I struggle to get to everyone. I enjoyed your post today so much. How cute that bike looks and it looks like Mr. V, fulfilled his duty. smile. Love the photos and all the fun.
    Thanks for sharing this adorable post with us.
    Hugs, Jeanne

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  40. I'm glad you had a nice 4th. He looks darling and he looks absolutely blissful. :) I love the helmet decor. So cute!

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  41. Awwww, Mr. Vundervants had to be the star of the big festive parade. I just love him!!!

    I'm still havin' health issues with my shingles but I wanted to drop in and see what ya'll had been up to. I miss all my beautiful blogsisters so much.

    God bless and have a glorious day sweetie!

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