With the 4th being on a Sunday, all the festivities in our little town were on the 3rd. We had a TON of fun! First, the kiddos each got to be in “The Biggest Small Town Parade In America.” Dude and I rode our bikes with his Little League group, and Hubby and Princess rode with the YMCA. Dude had a tough time deciding between the Boy Scout float and the Little League Float, but he ultimately chose Little League.
There weren’t as many kids with the Little League float this year as last, but it was still a lot of fun.
Dude and I decided to ride our bikes instead of walk. We had to drop Hubby and Princess off at their float, which was #95 and almost at the end of the parade; then we parked in the ice rink parking lot and rode the 2 miles to the Little League float, which was #50 - smack dab in the middle.
Hubby and Princess had a lot of fun, too! The YMCA didn’t send out the email asking the little baseballers to come join the float until a couple days before the parade, so there weren’t many little kids there.
My Princess waited for about 90 minutes before their float actually got to get moving. She was so patient! Here she is with a few of the other kids that showed up - and the giant Y 
She did a great job riding her decorated bike along with the float. Of course her favorite part was tossing candy to the kids that were watching the parade.
After the parade, we all loaded up the bikes and booked over to a neighboring small town where they have a street fair and vendors and bouncy houses and climbing walls and zip lines all day long. Only that wasn’t the reason we booked on over there . . . I had volunteered to help organize and run contest for the local Little League, so we had to hustle out there and help the others get set up for it. We had so much fun! There weren’t a ton of kids that showed up, but enough in each of the 4 age groups to have a good time and some competition.
Dude got to run, and he got to . . .
. . . and he got to . . .
. . . and he did well enough to end up with . . .
. . . one 2nd place trophy and one 3rd place trophy. He was so excited! Hubby and Princess went home after Princess helped hand out trophies to the first two age groups. Dude and I stayed to help with the rest of the contest - we had a great time!
And if all of that wasn’t enough fun for an entire day . . . we cruised home, got right in the other vehicle, and headed out to some friends’ house for a YUMMYLICOUS dinner of more peel and eat shrimp and homemade mint/chip ice cream than you could ever think of eating.
An awesome day . . . now to relax a bit before heading to the AFA for the fireworks show tonight!