They came. They sat. They crawled.
Ocean City hosted its annual Pamper Scamper on Tuesday morning (August 12) on the beach at Sixth Street.
For about four decades, the good-natured competition has challenged parents to leave their infant children in the center of a parachute spread out on the beach … and has challenged the infants to crawl back to the perimeter of the parachute and the welcoming arms of their parents.
The event included about eight heats of eight infants divided into three age categories: 9 months old and younger, 9 months to 12 months, and 12 months to 15 months.
In the heat of champions, 15-month-old Maeve McManus crawled to victory in a blazing 9 seconds. She attended with her mom, Laura McManus of Philadelphia and Ocean City.
The Pamper Scamper is a prelude to Ocean City’s 105th annual Baby Parade, which takes place 5 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 14) on the Boardwalk between Sixth and 12th streets.
