My Birthday Party!!!

Yay! For my 14th Birthday Party this year, I got to go to Cherry Hill! Erin, McKenzie, and Katie came! (I missed you Baylee!) It was sooo much fun! We went swimming and most certainly enjoyed the slides. There was one were you sat in a tube and tried to hold on to your friends while spinning and going down steep hills and waterfalls!! ♥'d it! Then there was one were two people could go down at a time. There were two slides so we would all partner up and race!! We also got to go Rock Climbing and play Aero Ball!!! It was so much fun! Katie and I made it to the top of the Rock and Erin and McKenzie both made it about half way. Aero Ball was fun, even though we didn't follow the rules! We just jumped on the trampolines and threw balls at each other! Ha ha! We were also going to go mini-golfing, but it was too hot, so we just swam again instead! We loved going around the Lazy River!! It was awesome! After Cherry Hill we went to Cold Stone to get Cake Batter Ice Cream! It was sooooo yummy!!!! Then we went back to my house to open presents. I got a cute dress and tank top from Katie, an awesome book and necklace and earrings from McKenzie, and from Erin I got body wash, lotion, a shirt, shorts, sour patch kids, gum, more gum, adorable sticky notes, necklaces, earrings, and an adorable duffel bag! I had so much fun! So thanks to everyone who came! You all made my party amazing!\

The Midnight Premiere of Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince!!!!!!!!

Oh my gosh! Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was amazing!!! Especially going at midnight for the premiere!!! I had so much fun! So Erin and I got to the theatre at 9:00pm. We had to sit in the hallway in line for an hour. Then we waited in the theater from 10:00 until 12:00. It was pretty boring waiting but Erin and I were too excited to care. Everyone started clapping and screaming when the movie started! It was amazing! I laughed sooo much during the movie. I almost cried at the end and the beginning. I screamed at one part when this hand popped out of the water to grab Harry. But yes, it was incredible! If you haven't seen it yet, then you need to! You are already behind!! Ha ha!

Mall Adventures: Epidsode One - "Short" Story

I think I am going to start a new blog minisodes series called "Mall Adventures!" Here is my first episode - "Short" Story!



The jumelles Ashlie and Erin were sitting sadly at Erin's house. They were planning to go to Lagoon in two days and they needed to look the same. They had the same swimming suit, but now they needed the same shorts. They found the ones the needed, located at a wonderful, magical place called, "Justice." Ashlie already had them, but she couldn't leave her jumelle behind!!! They rushed to the mall at nine o'clock at night, assuming the mall closed at ten. Little did they know, they were very very wrong. Upon their arrival, they discovered that the mall closed at nine. They were extremely sad. They went to check to make sure there was no chance, and sure enough. Justice had closed. The girls sighed sadly and sat down on the floor looking into the windows of the store. They could see the shorts that Erin so desperately needed. They were so disappointed that they had such bad luck, when all of a sudden! A very nice employee came to their rescue. After hearing their long, and very tragic, story, she let them in to buy the pair of shorts. They even got the last pair in their size! So in the end, the jumelles got what they needed and this episdoe turned out happily ever to Lagoon!

Ha ha! Did ya' like it?! I know, I know. Genius. Ha ha!!! Stay tuned for later webisodes of "Mall Adventures!!"

The Stadium Of Fire!

For the Fourth of July this year, I got to go to the Stadium of Fire!!! I was soo excited! It turned out so much fun!!! We watched the Jonas Brothers perform which was of course, tons of fun! We also saw SheDaisy perform. The coolest part was the fireworks! They were amazing! I think I had the best fourth of July ever in my whole entire life! If you are reading this now, make sure to check back on my blog later today to see some pictures. My mom has the camera and she isn't home right now! Ha ha!

The Babysitting Night of Terror...

Alright, Erin and I just experienced a babysitting night to remember. Last night we went to my neighbor's house to babysit their adorable two year old daughter Akaisha. After arriving at five, we got started playing Akaisha's favorite thing, Littlest Pet Shop! Soon after we made her macaroni for dinner. Akaisha's family has four cats, a dog, two hermit crabs, and a fish (which died while we were babysitting! Yikes!). One of the cats is named Bruce. Bruce is part Asian Tiger, which makes him pretty mean! For some reason, he chose that night to try and kill us. Everytime we walked anywhere near him, he tried to bite us and swipe at us! We were so scared we had to lure him into another room and lock him in there! After that joyfulness, Akaisha wanted to watch a movie. We made her some popcorn. Erin sat down and began to open the popcorn. However, she opened it upside down and butter spilled out all over her white skirt! She took off the skirt and wrapped a towel around herself. We put the skirt in their washing machine but the oily butter didn't come out. So we poured dish soap on the skirt and manually washed the skirt. It worked pretty well! (So if you ever get a stain, try using dish soap! It helps!) But then Erin had a sopping wet skirt. So I had to run over to my house and bring her some old jeans to wear. I brought her some that were really short on her making her look like some kind of hillbilly (which was pretty funny) but at least she had some clothes. We left her skirt in the washing machine and planned to play again with Akaisha. We went back to her and made some cocconut cream pie with her and we started to eat it. Akaisha was sitting on a barstool eating her slice when she fell! She hit her head on the tile and started screaming. I picked her up and held her for a while. Then we gave her her popcorn and she watched Peter Pan Return to Neverland. Then Akaisha told us she needed to go to the bathroom. I had already helped her that day so it was Erin's turn. Erin took Akaisha into the bathroom and helped her pull down her pants. That's when we discovered she had pooped her pants!!! It was so disgusting. It got all over her. So I picked Akaisha up and put her in the bathtub. While I was washing off Akaisha, Erin was washing scrubbing the poop off of Akaisha's underwear! It was just so gross! After everything in that department was clean, I dressed Akaisha in some pajamas and brushed her hair. Lastly, Erin and I had to scrub the whole kitchen, including mopping, dishes, countertops, and picking up toys. We like to leave the house clean for the parents of the kids we babysit, so this wasn't a big deal to us. By the time Akaisha's Dad came home, we were exhausted. We knew that that night would be a night we would never forget!!!

Heritage Days Part 2!

So Heritage Days is officially over. It's pretty sad. But I have learned, "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." I don't remember where I heard that, but I like it! Anyways, like in my last Heritage Days post, this post is mostly for myself to be able remember everything in detail. This week has been the most incredible week ever and I feel so lucky to be able to have participated in it all! So, I shall begin.

Thursday - The Childrens' Parade
On Thursday I got to lead the Syracuse City Children's Parade! For some reason it actually took place at Bluffridge Elementary, but that doesn't really matter. The theme for the parade was "The Stone Age." I dressed up in my first attendant's costume of Pebbles Flintstone. I wore a pink toga looking thing with black spots all over it and pink leg warmers with a black skirt. It was pretty funny. The Standard Examiner took a picture of all of the Royalty all dressed up, so look for it in the paper! We led all of the hundreds of kids around the Bluffridge Track. It was the smallest parade ever, but all of the little kids had fun. After the parade the Royalty painted faces. Everything there was free! We had bouncy's, games, and food. I loved painting the faces! It was so much fun! The little kids were so cute. I probably painted around fifty faces but I loved doing it! I painted things like snakes, flowers, butterfly, dolphins, and even spiders. (One of the girls painted horses! She is way talented!) I mostly painted by hand but we did have some stamps that we painted and then stamped onto the kids' faces. Thursday night was a night I will never forget!

Friday - Booths and Entertainment, Movie, and Concert in the Park
Friday was definitely an interesting day. We were supposed to stay at the park from 5:00 - 9:00, just kind of hanging out and walking around. Well, after an hour of that, I left to go to a Young Women's auction. While I was there, it started raining!!! Literally pouring rain! It was crazy. After the auction, I went back over to the park to check if anyone was still there, or if I needed to be there anymore. It was completely rained out. Everything was shut down and no one was there. The night was totally ruined and I was pretty upset. Especially because the parade was the next morning and I REALLY wanted to be in that. I was totally worried that it was going to rain!

Saturday - Pancake Breakfast, PARADE, Booths and Entertainment, Fireworks
Saturday was one of the longest days EVER! It was awesome but really long! So my day started out at 5:30 AM. I woke up to get ready and then headed over to the Pancake Breakfast at 6:45. It started at 7:00. It was the Royalty's job to serve everyone who came to it. We had pancake (obviously), sausage and hashbrowns. I only ate a hashbrown and a sausage because I don't like pancakes but they were good anyway. I was in charge of serving sausages. I gave everyone two when they walked by. It was fun but I couldn't wait for the parade. Plus there wasn't even a cloud in the sky!!! After an hour and a half of serving breakfast, the Royalty went with the AMAZING pageant director Marla Call, to her house to change into our dresses for the parade. Marla's house is GORGEOUS!!!! The way she decorated it is unbelieveable! When I have my own house someday, I am going to call her and have her design it for me! Seriously she should be an interior decorator!!!!! But anyways, back on topic. After we quickly changed, I met last year's Little Miss Syracuse, Brinley (Rhima?). She was the sweetest little eight year old ever. She was way talkative and a lot of fun! I am glad I got to ride with her in the parade. (It was her exiting parade.) So Brinley, the Other Teen Royalty, and I went and hopped into our white Mustang Convertible (brand new I may add!). We sat on top of the car and put signs on the sides of the car that said our names and titles. Then before I knew it, we were off! We drove down and lined up in the parade order. As the parade started, we smiled and waved at everyone we saw. People were taking pictures of us and clapping for us! It was awesome! I saw so many people there, the Brophy's, the Chandler's, the Stevenson's, my own family, the Butler's, and SO many more. I loved the experience of the parade and I truly hope I NEVER forget any detail of it. After the parade, the driver of the car took us back to Marla's house. It was funny, we drove along a busy road sitting on top of a convertible. Everyone was giving us funny looks! Plus while we were driving, the signs that we put on the car fell off. We had to back the car up and go get them! And then as we kept driving, we found the signs of the other convertible that had fallen off! Ha ha! Anyway, when we got back to Marla's house we changed back into our normal clothes and headed for the park. We were supposed to be there until 11:00 pm. I know, 6:30am - 11:00pm is totally crazy! Well I walked around the park checking out all of the booths. I even bought a couple cute watches from a company called Bead Us! If you want to look at the watches, their website is "beadus.com". Everyone was so friendly to me, it was a lot of fun!!! I even won a prize from getting three cards right on Mad Gab. Ha ha. Oh, and I won a pencil too! I spun a wheel, it landed on a dinosaur, and I got a color changey pencil!!! It was awesome! I saw a lot of people I knew here too! Such as the Robinson's, the Kimball's, the Jensen's, the Fink's, and many many others! McKenzie even walked around with me a lot during the day so that I wasn't by myself. I ate this amazing funnel cake and churro while I was there! Yum! I also had a couple soda's and two Wedding Cake flavored snow cones! Also yum! There was tons of booths and food stands to look at that kept me very entertained. There was this one booth selling "Miche" bags. They are so cool. They are purses with magnets inside. So you buy one purse and then after that, you buy what are called "shells." They are designs that magnet on the outside of your purse. So they are interchangeable! They are really expensive, but I think they are pretty cool! Then we watched the finale of Syracuse Idol. It was fun. The Royalty was introduced onstage again and then we passed out ballets to vote on the Contestants. Afterwards everything was kind of getting shut down. That was at 9:00pm. The next event on the list was fireworks. I couldn't go because my mom thought that I would be home too late. So yeah. But Saturday was an incredible, amazing, awesome, fantastic, day!

I loved Heritage Days, and every part of my experience as Miss Teen Syracuse so far. Here a a few pictures of this week!

Heritage Days Part One!

So Heritage Days is half-way over and I really want to be able to remember this experience. Blogging just happens to be the perfect way to do that. So I am going through all the days so far!
Monday:
Dinner and a Show and Syracuse Idol
I went with all of the royalty and my jumelle Erin to eat dinner. We had breadsticks, spaghetti, cookies, and salad. It was all pretty good. Afterwards, I was introduced to the community as their Miss Teen Syracuse. Then we watched Syracuse Idol. There was twelve contestants and three? judges. I watched them all perform their first song. As part of my platform, I decided to go through all of the trash cans to collect all recyclables. It was pretty disgusting but Erin helped me and we got through it. Over all it was an awesome night and I will always remember it.

Tuesday:
Senior Luncheon
I got to the Senior Luncheon about 30 minutes early. So I got to greet everyone as they came in. Everyone was so nice to me - congratulating me, telling me how pretty I looked, and just being grateful for everything. After the rest of the royalty showed up, we began to serve dinner. Everyone was so gracious about it! We served them fruit cups, drinks, cookies, their entree, and ice cream. There was so many people there! I was really surprised at the huge turn-out! But it was fun! Next, they had both of the queens (Brinlee and I) perform our talent. We did, and I was kind of nervous at first, but no one paid any attention anyways. So everything turned out fine. Lastly, the mayor had us give out prizes. There was a wide variety of prizes you could win - clocks, glasses, plants, flowers, pans, and other items. After it was over, I once again collected the recycling and helped clean up. I am glad for the experience and I get to do it the last Friday of every month this year!

Wednesday:
All-Star Baseball Game
For the game Brinlee and I had to throw out the first pitches! I was unbelieveably nervous! I don't play baseball and I was being expected to pitch the first ball, Overhand!!! Yikes! Well, I got to the pitcher's mound and threw the ball the best that I could, and it made it to the catcher ok. Everyone clapped so it was all good in the end! All that worrying for nothing!

I'm realizing that I need to enjoy and remember everything that I do this year. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity!

I hope everyone has an awesome day! Ciao!