Boy oh boy was this weekend exciting! Everything was rush, rush, rush at the Cinderella State Pageant. I had such a good time with all of my pageant friends.

We had a Pajama Party on Friday night where I got to dance till 10:00 at night. I even got to lead the party in the dance Soldier Boy!

Saturday was even more exciting for me and my mommy. But not in a good way. We found a stranger in our hotel room stealing our stuff. I was so scared. Anyway, after it was all over my mommy and I said a prayer to thank God for his many blessings. So many of my pageant friends gave me hugs when I went back into the ballroom. Thank you to Hopey's mom for taking care of me when my mom left the room.

When Sunday came it was time to give up my title. Just as I thought, I cried. When I cried my mommy said I broke the dam because all of my sisters, except Kathleen started to cry too. I hated give up my title, but my mommy said I could compete again if I wanted to.

Now I have to concentrate on getting as many A's as I can in just 4 weeks. My mom says I can get all A's. She usually knows what I can do. But not all the time.

Until next time - RJ signing out

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Entry 5/12/08

This last weekend was a lot of fun too. I got to see my oldest brother Devin in a musical. By the time it was over I knew most of the words to the songs. I got to watch it with one of my best friends, Rheina. Kathleen Lee is home from college and was also there to see her brother. Rheina and I are hoping for some more sleep over's this summer at her house. Party! party! party!

As you all know I am Catholic. This weekend is my First Communion. My Godmother and my cousins are coming to town just to see me. On Sunday my cousins will attend the Spring Festival with me. They get to help me pass out cotton candy and other refreshments. You know what that means.............one for you, one for me.

Only 3 1/2 weeks left of school. I got my midterms on Friday. I am working really hard to bring my B+'s up to A's. My mom says "IT CAN BE DONE". It will happen no matter how many dark circles I have under my eyes. Second grade is the HARDEST GRADE in my whole life. Sometimes I think school is overrated. Who ever wrote the list of priorities that my mom keeps talking about, has it all wrong. It should read: playing, eating, video games, and then maybe school work. Don't you agree?

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Entry 5/19/08

My First Communion was so fun and scary. The whole time I was walking down the aisle I was afraid I would start laughing because everybody was starring at me. I was also afraid I was going to make a face when I drank the wine because it didn't taste so good. Mrs. Catoire, my teacher, said we all had to take the wine for First Communion. Never, never again. I don't double dip and I don't drink after people. Imagine how I felt having to share a glass with the ENTIRE church. Yuck!!!! My brothers just watched and laughed. The bread wasn't so tasty either. Me and my friends Mallory, Nicole, and Emily took lots of pictures and compared dresses before mass began. After mass my family went to my favorite restaurant , Ruby Tuesday's where I ate Mac and Cheese. The absolute best in the world!

The Norfolk Public Library's Spring Festival was awesome! I met a miniature horse named Blue Boy. I also got a tour of this really cool bus set up like a library. Can you believe this bus goes all over town so that people who can't get to the library can still read books. How cool is that! I got my face painted, a tattoo on my arm , danced hip hop with Clifford the red dog, and played with glitter and glue making crafts. I mean , showed the kids how to make crafts. That was my job for the day, working the craft table. After a couple of hours, Dominick and Prentiss showed up. We didn't do much walking around because Dominick hurt her leg. So we spent the rest of the afternoon signing autographs for lots of children. What a day. When my mother told me I was asked to do some work for the public library, I thought "boring". NOT. The more time I spend around books, the more adventures I go on. Which reminds me, I have two chapters left in my Beverly Cleary book.

Be sure to check out my photo gallery. You might get to see some picture of my wonderful weekend. Until next time, happy reading.

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Entry 5/26/08

This last week I found out that I won a store-level scholarship from Kohls. I was selected out of a pool of thousands of entries based on my community service. Now I am eligible for the regional scholarship. I hope I win because it is a lot of money.

On Saturday I spent the day with Dominick and Prentiss. We were in the Af'ram Parade and got to ride on a Corvette. The owner of the Corvette was in the Hampton Corvette Club and his license plate said "zero260". My mom said that means his car can go real fast. My cousin Renee, is in charge of this huge band that marched in the parade. They had drums, horns, and even dancing girls. A few of my cousins were in the parade too. I was also surprised to see my Nana and my aunts by the judges table.

Later on that night I went to the Preteen/Teen Miss Chesapeake Pageant. I went there to cheer for my very, very, very good friend Allison Exner. She won talent, photogenic, and the title of Teen Chesapeake. Hip hip hooray!!!!! Also, while I was sitting in my chair watching the pageant, Mrs. Sykes called me up to pick the wining raffle ticket. I got to speak on the microphone in the huge auditorium.

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