The first Three Appearances!

Back in early June I was honored to be invited to attend the Maxwell Pre-K graduation ceremony. My co-workers granddaughter was one of the graduating pre-k students and she asked me to not only come to their ceremony but to also be the deliverer of her Birthday party invitations to her classmates. She was having a birthday party on June 25,2011 at the Pink Pastry Parlor in Norcross, GA which is a cute party venue for little girls. It's basically a spa for little princesses.  The pre-k performed several little musical numbers they had learned over the course of the school year for us. It was absolutely adorable, then they presented a slideshow with pictures that had been taken throughout the year. I was so honored to have been asked to attend. After the slideshow we ate cupcakes and I delivered the invitations to the little girls invited to the party. They were so excite, I think more so about the party than me, but then I let each little girl try on my crown and we took pictures and talked about their summer plans. It was truly a terrific start to my duty of appearances as a USA's Pageants titleholder.

My second appearance I went to visit Children's Hospital Urgent care center in Duluth, GA. I had brought the employees Krispie Kreme Doughtnuts. They are the people who take care of us when our normal doctors aren't available. And without them we would be completely lost, and more so sick. I wanted to show my appreciation to them for working the long hard hours they work and being so warm and welcoming to each and every patient. Growing up I broke a lot of bones, and I actually had gone to this particular Children's quite often, in fact the staff knew me by first name then. So now as a grown up I wanted to reach out and say thank you for being there when I needed you to be, even though the staff was not the same staff as it was when I was a patient. I also spent quite a bit of time in the waiting room with the sick children reading stories to them. There is something about a good book that makes a childs eyes light up with imagination no matter how they are feeling, sick, sad, or even angry. By the time I was done they all had a smile of their face and in fact one told me my story made her feel a little bit better, but she still felt she needed to see the doctor just to be sure. It was the cutest thing I had ever heard.

My third appearance, I was so excited to be allowed the opportunity to read to the children at the Gwinnett County Public Library, Grayson Branch yesterday July 20, 2011. By this time I had competed in the National Royal Elite Pageant and had earned my Divisional National title and the overall National Title. Mrs. Ruth Parker introduced me with all three amazing titles. There were about 8 children who came just to see me. We read about 3 books, all of course were princess themed. My overall favorite book was " Not all princesses were Pink" It was about all the different types of princesses, ones who played in mud, played sports, hated shoes, anything and everything but even though they didn't all wear the color pink they all had one thing in common, a sparkly crown. It truly is great book! I think the moral of the story is you can be who ever you want to be and do whatever you want to do if you put your mind to it and still be a princess. The librarians were such amazing people. They were so helpful in guiding me to present my stories well and keep the kids interested and they offered any help and suggestions I needed. By far an amazing experience. I cannot wait to see what my next big adventure will be. To be continued.... :)
With love and hugs
Ashley

USA's Supermodel of the Year 2011
USA's Miss Royal Elite 2011
USA's Ultimate Miss Royal Elite 2011