#50

The best present I ever got was probably my seventh grade birthday party. It was a combined party for me and my younger sister Rachel. Her birthday is in December and mine is in January and since were only a year apart, well really only 10.5 months, we just had it together.  We had many of the same friends since we were close in age and all of us had all played sports together in our small town. We were at the age where we had only had a few middle school dances so far, and thought they were the coolest thing ever, so my mom rented us out our local American Legion Hall and rented a DJ and we planned a dance party. It was the coolest thing ever the theme was a luau. We decorated the whole place with light up and blow up palm trees and put lays on everyones chairs. It looked so good. My mom took me and Rachel shopping to get outfits for our party. At the time we thought Aeropostale was the greatest place in the world, so we chose to go there and got matching white skirts and polos. I got a lime green polo with a pink undershirt and Rachel got a hot pink polo with a lime green undershirt. They were both our favorite outfits for the longest time. After we passed out invitations to the party Rachel, my best friend Sarah, and I made up a dance to the song "1,2 Step" by Ciara to do for everyone at the party. At the time, my still best friend Sarah lived across the street from me so we all got together everyday after school and practiced the dance. Everyone showed up to our party, we played games, ate great food, and danced the whole night! We also performed our dance for everyone and they all loved it. It's kind of embarrassing thinking of it all now but it was one of the funnest days. I'll never forget that birthday party.