My Parents

My parents really pulled one over on me May 19, 2011. I was, coming home from a long regular day of basketball with my mom, thinking it was just going to be another night, when all of a sudden I get ambushed by what would turn out to be the best surprise party.

So I pushed open the door, and there they were my friends and family just standing right there wearing black outfits! I was so excited to see everyone. They all looked really surprised to see me. So much so, they tried to run away out of sight before I saw them.

Everyone else knew the jig was up, though, and started screaming and hollering at the sight of me. It must have been their first surprise party, though, because they didn't yell, "Surprise!" or "Happy Birthday!" or anything like that. Instead, they mostly yelled things like "Get down on the ground. "It was a little disorganized, but I didn't care - I just obeyed their dance moves and screamed my little head off with excitement.

After the big reveal, the guys thought it would be a good idea to play Hide and Seek. So they blindfolded me, put me in the yard and told me to not to move until I'd counted to one hundred. In fairness, there weren't really that many good hiding spaces left, on account of the fact that they'd moved most of the furniture onto the party van they'd parked in the driveway. I had to admit, that was a pretty good practical joke.

I came out to see all my birthday presents piled up on the kitchen table. Thankfully, everyone knew my stance on wrapping paper. After that I stayed up with my friends.

The next day I woke up and called friends and family for the best birthday yet.