Do you remember your favorite birthday as a child? For most of us, it’s a blur of pool parties, sunny backyards, and bats flying into piñatas. Maybe there was the odd bash held at the local McDonald’s around age 5 if you were lucky. But twin sisters Eliza and Jade aren’t like “most of us.” For starters, they’re cooler, and likely much better at potting a plant than we’ll ever be.

Let’s set the scene. In Seattle, Eliza and Jade were about to turn 8 years old. While everyone else had their parties at bowling alleys, amusement parks, and ice skating rinks, these two decided to try something different. Then, the idea hit them: Can you throw a party at a hardware store? Preferably at one known for its “helpful hardware folks?” 

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The twins approached their mom with a birthday wish: They wanted to throw a party at one of their favorite neighborhood spots. To their surprise, the Maple Leaf Ace Hardware answered with a resounding yes.

That’s how these 8-year-old twins landed an Ace Hardware birthday party, complete with matching aprons, personalized name tags, and 25 of their friends clocked in as “employees for a day.” 

A personal birthday wish

This wasn’t a random choice. The twins’ mom, Hillary, worked at that very same Ace about 20 years ago back in her........

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