The Surprise Vacation

             On a gusty, chilly Thursday morning, Lilly came sleepily down the stairs to eat breakfast before school. Her mom was sipping coffee at the table and reading a magazine. Lilly’s mom gestured her to come and sit down next to her. To Lilly’s surprise the magazine cover was a tropical beach in Jamaica. Her mom told her that since there was no school on Friday, they would leave that night and take a plane to Jamaica for a week trip. Lilly almost jumped out of her seat. She was so excited. Her mom explained that as soon as Jake, her 7 year old little brother, woke up she would tell him too. “Beep beep”. The bus was waiting for her outside. “Bye mom”, shouted Lilly as she rushed out the door.

             After school that day Lilly found her mom to be packing up her clothes and trying to squeeze them into a tiny suitcase. “Honey begin packing your suitcase. Jake will be home soon so you can help him too” said mom. Lilly began packing and then she heard the garage door open. Her dad was home! She sprinted down the stairs to greet him and jumped up on his shoulders. “How’s my little 10 year old today,” said dad. “Great! You’d better start packing dad,” shouted Lilly. Her dad unpacked his work items, settled down with a snack, and went to start packing. As soon as Jake got home from school, he ran in circles around the room saying how exited he was. Mom had to quiet him down.

              That night for dinner, Lilly’s mom and dad explained all of the vacation details including where they would be staying, what they were going to do, and how well behaved Lilly and Jake would have to be on the plane. Lilly and Jake agreed and they helped with the dinner dishes. After that was done, they loaded all of their luggage into the van and started getting ready for bed. Lilly’s mom and dad tucked in Jake and came to her room. “Sleep good. We will be waking you up at about four o clock to catch the plane so make sure you get well rested. Goodnight”, said mom.

               Lilly was sound asleep when she woke up to a bang on the door. It was Jake that woke her so she could get ready to go to the airport. “Are you crazy? Its four o clock in the morning” exclaimed Lilly! She jumped out of bed remembering the trip and carefully walked down the stairs with the rest of the family in the dim lighting to fetch breakfast. They quickly ate and ran out the door with last minute items including Jake’s Nintendo DS because he can’t live without it. Their trip to Jamaica had only begun.