Post 3

            “Mom!  Mom!  Mom!  He’s here, he’s here!”  Cassidy exclaimed as loud as she could without waking her little brother, Martin.  Martin was sleeping because he wasn’t supposed to be up this late.  Technically, Cassidy wasn’t allowed either, but her parents knew how much she and Grandpa Leo wanted to see each other.

            “Alright, alright.  I know you’re excited, but you’ve got to calm down!” Replied Angelina (Cassidy’s mom).

            “But he’s HERE!!!!!!!!!!”Cassidy actually did shout this time.  “Sorry!” she added because of the look on her mom’s face.  But her mom barely heard what Cassidy said, for she was already out on the porch steps.  As soon as the car’s engine stopped, she ran over and opened the door for Grandpa Leo.

            “Finally!  I get to see my Cassidy!” Said Grandpa Leo.  “I missed you SO MUCH!  Oh!  And guess what I saw!”

            “Not a rainbow!” Cassidy said.  Grandpa Leo always says that the things he got her were from the end of a rainbow, because when Cassidy was 5, Grandpa Leo and Cassidy had driven all over looking for the end of a rainbow.  When they got to the end of the rainbow, they didn’t find a pot of gold and a leprechaun, but a park that Cassidy had been begging her parents to take her to for a couple of months.  They played there for hours and hours until Cassidy’s parents called and asked what they were doing.

            Grandpa Leo interrupted Cassidy’s thoughts by saying “Oh, hi there!”  Cassidy turned around to discover her mom

            “Hello!” Angelina said.  “I’m so glad you’re here!  For 2 reasons.  Firstly, because we get to see you!  And secondly because we could only have a conversation with Cassidy about you!”

            “Mom!” Cassidy said with a playful slap on her mom’s arm.

            Grandpa Leo laughed.  “I bet that’s true!” he said.

            “How much will you bet me?” Cassidy retorted.

            Again, Grandpa Leo laughed, but didn’t answer.  Instead he said, “Can I get out of the car now?”

            “No, not at all,” teased Cassidy.  “Unless you come inside (quietly) and see the surprise.

            “Oh.  Then I might as well stay in here.” Grandpa Leo replied getting out of the car.

            The trio went inside.  Cassidy told Grandpa Leo to sit on the couch and close his eyes.  When he did, Cassidy whispered “You can come out now.”  A couple of seconds later, Grandpa Leo opened his eyes, on Cassidy’s orders.

            “Lona!  It’s been so long since I last saw you!”  Grandpa Leo exclaimed, after hugging Cassidy’s grandma.  Then he turned to Cassidy and her mother “And thank you for organizing this.”