Hey, sorry if there are any mistakes, I heard they were making a third where they went to the white house so I just wrote this :). I don't own cheaper by the dozen. Please read and review!

Kate POV-

"Sarah I got a call from your school, again,"

Sarah smiled as if remembering what evil thing she had done, "Your on washing up duty for a month!"

"A month! But Mum that's not fair-"

"Henry, your music teacher called. She says you have to practice before performing next time-"

Suddenly there were two high-pitched screams from the back of the car as I stopped at the lights, I turned to look who was causing the noise.

Jessica and Kim were staring at a piece of paper mouths open and faces happier than I'd ever seen them, Jake was sitting right in front of them nursing his ear.

"What? What is so exciting?" He said irritated. When they didn't move he became impatient and took the sheet.

"Static? Oh, Scholastics?" he said trying and failing to pronounce it right, he handed the sheet to Mark who read it quickly.

"What's it mean already?" Sarah complained impatiently still annoyed about the dishes.

"Err, they made it into finals, for Scholastics Decathlon,"

Jake was thoroughly annoyed now, "All of that, for that," he said staring at the sheet of paper like it was the most unimportant thing he could've imagined.

Jessica and Kim seemed capable of talking, "We get to go to DC! It's the Grand Finals! And if we win we'll get to meet the president!"

There was a loud beeping from behind and I turned around the lights were green, I put my foot on the accelerator while congratulating Jessica and Kim.

Jessica POV-

"What do you mean we can't go?" I was thoroughly upset. Kim and I had gone through the competitions and everything and our team had finally made it through and now we couldn't go!

"Tough luck, Jess," Mike said from down the dinner table, I ignored him.

"It says that we have accommodation!" Kim said showing Mum the note again.

"I know honey, but I can't be there with you when I have 7 other kids to look after! And your father is going to be working! And I'm not letting you go on your own, and your not allowed to go on your own anyway, you have to have a parent,"

"But everyone else is going!" Kim and I complained simultaneously.

It went silent, Mum looked at Dad and they exchanged looks they looked back at us hopelessly.

"Why don't we all go?" Nigel said from the end of the table, I looked at him.

Kim seemed to think this was the best we were going to get. "Yeah! Can't we all go? "Please that way you can look after them and it's free accommodation for family too,"

Mum seemed overwhelmed by this sudden plan, and she started to speak but everyone was talking to loud, so she turned to Dad.

They seemed to agree on something but I couldn't hear.

Dad stood up, Sarah told everyone to shut-up again.

"We've decided that you can all go to DC if," he paused to make sure he wasn't interrupted, "If you don't get into any trouble and you let your sisters study for their quiz,"

"YES!" I squealed, "We're going to DC!" Kim pulled me into a hug.

Jake POV-

"How much longer?" I complained, "It's 10minutes Jake,"

Feels much longer, we've been in the car forever. Sarah was asleep on my shoulder and Mark was asleep on her shoulder, so I was squashed up against the window.

"Sarah," I tried to get her off my shoulder, I hate it when people wake me up suddenly, so I didn't want to just push her off. "Sarah, we're almost there!"

"What are you doing Jake?" I jumped and turned around quickly, it was Mike. I forgot about Sarah and she fell off my shoulder waking up suddenly, Mark also fell off Sarah's shoulder jumping. His new frog pet thing jumped out of his lap, "Dirk! Come back here!"

I heard Mike mutter "Oops," as he leant back in his seat. It jumped up the front near where Dad was driving.

"Mum! Quick get Dirk! Before he goes onto Dad!"

Mum reached out for Dirk but missed causing him to go under Dad's feet, "Was that Dirk?" Mum nodded saying yes, Dad breathed in. "Get him now before...anything happens,"

Mum reached under the seat but Dirk kept moving away from her hand and finally sat under a pedal.

"Mum? What pedal is that for?" Sarah asked cautiously.

"Oh dear, honey don't put the breaks on, Dirk is under it,"

"How do I stop then?" Dad said trying hard to concentrate on not using the brake, driving, following the map and keeping his cool.

"Don't kill him Dad!" Mark said, "Just keep driving!"

"Yeah no problem, just don't worry about all the other cars," Sarah said to Mark sarcastically.

"Okay, everybody hold on!" Dad just made it through the lights narrowly missing a car, "Get him out from under the break!"

"Quick, get Nigel or Kyle. There smallest," I said turning around, Nigel started climbing over the seat, the car swerved suddenly and he fell onto Jessica.

"Get off me Nigel!" she said pushing him onto the floor, "Jess! What are you doing!?" I tried to reach over to help Nigel up.

"What? We're studying!"

"Uh-huh," I said trying to help Nigel up again, but as soon as I got my arm over the seat Kyle started climbing over my head and the car swerved again.

"Oi! Kyle get off me head!" I yelled but it came out all muffled.

"Hurry up! Nigel! Kyle! What are you doing?" Mum sounded worried.

Once Kyle had gotten over the seat I abandoned helping Nigel. I looked straight ahead it was a red light.

"Dad! Don't do it!!! He's a frog he doesn't know!" Mark started going on like the frog was his long lost brother or something.

Dad seemed to be having a hard time, he started slowing down using the gears.

"Just keep doing that Dad, and then it's an empty lane and-" I stopped talking, Sarah saw it too.

"Dad! It's the cops!" Mike announced completely oblivious to everything going on in the front.

"Nigel stay down! Kyle get in there and get the damned frog! Quick before we pass them," Sarah was good at getting into trouble and most of the time, hiding it.

We all watched Kyle eagerly under Dad's feet, while Mum held his legs "Move your foot Dad!" Dad pulled his legs up and crossed them on the seat, after much anticipation Kyle handed the frog back to Mark.

"Ok, now get out of there, quickly I need the pedals,"

Kyle placing his hand on the accelerator, pushed down to get up, the car jolted forward as Kyle pulled himself up, we went straight past the police car through a red light going over the speed limit with Kyle not wearing a seat belt.

Sure enough there was a siren from behind.

Dad pulled over, as I pushed Kyle over the seat and told Jess to help Nigel back into his seat.

"Okay everyone, just act...normal," Mum said.

The policeman asked Dad to get out of the car and after a long time of them moving their hands and their lips, the policeman gave him a ticket and left.

Dad got back in the car, looking defeated handing it to Kate.

I looked over the seat and whistled, that was one big fine.

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