Flight Attendant Surprises Son With Birthday Journey And Will get Passengers To Assist Make The Announcement

The Southwest Airlines flight attendant stood on the entrance of the aircraft subsequent to her son with a particular request for the passengers. She mentioned: “Caleb thinks he’s going to California for his birthday. If I may get you all on the depend of three to inform Caleb what state he’s really going to at this time,” she mentioned. “One, two, three…”

“Hawaii!” the passengers shouted with enthusiasm. The shock on Caleb’s face was evident as his mother mentioned, “Pleased Birthday, child.” 

Yarbrough shared with PEOPLE.com simply how she pulled off the shock for her son. “Nicely, since I’ve been working, I’m away from residence a bit a lot. I don’t get to spend as a lot time with Caleb as I wish to, and I’m a single mom, so issues are a little bit tight financially,” she informed the outlet.

“It simply appeared prefer it made extra sense to be financially possible and make a piece journey, a birthday journey. And I obtained my mom and my cousin and introduced them alongside to form of assist with being with him whereas I used to be working,” she added. 

Her household additionally helped with the “shock facet” on the airport. “I had my mother there on the gate with headphones on him, and he had his again to the gate display screen…enjoying video games on his pill,” she mentioned.  

In addition they informed the gate brokers in order that they had been additional cautious to not spoil the shock. And, though she didn’t get to inform the opposite flight attendants till after boarding on account of safety checks, she says they had been an enormous assist to maintain the key for the birthday boy. 

“I didn’t get to inform the flight attendants till afterwards as we had been doing safety checks after which we began boarding. However as Caleb got here on with some little reward luggage for the flight attendants, I’d form of run behind him and be like, ‘It’s his birthday, he thinks he’s going to California. Don’t say something.’ They form of helped me all pull it collectively to maintain it a secret.”

Yarbrough says the flight’s passengers had been additionally good sports activities though they didn’t know they’d be a part of an enormous birthday shock. 

“All people yelled it [Hawaii], and it was so humorous as a result of it form of shocked me that everyone participated,” she mentioned.

As for Caleb, he mentioned that he liked the shock from his mother. “I used to be so excited however didn’t notice my mother lied to me. I used to be so excited as a result of I used to be going to Hawaii,” he informed PEOPLE.

Except for going to the seaside in Honolulu and Maui, Caleb’s most memorable second from the journey is all about high quality time with family members. “My favourite half was simply spending time with my household, principally my mother,” he shared.

Yarrabrough mentioned she feels grateful to have the ability to give her son this opportunity to journey at such a younger age.

“[My favorite part was] simply with the ability to expose Caleb to some new issues. I didn’t go to Hawaii till I used to be 35 and obtained this job with Southwest and it was nice to have the ability to take him, and it was my mother and my cousin’s first time as properly,” she says. “So simply to have the ability to have a primary time for all of them and all of us have the ability to spend time collectively.”