As Doreen Korba scrambled through her Pennsylvania home in a last-minute rush before a 10-day family trip, one word kept echoing through the rooms: “Mom!”

“I’m trying to make sure we have everything, and every two seconds I hear ‘Mom! Do you have my iPad charger? Mom! Did you pack snacks? Mom! I need a bowl! Mom! Where’s my other shoe,” Korba tells TODAY.com. “And mind you, it was pretty early in the morning.”

Korba recalls shooting her husband, Mike, a look that silently screamed, “help,” and he understood immediately.

Moments later, the Korbas’ daughters, Josie, 8, and Quinn, 6, were summoned into the living room by their father for an important family meeting. Their brother, Michael, 13 — the biggest culprit, according to Korba — was still in the garage loading the car with luggage

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