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Anybody else traveling this week? There’s nothing fancy about it, but I have a works-for-us kid travel tip.
First, though, I want to make sure and say I’m a big fan of a good movie on a road trip.
But, sometimes we get a wild hair and ask our children to not watch a movie or even listen to their music in the car…but to play nicely or read while we have an adult conversation. (Any other couples have excellent communication while traveling? I’ve concluded it’s because my man is doing something productive [getting to a destination] while not having to make eye contact. Combine that with me having a confined captive audience, and we’re both happy!)
So I have a trick up my sleeve. You know all those treasures your kids collect on their shelves or the kitchen table or any flat surface? Like the party favors and McDonald’s toys and trinkets from a quarter machine and prizes from the dentist and stickers from the doctor’s office and impulse dollar bin purchases? Approximately once a month I go crazy and collect those bad boys and put them in a zip loc. (They do not notice. If they did and something was very important, I would retrieve it for them.) Then I stick them somewhere until a good time.
Let me tell you, friends, a road trip is a good time.
I will pull out one trinket per child every 20 minutes or so and they are happy, seriously happy, and entertained for quite a while.
We get to have adult conversation or listen to music or watch the beautiful Kansas scenery.
Win – win!
And, finally, my new favorite Thanksgiving book: The Perfect Thanksgiving by Eileen Spinelli. So so cute.
Have a Happy Pre-Thanksgiving Day!