Shortly after McKenna was born, my friend, Gina, and I were having a conversation about parents who use DVD players to entertain their kids on long road trips. "I'll never do that!", I told her. "After all, what ever happened to the good ole-fashioned games we used to play in the car when we were growing up? The alphabet game... I spy?" Gina assured me that with all the trips we make to Manhattan and Concordia I would soon change my mind. "Whatever!"
Our first "real" road trip with McKenna was to Denver last Christmas. We took off armed with an arsenol of toys and books to keep her entertained for our 10-hour drive. She was golden! She MAYBE fussed for the last hour, but who could blame her. "See, Gina!"
Lately, things have changed. Our trips home from Manhattan this football season have been (near) unbearable. I spend two hours, sandwiched in the backseat between McKenna and Rhett's car seats going through toy after toy and book after book trying to keep McKenna entertained for the drive home. Toy after toy and book after book gets tossed on the floor without so much as a glance. Who can blame her? The drives home have been at night when there isn't much else you can do but sit there. Of course she's going to get bored!
I was discussing these unbearable car rides with the Hutchinson family at large this past weekend. It feels so much like we can't even go anywhere because it seems cruel to pack the kids in the car for that long. It wasn't long before my brother-in-law, Brandt, asked if we would like a portable DVD player for Christmas.
"Yes, please."
...I can already hear Gina laughing. One of these days I'll learn to take the advice of more seasoned parents instead of trying to figure this stuff out on my own. Although I will say, I still can't go with the whole "there's no shame in giving your kids Benadryl" one. (That one is between me and Gina)
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It's Tylenol. Get it right. :)
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