There was a lot of pent-up energy when we hopped into the car for day 2 of our travels, and it made for some rough moments. This was especially true when I took over in the back with the kids during lunch time, while my wife drove. There was a lot of screaming and wiggling. It seemed for a moment as though the kids were about to burst out of their car seats. Then I decided we should play some new games. If they were going to scream, I told them to scream louder and louder. The hope was that this would either help them get some energy out or lose their voices. Neither happened. So, I blew up a few balloons and we swatted them back and forth. That did get a lot of energy out, but the balloons also bounced into the face of the driver a couple of times, so we discontinued. Then we went back to screaming and yelling. It did the trick until we got to the grandparents' house, even though we hit bad traffic in Chicago. The pay-off, of course, was arriving at our destination and playing with the grandparents, siblings, and cousins. It has been so long since we've been so close to family. I think we'll all have a hard time leaving for more car travel in a couple of days.
No comments:
Post a Comment