| It's almost the end of the school year, and, despite the | | | | combinations of things to quiz people on their inner |
| soaring cost of gas, you likely have some travel in | | | | selves and true desires. "What would you rather be: a |
| store for you and the family during the coming months. | | | | whale or a shark? A theater usher or a candy counter |
| Here are five ideas you can keep at the back of your | | | | attendant? A professional singer or a librarian? A dog |
| mind when the "how much longer?" questions start | | | | or a cat?" The list goes on and on, only limited by your |
| coming fast and furious. | | | | imagination and curiosity. You might actually learn |
| 1. Twins and triplets - Use "twins" to have everyone | | | | something about your kids or spouse! |
| name one thing that comes in twins. Think "mom and | | | | 4. License plates - This is an old chestnut, but can |
| dad," "soup and salad," "stop and go." When it's your | | | | keep kids busy for a few minutes at least while they |
| turn, you can shout out an answer. If the next person | | | | realize that license plates come on cars from all over |
| doesn't have an answer in three seconds, the following | | | | the country. Some kids wait years before seeing one |
| person can fill in. Players keep score by how many | | | | from Hawaii or Alaska. |
| they have come up with. It's obviously easy at first, but | | | | 5. Alphabet soup - I almost hit a truck looking for an R |
| gets harder after a few times around. "Triplets" is | | | | during a recent car trip so I'm cautious about this game. |
| even more challenging. | | | | In this game, each player has to find letters of the |
| 2. Horse - The first player says a letter and the | | | | alphabet in alphabetical order starting with A. Each |
| following players have to add letters until a word is | | | | player keeps track and tries to avoid cheating. Little |
| formed. The player who adds a letter that forms any | | | | kids love to hunt for letters while they ride, and this |
| word loses. The trick is that players must have a word | | | | game can be safely played from the back seat. |
| in mind that could be created as they add a letter. So | | | | That should be enough to keep them at bay for at |
| spelling H-O-R and adding an S might lead to forming | | | | least ten miles. Long travel gives dads the added |
| "Horse" for the next player unless they could form a | | | | concern of keeping kids from getting bored on the |
| word that starts with H-O-R-S but does not have an E | | | | journey. Read more about tips for dads traveling with |
| next. | | | | kids. |
| 3. Which would you rather be? - Choose odd | | | | |