We’ve done our fair share of road trips. In the last year alone, we had six – racking up 109 hours of drive time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, right now I’m typing from the passenger seat, rain splattering the windshield and the bumpy roads of North Texas giving me a nice roller coaster effect. Our one-year-old is snoring in the backseat, and her big sister is zoning out on The Pirate Fairy<\/em>…again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, our very first road trip as a family of four was horrible<\/strong>. Our then 5-week-old screamed approximately 40 of the 42 hours we were on the road. And those two blissful hours of silence were only thanks to these songs<\/a>. I wish I were exaggerating, but it really was that miserable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So thankfully, we’ve come a long way just one year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A big part of that is our toddler finally learning how to relax in the car and snooze the day away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The other part? The iPad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The glorious, glorious iPad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What did parents do<\/strong> on road trips before?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Did you have to TALK to your kids the whole time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sends shivers up my spine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bonus:<\/strong> As a bonus for joining my weekly newsletter, get a free printable<\/a> road trip activity that will keep your child busy and<\/em> give their brain a workout.<\/p>\n\n\n