Kids keeping themselves entertained while on a drive

[CHPMustang]

Okay you know how you're out on a drive with your kids in the car/truck and they count light poles,horses,houses or whatnot well my older son has now started counting these and I quote

Ford,SuperDuty...Ford..Ford,Ford,Excursion,Ford...Mustang...Ford,Ford,Mustang,Ford,another SuperDuty,Ford,Ford and so on

I think we have em trained right

 

[bushpilot]

ipods, psp's, movies on a laptop (strapped to the center console)
or just plain conversation.

My wife drove 1400 miles w/ 'em (in 2 days) and i never ONCE
heard that anyone was bored...

we're gearheads so we do pay particular attn to cool cars and motorcycles
and we do shake our heads @ motorcyclist "posers" or those that
dont wear helmets...

 

[fordtrucker4life!]

I used to count Fords on the road when I was a kid. I guess I was a real backseat driver in the young days. I was told that I would be shiftn' gears and making truck noises I don't remember that.

 

[police stroker]

A future Ford man in the making.......... I like it ... good job Bill you've taught them well!

 

[Wingdog]

Next he'll be hogin' the puter to get onto SUPERDUTYDIESEL.COM.

 

[02SilverStroke]

Bill, when I was younger, I used to take a pad and pencil and keep a "stick count" of vehicles we saw going the opposite direction. I usually counted only the "main" brands (Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Olds, GMC, and so on). After awhile I'd get tired and quit, or just count Fords and Chevys, depending on the traffic. It's a great way to recognize vehicles.

 

[hheynow]

Yup, ya got them trained real well. My experience is that what ever vehicle is new to you...you tend to [think you] see more of them on the road then before you bought it. It has happened to me in a Volvo and BMW years ago...and these days I can sniff out an OBS PSD really easy.

 

[CHPMustang]

My boys have their DVD player and gamecube on the longtrips but around town they check out cars and trucks

The older son is a reader here at SuperDutyDiesel but likes the vBPicGallery alot

 

[Crumm]

My kids seem to keep themselves entertained on long trips by seeing how long it takes to irritate me Yesterday afternoon we went about 30 minutes out of town for a picnic and to do some shooting. On the way home I made the turn onto the road that takes us to our house and my middle boy ask me if we were home ??? I said "what does it look like?" He told me he could not look as he was in the middle of a game on his PSP Anyone know how to operate this PSP thingie that I now have?

 

[acjjkamp]

My kids seem to keep themselves entertained on long trips by seeing how long it takes to irritate me Yesterday afternoon we went about 30 minutes out of town for a picnic and to do some shooting. On the way home I made the turn onto the road that takes us to our house and my middle boy ask me if we were home ??? I said "what does it look like?" He told me he could not look as he was in the middle of a game on his PSP Anyone know how to operate this PSP thingie that I now have?

sounds like mine too, and no, i dont know how to play the PSP either...

my sanity comes by way of them having their own portable XM radios, they can listen to their .... stuff, and we can enjoy ours