All of the suggestions above are good. My children are all older than yours(13,17, and 21), but I think the 13 year old might be able to relate to your 10 year old a bit. We have an annual 8 hour car ride (yeah, nothing to long, I know), and we have started a tradition of bringing "Trivial Pursuit" on the trips. Not the game board, just the cards in their holder, so things stay organized. My youngest especially is obsessed with trivia and loves me quizzing the whole car on the trip. (you will be amazed at what your kids know!) Unfortunately, I don't know if your youngest will find any fun in this, maybe the junior version will work better? Anyways, when we are not playing trivial pursuit, all the kids just turn on an ipod (which in my youngest's case is filled with soundtracks) and, as she puts it, "thinks." If she gets into her "thinking" groove, she does not want to come out of it, and this can last for hours. A lot of times, when we arrive at the hotel, she is upset, because she was not ready to get their. Lastly, my kids are geography fanatics, but maybe your children would find interest in mapping your route in a road atlas? Or just looking at a road atlas is fascinating for my kids. I think my kids are sort of unique in their interests, so your kids could hate this, but, who knows, might as well try.
Last edited by Bassetlover; 04/04/09 07:23 PM.
