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Any Tips for a Road Trip?

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I need tips on how to keep Lennox happy during a long-ish road trip in a few weeks.

Right after the 4th of July we will be heading down south for a Terrell Family Vacation! We are going to Hill Country to the Frio River!

It’s going to be a blast, but we have to pack so many things for Lennox and have to keep her happy for the ~7 hour trip each way. We’ll be leaving first thing in the morning to get down there by afternoon, so she’ll be wide awake when we leave, unfortunately!!

She gets bored and antsy in the car very quickly, even just for a 30 minute drive, so it should be interesting!

I plan on filling up the iPad with her favorite tv shows and games, but I know that will last just so long. I’m hoping she will sleep after a while, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she held strong and didn’t nap at all!

Does anyone have any tips on how to keep her happy for the majority of the trip?

Favorite Toys of the Past Year

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On the eve of Lennox’s birthday, which means new toys, I have been looking through and organizing her playroom. There are toys that we thought would be huge hits and weren’t, and others that she plays with all the time. Here are a few of Lennox’s favorite things over the past year (1-2 year old):

Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Piano
Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Interactive Baby Grand Piano
This one she is on and off with, but when she is into it, she is really into it! She loves dancing around with the music and playing songs for me. The best thing about this toy, is that I got it for FREE through freecycle! Love!
When we first put this together last year, she would only play with it for a few minutes and get bored. She couldnt even reach the microwave, but now that she is big enough, she LOVES it. She will make us food, make her dolls food, do the dishes, everything. It is so cute to watch her cook for us :)
Princess Cozy Coupe
This has always been a huge hit. It is even better now that we removed the floor of it and she can speed around like Fred Flintstone!
Little People Zoo
Little People Zoo
This is a great toy! The only downfall was that it only came with 3 animals and the additional animals are extremely hard to find. I finally was able to hit fisher-price.com with them in stock and got some new animals orders — they are cheap, $3, but always sold out or way over priced on other sites. Either way, she loves to play with it, showing me all the animals and learning all their names/sounds. I think this one will be a hit for quite some time.
So, As we approach 2 years old I wonder what toys she will fall in love with. Are there any toys that your 2-3 year old just loves or on the other hand, dislikes?