Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Entertaining the Masses

My kids are not good travelers. They whine, they fight, they cry for no reason and they NEVER sleep. This is why we fly anywhere not within a 300 mile radius. But that's another story.

In order to help with our kids' distaste for car travel, we purchased a black Friday special travel DVD player several years ago. And then we purchased another one when that one broke. Finally we had enough of the DVD player causing more fights than it prevented. It was impossible for both kids to see the tiny screen at the same time. Someone was always bumping it or accidentally turning it off, or turning the audio to Spanish mode. That's why when we bought a new car, we desperately wanted something permanent.

Unfortunately, our model of car did not have the option of a DVD player. So... my fabulously tech savvy husband did what he always does and found a solution. After a weekend of wiring, pinched fingers and a good bit of cussing, here is the final product.


Two screens, no visible wires, plenty of wireless headphones to go around and hopefully very few fights. I'm actually looking forward to our next road trip. Thanks, Chris!

2 comments:

Ginger said...

Glad to hear that there was some good old fashioned cussing. Sometimes that's all that works.

Chris Pivik said...

No problem, baby. I'm excited to try them out too. I hope to hear only silence punctuated by the occasional laugh coming from the back seat.