Every weekend we drive to and from the eastern end of Long Island.  The trip takes anywhere from 2:15 with no traffic to 4 hours of bumper to bumper, even with backroad detours.  It can be torture but, once we get there, I get amnesia and forget how annoying the drive was.

When I’m driving by myself, I often think of one of Benjamin’s favorite games
Rush Hour Jr. from Thinkfun.  In this single-player game, children steer their ice cream truck through a jumble of blocking cars, trucks and buses.  The objective is to slide the blocking cars and trucks out of the way to create a path of escape through the congestion.  The game has 40 age-appropriate challenges, for boys and girls ages 6 and up, to set-up and solve.  We love so many things about this gift…the challenges get more difficult as you go through them and really make a child feel like he’s mastering something, it is small and portable and is great for travel (or to play in the car in a real traffic jam), and it’s won tons of awards.  Thinkfun also makes Rush Hour for ages 8 and up.

Now, wouldn’t it be great if I could play a real-live game of Rush Hour and slide the trucks, SUVs, vans and other cars out of my way on the LIE or Rte 27 to make my own escape!

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