I love the idea of the quiet ride home from a party. It's probably never going to happen, but this puzzle ball might just make the vision a reality. If your kid is young enough, you can whisk it away when they’ve forgotten about it and bring it out on a long road trip.
Emily Westbrooks is a freelance writer and blogger from Maine. Based in Dublin, she's married to an Irishman and an adoptive mom to Maya and Noah. She writes about travel, parenting, adoption and fostering for sites like Romper and Moxie & Mabel, as well as for her own blog, From China Village.