What a silly idea, someone kick me the next time I come up with n idea like this

As a family we have always enjoyed an evening trip out in the car all around the local estates. No, we are not odd people who like driving around aimlessly for an hour with no destination in mind. The aim of these outings is to hunt out the best local Christmas lights.

A few years ago I thought it would be fun to have a new game while we were doing this. The game is very simple, if you see some Christmas lights shout "Christmas lights" very loudly first and you get the point.

This game quickly spread to the whole month of December and every time we see Christmas lights when out in the car. The kids love the chance to shout and to compete with each other.

The problem arises when you are shattered after a long day, and the last thing you want is for 3 children to be shouting Christmas lights every two minutes at full volume directly into your ear.

Another unexpected issue is when you don't realise that you are playing the game, and a child suddenly shouts very loudly. Concentrating on driving is hard enough with a baby and 3 kids in the car, and its made next to impossible when at any stage you may have a major shock from being shouted at.

Maybe there is a lesson here to think before creating games and introducing them to the kids in the future.....