Summer time calls for a lot of road trips with your family. You'll need a little entertainment for the long hours, right? 

As the youngest child, it is my role and duty to play the part of the annoying little one. And due to my lack of popularity among my parents and brother, I like to think that I am highly successful at the job. In essence, I’m just trying to entertain myself. Here are some tips for road trips from the master, yours truly.

Let’s start with the verbal annoyance. My personal favorite is the repeated, “Are we there yet?” My first one of the car ride usually comes as we are pulling out of the driveway. After a chuckle from the parents, be sure to follow it up with a “How about now?” There is a fine line between this being funny and annoying. Be sure to cross it.     

Games are always fun, right? When I was little I loved to play "I Spy." Choose the tiniest, most irrelevant object in sight that your family will never guess. Encourage them not to give up even when they are sick of it and frustrated (it means you’re winning). You could also play what my friend calls the “single object” game. For example, if you could only eat one food, live in one place, see one color for the rest of your life what would it be?      

What’s a car ride without some music, right? If you're listening to your iPod through headphones, be sure to sing your own songs loudly so the rest of your family can share in the enjoyment of your personal version of Beyoncé or Justin Beiber. If a song is playing out loud in the car, sing louder than the radio so your version overpowers it. Unless you were the star in the majority of your high school musicals, this singing will be painful to listen to and will get annoying really quickly. No music? No problem! My favorite annoyance song is “this is the song that never ends…” Google it.     

Here are some physical ways to annoy everyone. 

Cars have so many buttons to push – try them all out! Play around with the heat/AC, roll the windows up and down, play with the GPS and type in the address to all your friends' houses or find the nearest IHOP. It’s also incredibly annoying to change the music every minute. Cut off your sibling’s favorite song half way through, again and again. Every time someone goes, “Oh I love this song,” change the station as fast as you can and pretend not to hear the complaints.     

Something that will actually entertain you, as well as annoy, is to attempt to interact with people in other cars. Frantically wave out of the window and yell out greetings and salutations in case the neighboring cars do not see you at first. Best to engage all of the senses to ensure that you catch their attention!

The real key to every one of these methods is to over do them to the extreme.

Enjoy your road trips this summer! I cannot be held responsible for any readers who get thrown out of the car or left on the side of the road. Happy travels!