One For the Road

Two and a Half Travelers is in serious like with Matchbox's firehouse pop up play set.

Among the veritable sea of portable car choices, we think this is great choice for vacationing because:

• The firehouse has lots of cool moveable doors, ladders and ramps that will keep curious, easily-bored toddlers busy.
• The firetruck comes with the set and you can use regular matchbox cars that you probably already own. No need to go by yet another whole set of cars and trucks.
• It's big enough to make an impact but collapses down to just 6 inches square by 3 inches high collapsed. Perfect for travelers who prefer not to check baggage.

We found our pop-up set at Target, but we have also seen them on amazon.com for less than $20 (before shipping).