It is really amazing how few toys you need. We brought a few toys and the kids almost never play with them. Ari does use the art supplies we took with us (and some we've bought since) but they spend most of their time:
Playing with the rocks down by the pool (they make us a lot of milkshakes and pizzas with those rocks)
Playing various pretend games in the pool (there are often sea lions and sharks)
throwing shingle pieces at trees
making art out of old boxes
Reading the same books
Building (and razing) sand castles
I keep asking Ari why she likes Nicaragua better than New York. I think it's because in a way I find it so hard to believe that she doesn't miss her friends, her school, the vast array of food/toys/you-name-it. But as free-spirited as I consider myself to be, it's me who misses that stuff more than she does. She has swimming every day, beaches, more time with her parents, stars in the sky and all the mango she can eat.
What else does she need?
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