Thursday, September 3, 2009

Bring Your Own Toys (BYOT)

We knew we weren’t going to ship anything down to Costa Rica for our move in July so we had to make everything fit in 10 bags (2 per person to adhere to airline rules). High on the priority list - toys for the kids. We wanted to be sure that the kids would be entertained in whichever house that we rented (and chances were high that we would be renting a house without children’s toys).

Toys that we couldn’t live without and are guaranteed to provide hours of entertainment:

Playmobil   

Transformers

Our generous neighbor, Reece, in Victoria, BC had given Gabriel the scorpion Transformer before we left to Costa Rica. The scorpion theme definitely fits here.

Gabriel’s action figures also keep the girls entertained. When Gabriel plays with them, we hear many crashes and sounds of explosions while the girls’ storylines usually involve a princess being saved or Barbie marrying Spiderman. Maybe the girls should script a Hannah Montana vs. Wolverine crossover movie now that it looks like Disney will own the rights to both?

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